Primary CogAT Practice
Kindergarten CogAT Practice
Kindergarten CogAT practice should feel visual, friendly, and age-appropriate. This page uses Primary K-2 picture-based reasoning questions from the CogAT.org database question bank.
Kindergarten Level 5/6
This practice page uses only age-appropriate Primary K-2 picture and visual question families from the CogAT.org database. Students can choose an answer, check their work, and review a short explanation.
Picture analogies, picture sentence completion, and picture classification.
Number analogies, number puzzles, and number series.
Figure matrices, figure classification, and paper folding.
Visual Verbal Reasoning
Picture Analogies - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Picture Analogies Practice Question
Verbal
Look at how the first two pictures go together. Which picture goes with the third picture in the same way?
Show explanation
Eye goes with Book because you use it with that sense. In the same way, Nose goes with Flower.
Skill tested: Picture Relationship: Sense And Object
Question 2 of 2
Picture Analogies Practice Question
Verbal
Look at how the first two pictures go together. Which picture goes with the third picture in the same way?
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Dog goes with Dog House because it is where the animal lives or stays. In the same way, Fish goes with Water.
Skill tested: Picture Relationship: Animal And Home
Picture Sentence Completion - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Picture Sentence Completion Practice Question
Verbal
Which picture helps you stay dry in the rain?
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An umbrella helps keep you dry when it rains.
Skill tested: Weather vocabulary
Question 2 of 2
Picture Sentence Completion Practice Question
Verbal
Which picture shows something you smell?
Show explanation
A flower is something people can smell.
Skill tested: Sense vocabulary
Picture Classification - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Picture Classification Practice Question
Verbal
Look at the pictures in the top group. Which answer picture belongs with them?
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Banana, orange, grapes, and apple are all fruits.
Skill tested: Category reasoning
Question 2 of 2
Picture Classification Practice Question
Verbal
Which picture belongs with the three pictures above?
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The top pictures show weather. Wind is another kind of weather.
Skill tested: Picture classification: weather
Primary Quantitative Reasoning
Primary Number Analogies - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Primary Number Analogies Practice Question
Quantitative
Look at how the first two pictures go together. Which picture goes with the third picture in the same way?
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The first group adds 2. The apple group also adds 2, so 2 becomes 4.
Skill tested: Visual counting analogy
Question 2 of 2
Primary Number Analogies Practice Question
Quantitative
Look at how the first two pictures go together. Which picture goes with the third picture in the same way?
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The first group adds 2. The apple group also adds 2, so 5 becomes 7.
Skill tested: Visual counting analogy
Primary Number Puzzles - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Primary Number Puzzles Practice Question
Quantitative
Both rows must have the same total. How many objects belong in the empty box?
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The first row makes 6. The known groups in the second row need 1 more objects to make the same total.
Skill tested: Visual missing-addend and part-whole reasoning
Question 2 of 2
Primary Number Puzzles Practice Question
Quantitative
Both rows must have the same total. How many objects belong in the empty box?
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The first row makes 7. The known groups in the second row need 5 more objects to make the same total.
Skill tested: Visual missing-addend and part-whole reasoning
Primary Number Series - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Primary Number Series Practice Question
Quantitative
Which picture comes next in the series?
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The counts repeat in a two-part pattern: 1, 5. The next count is 1.
Skill tested: Counting pattern and sequence reasoning
Question 2 of 2
Primary Number Series Practice Question
Quantitative
Which picture comes next in the series?
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The counts repeat in a three-part pattern: 6, 8, 5. After 6 comes 8.
Skill tested: Counting pattern and sequence reasoning
Primary Nonverbal Reasoning
Primary Figure Matrices - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Primary Figure Matrices Practice Question
Non-Verbal
Which object best replaces the question mark?
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The first row changes color while keeping the same shape. Apply the same color change to the shape in the second row.
Skill tested: Shape and color matrix reasoning
Question 2 of 2
Primary Figure Matrices Practice Question
Non-Verbal
Which object best replaces the question mark?
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The first row changes color while keeping the same shape. Apply the same color change to the shape in the second row.
Skill tested: Shape and color matrix reasoning
Primary Figure Classification - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Primary Figure Classification Practice Question
Non-Verbal
Which figure is most like the three figures above?
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The top figures are alike by color. The correct answer matches that same color.
Skill tested: Classify by one shared color
Question 2 of 2
Primary Figure Classification Practice Question
Non-Verbal
Which figure is most like the three figures above?
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The top figures are alike by color. The correct answer matches that same color.
Skill tested: Visual classification by one shared feature
Primary Paper Folding - Kindergarten
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Question 1 of 2
Primary Paper Folding Practice Question
Non-Verbal
Which answer shows what the paper will look like when it is unfolded?
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When the folded paper opens, the punched hole is mirrored across the fold line.
Skill tested: Simple folding and reflection reasoning
Question 2 of 2
Primary Paper Folding Practice Question
Non-Verbal
Which answer shows what the paper will look like when it is unfolded?
Show explanation
When the folded paper opens, the punched hole is mirrored across the fold line.
Skill tested: Simple folding and reflection reasoning
How parents can use this practice page
- Ask your child to choose an answer before opening the explanation.
- Ask, “What changed?” or “Why does this picture belong?”
- Keep sessions short and encouraging—about ten to fifteen minutes.
- Explore all primary question types in the Primary CogAT Practice K-2 hub.
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