Start free

Free CogAT Practice Test — Grade 12

Real-format sample questions with answers and explanations, matched to the grade 12 CogAT.

In grades 9–12 (CogAT Levels 15–17/18), the test uses advanced vocabulary, compound visual transformations, and challenging number patterns like cubes and second differences. The CogAT has three batteries — Verbal, Quantitative, and Nonverbal — and the samples below include all three. Every question follows the official format: five answer choices, one correct answer.

Grade 12 sample questions

Verbal · Sentence Completion easy

Question 1. Leo remained ___ even when the crowd panicked.

  1. Ahysterical
  2. Bcomposed
  3. Cfrantic
  4. Dstartled
  5. Econfused
Show answer & explanation
Answer: B — composed. "composed" fits the meaning of the sentence.
Verbal · Sentence Completion medium

Question 2. The opposite of obscure is ___.

  1. Aveteran
  2. Bmalicious
  3. Cconcise
  4. Dextravagant
  5. Efamous
Show answer & explanation
Answer: E — famous. obscure and famous are opposites.
Quantitative · Number Series easy

Question 3. What number comes next? 5 20 80 320 1280 ▢

  1. A5115
  2. B6400
  3. C5121
  4. D5120
  5. E2240
Show answer & explanation
Answer: D — 5120. Each number is multiplied by 4. 1280 × 4 = 5120.
Quantitative · Number Series medium

Question 4. What number comes next? 81 100 121 144 169 ▢

  1. A198
  2. B196
  3. C194
  4. D195
  5. E197
Show answer & explanation
Answer: B — 196. These are square numbers. The next is 14 × 14 = 196.
Nonverbal · Figure Matrices easy

Question 5. Look at how the top figure changes from the first box to the second box. Choose the picture that belongs in the empty space.

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
Show answer & explanation
Answer: E. In the top row, three copies of the shape appear. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.
Nonverbal · Figure Matrices hard

Question 6. Look at how the top figure changes from the first box to the second box. Choose the picture that belongs in the empty space.

?
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
Show answer & explanation
Answer: D. In the top row, the shape rotates a quarter turn AND a dot appears inside. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.