Puzzle #11: Shapes in Three Sizes

Medium · Distribution · target time about 22 seconds

Which option completes the pattern?

How to solve it (answer: B)

The rule

Each row and each column has one star, circle, and hexagon and one tiny, medium, and very large shape.

Look at the top row: a very large hollow hexagon, then a medium hollow circle, then a tiny hollow star.
The middle row uses the same values in a different order.
The bottom row has a tiny hollow star and a very large hollow hexagon, so it is missing a medium hollow circle.
Check both rules: only one option fits them both.

Tip: List what each row already has, then pick the one value the row is missing.

The wrong options keep most of the pattern and change the shape or the size, so each one looks finished at a glance. Check both before you choose.

Option A: This row already has a star.
Option C: This row already has a hexagon.
Option D: It forgets that the size changes too: each row has one of each.
Option E: This row already has a star. It forgets that the size changes too: each row has one of each.
Option F: This row already has a hexagon. It forgets that the size changes too: each row has one of each.

Each element appears once per row and column. Read the guide to distribution puzzles for the method and the common traps.

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