Welcome to our 2025 CAT4 guide, including CAT4 samples, cat 4 practice tests for the popular CAT4 school assessment.

2025 CAT4 Guide: Which CAT4 skills are needed to pass?

  • Analysing the patterns of the presented shapes.
  • Creative thinking and deductive thinking; finding the pattern(s) across the series of shapes in each CAT4 question.
  • Determining which shape comes next in particular series. Or within the missing pattern segment.
  • Applying analytical thinking to your interpretation of the words presented
  • Once you’ve identified the linguistic pattern, it’s possible to answer the CAT4 questions:
    • Which words belong?
    • Which words don’t belong? and
    • How are these words connected?
  • Number patterns must be interpreted and analysed. The next value in the series must be found. Or the missing number calculated for the missing pattern segment, marked by a question mark.
  • Generating and transforming visual images by being presented with shapes and their transformation – the student is then asked to select the final shape.

CAT4 sections explanations

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Explanations of the different types of cat4 question

Our free CAT4 test samples for every pupil age

Here are our CAT4 Practice Test Guides for each school age group:

This the range of GL Assessment’s CAT4 battery for which CAT4 test practice is available.

2025 CAT4 Guide: How is the CAT4 used on gifted child programs

On gifted children programs, it is more likely that gifted children will

  • Find peers who have similar pursuits;
  • Fit in better than in general classrooms.
  • Feel better and they comfortable about socialising and thereby making new friends.

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Our popular CAT4 samples

Use the following for more targeted section-based CAT 4 test practice:

Figure Analysis CAT4 sample questionsNumber Series sample CAT4 questions ,

Figure Matrices CAT 4 sample , CAT 4 Figure Classification sample , 

CAT 4 Number Analogies sample , Verbal Analogies CAT 4 sample questions ,

CAT 4 Verbal Classification sample and Figure Recognition CAT4 sample questions.

What other skills does the CAT4 assess?

The four key aptitude test areas are assessed. Each by two CAT4 sections, as detailed below:

1) CAT 4 Verbal Reasoning Skills assessment

is by the CAT 4 Verbal Analogies section and the Verbal Classification CAT 4 section.

2) CAT 4 Non-Verbal Reasoning Skills assessment

is by the CAT 4 Figure Recognition section and by the Figure Analysis CAT 4 section.

3) CAT 4 Quantitative Reasoning Skills assessment

is by the sections of the CAT4 Number Analogies and Number Series CAT 4.

4) CAT 4 Spatial Reasoning Skills assessment

is by the sections of the CAT4 Figure Classification and CAT 4 Figure Matrices.

CAT4 prep recommendations

Our freely available CAT4 resources and premium CAT4 practice tests help focus students on passing the GL Assessment CAT4 test:

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How Can Parents Support CAT4 Preparation?

Parents can support their child by:

  • Creating a quiet, structured learning environment.
  • Encouraging reading to build vocabulary and comprehension skills.
  • Offering puzzles, games, and activities that boost reasoning abilities.
  • Organizing hands-on experiments to promote problem-solving enthusiasm.

How Do Schools Use CAT4 Results?

Schools use CAT4 results to:

  1. Assess reasoning skills and compare progress to peers.
  2. Track individual learning progress over time.
  3. Adapt teaching methods to suit each student’s needs.

CAT4 results are invaluable for creating personalized learning plans, identifying strengths and weaknesses, and tailoring educational approaches. They help schools allocate resources effectively, enabling every student to reach their full potential and become well-rounded individuals.