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Free CogAT Practice Test — Grade 5

Real-format sample questions with answers and explanations, matched to the grade 5 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 5 sample questions

Verbal · Sentence Completion easy

Question 1. Squirrels gather nuts to ___ for winter.

  1. Athrow
  2. Blose
  3. Ccook
  4. Dpaint
  5. Estore
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Answer: E — store. "store" fits the meaning of the sentence.
Verbal · Sentence Completion medium

Question 2. Everyone trusted Zoe because she was always ___.

  1. Alate
  2. Btall
  3. Cquiet
  4. Dhonest
  5. Efast
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Answer: D — honest. "honest" fits the meaning of the sentence.
Quantitative · Number Series easy

Question 3. What number comes next? 171 163 155 147 139 ▢

  1. A132
  2. B147
  3. C139
  4. D123
  5. E131
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Answer: E — 131. The pattern is subtract 8 each time. 139 − 8 = 131.
Quantitative · Number Series medium

Question 4. What number comes next? 9 10 12 5 15 0 ▢

  1. A-5
  2. B19
  3. C18
  4. D17
  5. E3
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Answer: C — 18. Two patterns take turns. Every other number (9, 12, 15) increases by 3, so the next number is 18.
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: B. In the top row, the shape becomes unshaded (white). 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: D. In the top row, the shape rotates a quarter turn AND becomes shaded. The same change must happen to the bottom figure.