Select a figure from the options which would continue the given series:

Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) →


The triangle turns 90° clockwise at every step (up, right, down, left), so in the fifth figure it points up again. The two signs move clockwise round the edge of the box, the division sign leading and the plus sign following: from the top edge they go down the right edge, so in the fifth figure they lie along the bottom edge, the division sign under the triangle and the plus sign in the bottom-right corner.