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Key Facts: NNAT3 Exam

48

Multiple-choice items

Pearson Assessments

30 minutes

Administration time

Pearson Assessments

K-12

Student range

Pearson Assessments

NNAT3 practice should focus on original nonverbal reasoning tasks: patterns, matrices, analogies, serial reasoning, symmetry, rotation, and spatial transformations. Official NNAT3 items are secure and should not be copied.

Sample NNAT3 Practice Questions

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1Pattern completion: A strip shows small circle, small square, small circle, small square, __. Which tile completes the pattern?
A.small circle
B.small square
C.large circle
D.small triangle
Explanation: The strip alternates between circle and square. After the second small square, the next tile should restart the pattern with a small circle.
2Pattern completion: A row shows one triangle, two triangles, three triangles, __. Which tile comes next?
A.two triangles
B.three triangles
C.four triangles
D.one square
Explanation: The number of triangles increases by one each step. After one, two, and three triangles, the next tile should contain four triangles.
3Pattern completion: A sequence shows empty star, shaded star, empty star, shaded star, __. Which option fits?
A.shaded circle
B.empty star
C.shaded star
D.empty square
Explanation: The star shape stays the same while the fill alternates empty, shaded, empty, shaded. The next item should be an empty star.
4Pattern completion: A dot moves around the edge of a square in this order: top, right, bottom, __. Where should the dot be next?
A.top
B.center
C.bottom
D.left
Explanation: The dot is moving clockwise around the four sides of the square. After top, right, and bottom, the next side is left.
5Pattern completion: Tiles repeat black circle, white square, black circle, white square, __. Which tile completes the pattern?
A.white circle
B.black square
C.black circle
D.white triangle
Explanation: Both features repeat as a two-item pattern: black circle, then white square. After white square, the sequence returns to black circle.
6Pattern completion: A three-tile cycle is circle with one dot, circle with two dots, square with one dot, circle with one dot, circle with two dots, __. Which tile is missing?
A.square with one dot
B.circle with three dots
C.square with two dots
D.circle with one dot
Explanation: The pattern repeats every three tiles. The first two tiles of the second cycle have appeared, so the third tile should be square with one dot.
7Pattern completion: A triangle points up with one stripe, right with two stripes, down with three stripes, __. Which option continues both rules?
A.left triangle with four stripes
B.up triangle with four stripes
C.left triangle with three stripes
D.right triangle with four stripes
Explanation: The triangle rotates 90 degrees clockwise each step while the number of stripes increases by one. After down with three stripes comes left with four stripes.
8Pattern completion: A square has a dot outside above it, then outside right, then outside below, then __. Which placement comes next?
A.dot outside above
B.dot outside left
C.dot inside center
D.dot outside right
Explanation: The dot moves clockwise around the outside of the square: above, right, below, left. The next placement is outside left.
9Pattern completion: In a row of three cells, the filled cell appears left, middle, right, left, __. Which cell should be filled next?
A.right
B.middle
C.left
D.all three
Explanation: The filled cell moves left to middle to right, then repeats. After returning to left, the next position is middle.
10Pattern completion: A tile alternates between a white circle inside a black square and a black circle inside a white square. The sequence is white-in-black, black-in-white, white-in-black, __. What comes next?
A.white circle inside black square
B.black circle inside white square
C.white square inside black circle
D.black circle inside black square
Explanation: The two colors trade between inner circle and outer square every step. After white circle inside black square, the next tile is black circle inside white square.

About the NNAT3 Exam

NNAT3 is Pearson's third edition of the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, a group-administered measure of general ability for K-12 students. It uses nonverbal, multiple-choice reasoning tasks and reports scores such as the Naglieri Ability Index, percentile ranks, stanines, scaled scores, and normal curve equivalents.

Assessment

NNAT3 is a 48-item nonverbal ability test for kindergarten through grade 12, administered online or paper-pencil. Pearson lists Levels A-G, with two forms for Levels A-D and one form for Levels E-G.

Time Limit

30 minutes

Passing Score

No universal pass/fail score; schools use local norms, cut scores, and multiple measures

Exam Fee

School-administered; materials, reports, and subscriptions vary by Pearson product and purchaser (Pearson Assessments; administered by schools, districts, and qualified education professionals)

NNAT3 Exam Content Outline

Core reasoning style

Pattern Completion

Missing pieces, matrix completion, repeated visual rules, and shape-pattern reasoning.

Core reasoning style

Analogical Reasoning

Shape relationships, transformations, part-whole relationships, and applying the same visual rule.

Core reasoning style

Serial and Spatial Reasoning

Ordered sequences, rotation, reflection, symmetry, position changes, and multi-step figure transformations.

How to Pass the NNAT3 Exam

What You Need to Know

  • Passing score: No universal pass/fail score; schools use local norms, cut scores, and multiple measures
  • Assessment: NNAT3 is a 48-item nonverbal ability test for kindergarten through grade 12, administered online or paper-pencil. Pearson lists Levels A-G, with two forms for Levels A-D and one form for Levels E-G.
  • Time limit: 30 minutes
  • Exam fee: School-administered; materials, reports, and subscriptions vary by Pearson product and purchaser

Keys to Passing

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NNAT3 Study Tips from Top Performers

1Describe visual changes in words: shape, count, shading, position, rotation, and reflection.
2For matrices, compare rows and columns separately before selecting an answer.
3For analogies, identify exactly what changed from the first figure to the second.
4For serial reasoning, test whether a rule repeats, alternates, or changes by a steady amount.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is NNAT3?

NNAT3 is Pearson's Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test, Third Edition. Pearson describes it as a nonverbal measure of general ability for students in kindergarten through grade 12.

How long is NNAT3?

Pearson lists NNAT3 as a 30-minute assessment with 48 multiple-choice items.

Are these official NNAT3 questions?

No. These are original practice questions aligned to public Pearson descriptions of NNAT3 as a nonverbal ability assessment.