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- Analogy bridge
- The single relationship linking the first pair of words, such as function, category, part-to-whole, or degree; the same relationship must hold for the answer pair.
- Antonym
- A word with the opposite meaning; in these items, the answer reverses the target word's meaning rather than restating or narrowing it.
- Synonym
- A word with the same or nearly the same meaning as the target; the correct option keeps both the target's exact sense and its part of speech.
- Sentence completion
- An item with a missing word or phrase; predict a word from the sentence's own clues, then select the option closest to that prediction.
- Odd one out
- An item listing several words in which all but one belong to a shared category; the answer fits no common class with the others.
- Degree relationship
- An analogy relation where two words differ only in intensity, such as warm and scorching; the answer pair must match both direction and magnitude.
- Part-to-whole
- A relation in which one word names a component and the other names the thing containing it; the answer pair must keep the same direction.
- Negative prefix
- A prefix such as un-, in-, im-, dis-, or non- that reverses a root word's meaning, often signalling the antonym an item requires.
- Context meaning
- The sense a word takes from surrounding text; when a familiar word has several meanings, the sentence alone determines which one applies.
- Definition item
- A question asking which option best matches a given word's meaning; eliminate options merely associated with the word instead of equivalent to it.
- Percent change
- The amount of change divided by the original value, multiplied by 100; both increases and decreases use the original value as the base.
- Average (mean)
- The sum of all values divided by the number of values; rearranged, the sum equals the average multiplied by the count.
- Ratio scaling
- Both terms of a ratio may be multiplied or divided by the same nonzero number without changing the relationship, allowing a ratio to match a given total.
- Unit rate
- A rate expressed per one unit of the second quantity, such as miles per hour or dollars per item; divide the first quantity by the second to get it.
- Number series rule
- The pattern linking consecutive terms, most often a constant difference, a constant multiplier, or two alternating sequences interleaved at odd and even positions.
- Order of operations
- Parentheses first, then exponents, then multiplication and division left to right, then addition and subtraction left to right; this order fixes an expression's value.
- Fraction division
- Dividing by a fraction equals multiplying by its reciprocal, so invert the second fraction and multiply numerators together and denominators together.
- Solving for x
- Undo operations in reverse order, performing each inverse operation on both sides of the equation until the variable stands alone.
- Rate formula
- Distance equals rate multiplied by time; rearranged, rate is distance divided by time and time is distance divided by rate.
- Percentage of a number
- Convert the percent to a decimal by moving the decimal point two places left, then multiply that decimal by the number.
- Proportion setup
- Two ratios set equal and solved by cross-multiplication; use it whenever a problem supplies three of four related quantities.
- Estimation shortcut
- Rounding numbers to convenient values so answer choices can be compared quickly; usually enough to isolate the single plausible option in multiple-choice arithmetic.
- Rotation versus reflection
- Rotation turns a figure and keeps its handedness; reflection flips it across a line, so a mirrored figure can never come from rotation alone.
- Fold-and-punch unfolding
- Reverse each fold in order, mirroring the punched holes across every crease line; the finished pattern is symmetric about each fold.
- Cube net opposites
- On a cube's flat net, faces separated by exactly one face in a straight line end up opposite each other and can never be adjacent.
- Hidden block support
- In stacked-block figures a block cannot float, so any raised block needs a supporting column beneath it that must also be counted.
- Vertical mirror effect
- A vertical mirror line reverses left and right while leaving top and bottom unchanged; a horizontal mirror line does the reverse.
- Figure analogy
- Identify the single transformation applied to the first figure, such as a turn, flip, added shape, or shading change, then apply it to the second.
- Matrix attribute tracking
- In a grid of figures, examine one attribute at a time, such as shape, count, or shading, and follow how it changes along rows and columns.
- Fold count doubling
- Each fold of a sheet doubles its layers, so one punch through n folds yields up to two to the n holes when no hole sits on a crease.
- Shape series
- A sequence of figures changing by one consistent rule, such as rotating 90 degrees clockwise each step or gaining one side per step.
- Symmetry check
- A figure is symmetric about a line when folding along that line maps it onto itself; asymmetric options can be eliminated immediately.