





Guide To Using Our Free CogAT Level 9 Diagnostic Test

Note: If your child gets 10/10 on our sample test, congratulations! they're on the right track. Continue practicing to keep that knowledge strong and intact.

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The practice pack for CogAT 9 contains questions written using the same format as in the CogAT. When preparing for a test, it is crucial to have all as much available information about the test as possible. The CogAT test is divided into different sections known as batteries: Verbal battery, Non-verbal battery, and Quantitative battery. These batteries feature the following subtopics: Picture/Verbal analogies, Sentence Completion, Picture/Verbal Classification, Number Analogies, Number Series, Number Puzzles, Figure Matrices, Figure Classification, and Paper Folding. Each of these subtopics help develop a different skill and it is important to see all the different types of questions, their solutions, and the explanations to avoid having any surprises the day of the test. In addition to the CogAT, a new test has been released known as the CogAT Screening Form. The CogAT Screening Form consists of the first section in each of the batteries of the original CogAT test. That is to say, Picture/Verbal Analogies (depending on the grade), Number Analogies, and Figure Matrices. Make sure to check whether your child will be taking the CogAT or the CogAT Screening Form and the appropriate level of the test. TestPrep-Online offers preparation packs for both the CogAT and the CogAT Screening Form. Our practice packs feature many questions corresponding to all the different batteries and subtopics of the CogAT and the CogAT Screening Form.

Preparing for the Test

We recommend that you start preparing two weeks in advance. You can start by solving a full-length simulation, and reading the study guides.

Each question in our pack has a complete explanation for the answer. Using the explanations, you can either double check your logic, or even learn more about the many solving strategies. If you have a challenging questions section, you may approach it after finishing the full-length simulation. In addition to this, you can learn a lot about the different questions using our comprehensive study guides for different batteries of the test. 

There are two norms used by the CogAT when scoring results. One of the norms, the age norm, is used to compare the performance in relation to other children of the same age. The CogAT also returns a raw score, which is later transformed into what is commonly referred to as the Standard Age Score (also known as SAS).  


Take a look at the sample question below to understand the format of the CogAT, its questions, the difficulty, and the level of the explanations we provide. This sample question belongs to the sentence completion sub-test and for this sort of questions, you are requested to select the answer choice that best fits the sentence. 

[1] Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

The following question belongs to the Number Series sub-test. In this type of questions, you are presented with a relationship between two pairs of numbers. Finally, you are given a third pair, but the last number of the pair is unknown. You need to find the number in the answer choices that represents the same relationship displayed.

[2] Every pair of numbers in this row follows the same rule. What rule do the first two pairs follow? Choose the answer that will make the third pair follow the same rule as the first two pairs.

The following question belongs to the Figure Matrices. Much like the Number Series sub-test, you are presented with images that share a special relationship. In this case, the first row of images (the two squares) represent a transition, from the left image to the right. You are required to deduce this relationship and apply it to the image of the second row (the left image) to find the missing fourth image.

[3] Look at the grid on the left. The pictures in the boxes on the top belong together in a certain way. Choose the picture that belongs with the bottom picture, in the same way, the pictures on top belong together.


[1] Choice 4 – The correct answer is damp, which means slightly wet. Andrew put the shirt back in the clothes dryer because it was still damp.

[2] Choice 5 – The correct answer is 22. Look for the pattern in the first series of numbers. The difference between 2 and 4 is +2. The difference between 17 and 19 is also +2. The next series of numbers should follow the same pattern, meaning that the difference between 20 and ‘?’ should be +2 as well: 20 + 2 = 22, meaning that the correct answer will be 22.

[3] Choice 2

– In the above analogy, the figure on the right is the inverse of the figure on the left. The colors/shading of the outer shape switch with the color/shading of the inner shape. Thus, the answer must be a white triangle with a black arrow inside.

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