8 free dMAT sample questions, with the answers explained
Real questions in the official format, not screenshots or descriptions. No account, no email, no download — scroll and solve. Each one shows the correct answer and the reasoning underneath it.
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That is precisely why format-accurate practice is the only realistic preparation, and why every question below is generated and machine-checked rather than remembered or scraped.
Figure Sequences
20 items in 25 minutes in the real exam. Work out the rule by which the figure changes from one matrix to the next, then pick the frame that comes next. Figures never leave the grid — at a border they move along it or bounce back.
Figure Sequences — sample 1
Answer C. The star travels along column 3 and moves one cell at a time, reflecting off each end of the path (a bouncing motion). Continuing the pattern from the four given frames, the next position is row 1, column 3, which is the correct option. The other options are cells on the same path that break the rule (wrong direction, an extra/missing step, or no movement at all).
Figure Sequences — sample 2
Answer C. The arrow stays fixed at row 2, column 3 while it rotates 90 degrees each frame. Given rotations of 180°, 270°, 0°, 90°, the next rotation is 180°. The distractors either freeze the rotation or rotate by the wrong amount/direction.
Figure Sequences — sample 3
Answer A. The circle stays fixed at row 3, column 3 while its fill cycles solid -> outline -> striped -> solid, repeating. Given the sequence solid, outline, striped, solid, the next fill in the cycle is outline. The distractors either freeze the fill or skip/reverse a step in the cycle.
Mathematical Equations
20 items in 25 minutes. Letters stand for whole numbers and each system has exactly one solution. Find the anchor equation — the one with a single unknown — and substitute outward. This is speed, not advanced algebra.
Mathematical Equations — sample 1
Answer C. Solving the system { B + E = 16; B + 2 * E = 20 } over distinct integers gives B = 12, E = 4. This solution is unique. Therefore B = 12. [shape S1]
Mathematical Equations — sample 2
Answer A. Solving the system { A + D = 25; D + E = 26; A + E = 27 } over distinct integers gives A = 13, D = 12, E = 14. This solution is unique. Therefore D = 12. [shape S2]
Mathematical Equations — sample 3
Answer C. Solving the system { 2 * A + B = 32; B + C = 23; A + 2 * C = 17 } over distinct integers gives A = 7, B = 18, C = 5. This solution is unique. Therefore A = 7. [shape S3]
Latin Squares
16 items in 20 minutes. Each letter appears exactly once in every row and every column. Work out which letter the marked cell is forced to hold.
Latin Squares — sample 1
| B | A | D | E | C |
| E | C | A | ? | D |
| C | B | ? | D | A |
| A | D | B | C | E |
| D | E | C | A | B |
Answer D. This grid has more than one blank, so resolve them in order. First, row 2, column 4 must be B (the only letter left for both that row and that column). With those cells now known, row 3 reads C, B, D, A in its other four cells and column 3 reads D, A, B, C in its other four cells, so the target cell must be the one remaining symbol, E.
Latin Squares — sample 2
| E | D | ? | A | C |
| D | A | E | C | B |
| A | E | C | B | D |
| B | C | ? | D | E |
| C | B | D | E | A |
Answer D. This grid has more than one blank, so resolve them in order. First, row 4, column 3 must be A (the only letter left for both that row and that column). With those cells now known, row 1 reads E, D, A, C in its other four cells and column 3 reads E, C, A, D in its other four cells, so the target cell must be the one remaining symbol, B.
How these compare with the full papers
The samples above are drawn from the easier tiers on purpose — they exist to show you the format. The 50 full papers run the complete difficulty range, including the compound and multi-marker figure families and Latin Squares with three or four simultaneous blanks. The free readiness check is deliberately harder still, because a score that flatters you is worth nothing.
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