A little curiosity goes a long way

CogAT practice,
with a playful twist.

Spot patterns. Imagine folds. Make discoveries.
Big thinking starts with little picture puzzles.

Let’s explore

Free Nonverbal practice · No signup · No timer

Two children exploring colorful shape tiles and unfolding a sheet of paper together.Made for curious minds

Your next little discovery

Ready for some picture puzzles?

Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the puzzles.

  • 18 questions
  • 3 reasoning areas
  • No timer

Make it a good fit

Level 8. Recommended for this grade and time of year.

School specified a different level?

Use the level your school gives you. The automatic recommendation follows Riverside’s grade and time-of-year table, choosing the higher level where two are offered for gifted identification.

Go at your own pace. See results and explanations at the end.

This is a shortened test. It asks 18 questions and shows practice accuracy, not an official CogAT score.

How does it compare with the real test?

The real Nonverbal battery at Level 8 has 52 questions. This original practice set is not normed: results describe only the questions answered here.

Your progress by area

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Privacy and about these questions

Your practice answers are not sent anywhere or saved. If you turn on progress saving, score summaries stay on this browser only. Questions are generated in your browser.

CogAT® is a registered trademark of Riverside Assessments, LLC, which does not sponsor or endorse GrowMindGrow. These are original practice questions, not real CogAT questions.

How to use it

  1. Pick the grade and when in the year they will sit the real test.
  2. Choose an answer for each of the eighteen picture puzzles, at your own pace.
  3. Read what they missed, with the rule behind each question explained.

The thinking behind it

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