CogAT 4th Grade Practice Test

If you and your child have wondered what kinds of questions will appear on the fourth grade CogAT, below are some examples! These sample questions should provide you with a better idea of the quantitative, verbal and Non-Verbal skills that your child should focus on, and demonstrate during the exam. All sample questions are similar to the most current version of the CogAT, “Forms 7 and 8.

1.) Quantitative Battery: Number Puzzles

In this section, you will be given a mathematical equation. Choose the answer that should replace the ? or the symbol.

2.) Non-Verbal Battery: Figure Classification

In the figure Classification subtest, the child is shown 3 figures on the left that are related in some way. The child must choose an answer on the right that goes with the first 3 figures in exactly the same way.

Parent say to your child: The first 3 figures on the left relate to each other in some way. Find a figure on the right of the line that goes with the first 3 figures in exactly the same way.

3.) Verbal Battery: Verbal Analogy

Parent say to your child: The first two words in the sentences below go together in a certain way. Choose the answer that goes with the third word in the sentence the same way that the first and second words go together.

4.) Quantitative Battery: Number Series

Look at the numbers in each row below. There is a rule that governs the order in which the numbers occur in the series. Figure out the rule and then choose the number that comes next from the answer choice below.

5.) Non-Verbal Battery: Paper Folding

On the top row, you will see how a square piece of paper is folded sometimes once, sometimes twice, sometimes three times. Holes are then punched after the paper has been folded. Choose the answer in the second row that shows how the folded piece of paper would look after it is unfolded.

Answers:

1.) e. 7

2.) D- 3 circles inside of a shape

3.) D

4.) B. 7.5 (Subtract 1)

5.) D