Spatial Reasoning
Everything on SkillVeris tagged Spatial Reasoning — collected across the glossary, study notes, blog, and cheat sheets.
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How to Solve Direction Sense Problems
Direction sense problems are solved by plotting each movement on an imaginary compass grid — treating North as up, East as right — and tracking left/right turn…
How to Solve Cube Cutting and Painted-Faces Problems
A cube of side n units, painted on all outer faces and cut into n³ unit cubes, splits into four countable categories by position — corner cubes always have 3 p…
How to Solve Dice-Based Reasoning Problems
Dice problems are solved by tracking which three faces are mutually adjacent versus which pairs are opposite, using the rule that opposite faces never appear t…
How to Solve Mirror and Water Image Problems
A mirror image flips an object left-to-right across a vertical axis, while a water (reflection) image flips it top-to-bottom across a horizontal axis, and both…
How to Solve Paper Folding and Cutting Problems
Paper folding and cutting problems are solved by mentally reversing each fold in order, unfolding the paper back to its original flat state, and mirroring any…
How to Solve Embedded (Hidden) Figures Problems
Embedded figures problems ask you to locate a given simple shape hidden within the lines of a more complex figure, and the reliable method is to trace the targ…
How to Solve Figure Series Completion Problems
Figure series completion problems are solved by isolating each independent transformation happening across the sequence — rotation, reflection, shading, elemen…
How to Solve Figure Matrix Problems
A figure matrix is solved by reading the grid both row-wise and column-wise to find a consistent rule of change, then applying that same rule to fill the missi…
How to Solve Direction Sense Problems Using Clock Angles
Direction sense problems that use clock positions (like 'walk toward the 3 o’clock direction') are solved by mapping the clock face onto the standard compass —…
How to Solve Circular Seating Arrangement Problems (Facing Center)
When everyone in a circular seating problem faces the center, left and right are read in the standard clockwise/counter-clockwise sense for a group facing inwa…
How to Solve Circular Seating Arrangement Problems (Facing Outward)
When everyone in a circular seating problem faces outward, away from the center, left and right flip relative to the more common facing-center setup, so 'to th…
How to Solve Linear Seating Arrangement Puzzles with Two Rows
Two-row linear seating puzzles are solved by fixing a coordinate grid — row A positions 1 to n and row B positions 1 to n directly opposite — then translating…
How to Solve Linear Seating Puzzles Where People Face Each Other
When people sit in a single line facing each other in pairs — or one row faces a fixed direction while the puzzle states some face north and some face south —…
How to Solve Direction and Distance Problems
Direction and distance problems are solved by plotting each move on an imaginary x-y coordinate grid — treating North/South as the y-axis and East/West as the…
How to Solve Direction Sense Shadow Problems
Shadow direction problems use the sun's position to fix east and west: in the morning the sun rises in the east so a person's shadow falls to the west (behind…
How to Solve Direction Sense and Bearing Problems
Direction sense problems are solved by plotting each move on an imaginary compass grid, tracking net displacement along the North-South and East-West axes sepa…