Spatial Visualisation

Spatial visualisation is the ability to picture shapes, movements, and transformations in your head. It is the master skill behind every NVR question type. This lesson focuses on building that skill through specific question types: hidden shapes, counting shapes, fitting shapes together, and completing symmetrical figures.

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Hidden Shapes (Embedded Figures)

In these questions you are shown a simple target shape and asked to find it hidden inside a more complex figure.

How It Works

Target shape	Complex figure
A small right-angled triangle	A geometric pattern made of many overlapping lines and angles

You must identify exactly where the target shape sits within the complex figure.

Strategy

1. Study the target shape carefully. Note its proportions, angles, and relative sizes of its sides.
2. Scan the complex figure for lines that could form the sides of the target shape.
3. Check orientation. The hidden shape may be rotated but usually it is not reflected.
4. Verify every side. Each side of the target shape must lie exactly along a line in the complex figure.

Worked Example