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Free CogAT Practice Test — Grade 4

Real-format sample questions with answers and explanations, matched to the grade 4 CogAT.

In grades 4–5 (CogAT Levels 10–11), questions introduce two-step number rules, tier-2 vocabulary like “fragile” and “conserve,” and folded-paper puzzles. 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 4 sample questions

Verbal · Sentence Completion easy

Question 1. The opposite of early is ___.

  1. Aquiet
  2. Brough
  3. Clight
  4. Dfull
  5. Elate
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Answer: E — late. early and late are opposites.
Verbal · Sentence Completion medium

Question 2. Zoe wore a heavy coat because the weather was very ___.

  1. Aloud
  2. Btasty
  3. Cwarm
  4. Dcold
  5. Esoft
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Answer: D — cold. "cold" fits the meaning of the sentence.
Quantitative · Number Series easy

Question 3. What number comes next? 0 9 18 27 36 ▢

  1. A27
  2. B46
  3. C45
  4. D36
  5. E54
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Answer: C — 45. The pattern is add 9 each time. 36 + 9 = 45.
Quantitative · Number Series medium

Question 4. What number comes next? 11 14 18 23 29 ▢

  1. A36
  2. B37
  3. C34
  4. D38
  5. E35
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Answer: A — 36. The amount added grows by 1 each time (+3, +4, ...). Next: 29 + 7 = 36.
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
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Answer: D. In the top row, a dot appears inside the shape. 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
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Answer: B. In the top row, the shape gets bigger AND a dot appears inside. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.