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Hi,
Please can someone help with these 2 'Most like' questions. Answer to first one is D and second one is C.
We couldn't understand the logic behind these answers.

Thanks

Could someone please help me in these questions. It would be much appreciated.

I'm no expert on these kinds of things (though I did once work through one of those online IQ tests which got increasingly tricky and involved similar looking weird symbols, and then found I had to pay to get the results! ) but I have to say I agree - the obvious logic for the first question is "a parallelogram with a diagonal, half shaded" which could fit A, C or D. The only possible difference might be that the lengths of the sides of D match those of the original shapes

But as for the 2nd question that could perhaps be "4 lines across the shape" but how to choose in that case between B and C I wouldn't have the foggiest.

The second one, I go with the 4 lines but am at a loss past that.

If your child (or anyone else for that matter!) is unable to spot the pattern- advise them not to spend ages figuring it out. Make a guess and move on!

I teach my kids to do NVR questions in layers.

I think for question 1,
Firstly: the quadrilateral is equally divided, so that eliminates B
Secondly: The sides at the bottom are horizontal, so that eliminates A and E, only C and D left
Thirdly: They are not squares, so it must D

For question 2,
Firstly: There can be only 4 parallel lines, so only B and C left
Secondly: Both must contain white circle, it cannot be B, so it must be C

I must admit question two is tricky and I might not be able to do it in timed condition.