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On every dial the long orange hand and the short dark hand move by fixed amounts from one cell to the next along a row. Which dial is missing?

Competition practiceFigure Series & Analogies
  • A(a)
  • B(b)
  • C(c)
  • D(d)

Step-by-Step Solution

Along each row the long hand turns a quarter turn clockwise (up, right, down) while the short hand turns an eighth of a turn anticlockwise (right, upper right, up). In the bottom row the long hand points right then down, so next it points left; the short hand points upper left then left, so next it points lower left: (a). (b) turns the long hand the wrong way, (c) turns the short hand clockwise and (d) swaps the two hands.
Answer: A) (a)

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