How the rule works

The figure fills from the bottom up, and the fill changes by the same amount from cell to cell: a quarter more to the right, a quarter less downwards, or some other combination. Fully empty and fully filled are the ends of the scale.

The rule is easily confused with a figure changing its fill type. The difference is that this is the same fill all the time, just more or less of it. Look at the level, as on a gauge.

Solved example

The bottom right cell is the answer, marked. The explanation below the matrix is the same text the app gives.

Rules in the example

  • The filled share decreases by 25 percentage points to the right and 25 downwards.
  • Everything else is the same in every cell.

Level 2 in the app. The same example is shown in the app after a wrong answer on this rule. Rules in the example: Degree of fill.

How to recognise it

  1. Is the figure partly filled, with a straight edge between filled and empty? Then it is degree of fill.
  2. Read the level in quarters along the first row, then downwards in the first column.
  3. Work out the level in the empty cell. The options often differ by a quarter.

More about the format: what a matrix reasoning test is and how logical reasoning tests are used in recruitment.

Practise for real.

In the app the tasks are generated on the phone and the answer explains every rule. Five tasks are free; the rest unlocks with a one-time purchase.

Get it on the App Store

Requires an iPhone with iOS 17 or later.