Follow the Point

Three arrows can look almost identical, yet one tiny point can change the whole answer. Can you follow a direction while colours, shapes and places try to distract you? Keep your eyes on where each mark POINTS... not on what surrounds it.

A direction mark can be an arrow, a pointed triangle, or a short line with a clear tip. First, name its direction: up, down, left, right, or a diagonal such as up-right. Imagine a compass behind every mark. The tip tells you where to look. Now watch two striped circles slide into new boxes. Their positions change, and one circle becomes grey, but both arrow tips still point down-left. Those are distractions. A fill change is NOT a direction change. Compare the tip before and after; ignore colour unless the question asks about colour. When several marks appear, track them in a fixed order. Read left to right. Say each direction quietly: up, right, down. Then inspect the next group in that same order. If just one tip differs, you have found the change.

Let's work through an example. On screen are three tiles in the first row. A black triangle points up-right, a striped square points down, and a white circle points left. Which option shows exactly the same sequence of directions: A, B, C, or D? Lock in the directions, not the fills: up-right, down, left. Option A points up-right, down, right. Its last tip is wrong. Option B points up-right, down, left... so every direction matches. The square is now grey, but that does not matter. Check the rest, so you know the answer is unique. Option C begins down-right, not up-right. Option D swaps the final two directions. Therefore option B is the answer. It preserves all three pointing directions in the original left-to-right order.

Remember: name each tip, keep the order, and ignore changes to fill, shape, or position unless they alter where the mark points. You can track direction calmly... one tip at a time. Spot the exact sequence, and you have it!