Practice: Multi-Rule and Distractor Sets

This lesson brings together everything from this course: compound rules, conditional rules, distractors, counting patterns, spatial relationships, and the "Neither" trap. Each example is designed to challenge you with realistic, UCAT-level complexity. Work through them systematically, applying SCANS and the heuristics from the previous lesson.

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Example 1: Compound Rule with Distractors

Set A:

• Box 1: Two large black triangles, one small white circle (3 shapes; sides: 3+3+0 = 6)
• Box 2: One large black square, one small white pentagon, one large black hexagon (3 shapes; sides: 4+5+6 = 15)
• Box 3: Three large black circles, one small white triangle, two large black pentagons (6 shapes; sides: 0+0+0+3+5+5 = 13)
• Box 4: One large black rectangle, one small white diamond (2 shapes; sides: 4+4 = 8)
• Box 5: Two large black hexagons, one small white square, one large black triangle (4 shapes; sides: 6+6+4+3 = 19)
• Box 6: One large black pentagon, one small white rectangle, one large black circle (3 shapes; sides: 5+4+0 = 9)

Pause and try to identify the rule(s) before reading on.

Analysis