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Free CogAT Practice Test — Grade 6

Real-format sample questions with answers and explanations, matched to the grade 6 CogAT.

In grades 6–8 (CogAT Levels 12–13/14), reasoning gets more abstract: compound figure transformations, academic vocabulary, and multi-step quantitative rules. 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 6 sample questions

Verbal · Sentence Completion easy

Question 1. The opposite of victory is ___.

  1. Amodern
  2. Bplentiful
  3. Cdefeat
  4. Dsturdy
  5. Ecommon
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Answer: C — defeat. victory and defeat are opposites.
Verbal · Sentence Completion medium

Question 2. The novel's ending was so ___ that readers debated it for years.

  1. Asimple
  2. Bambiguous
  3. Cobvious
  4. Dclear
  5. Epredictable
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Answer: B — ambiguous. "ambiguous" fits the meaning of the sentence.
Quantitative · Number Series easy

Question 3. What number comes next? 31 56 81 106 131 ▢

  1. A157
  2. B106
  3. C156
  4. D131
  5. E181
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Answer: C — 156. The pattern is add 25 each time. 131 + 25 = 156.
Quantitative · Number Series medium

Question 4. What number comes next? 36 49 64 81 100 ▢

  1. A119
  2. B120
  3. C121
  4. D123
  5. E122
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Answer: C — 121. These are square numbers. The next is 11 × 11 = 121.
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, the shape is doubled — two copies 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
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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.