CCAT Number Analogies Practice | Canadian Prep

Don’t let a two-year wait define your child’s education.

In many Canadian school districts—from the TDSB in Ontario to the CBE in Alberta—the CCAT is a “one-shot” deal. If your child doesn’t hit the mark on the Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test norms, they are often locked out of specialized programming for two full academic years. That is a long time for a bright student to be bored in a classroom that isn’t quite the right fit.

I’ve spent years in the classroom and at the kitchen table helping families navigate Provincial Gifted and Talented identification. To help you get started today, I’ve put together this CCAT Level 2 Number Analogies PDF guide. Whether you are looking for a Canadian Grade 3 CCAT Practice Test or just want to understand the logic behind the patterns, we’re here to make sure your child walks into that testing centre with their head held high.

What is the CCAT? The Quick Facts for Parents

What it is: The Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test (CCAT) is a standardized group test used across Canada to screen for Gifted and Talented programs.  The Grade 3 CCAT (Level 9) consists of 154 questions spread across three batteries: Verbal, Non-Verbal, and Quantitative reasoning, strictly timed to assess cognitive speed

Who takes it: It is widely administered in Grade 3 (Level 9) and Grade 4, though some boards test in Grade 2 (Level 8).

What it measures: It does not test math or spelling facts. It tests problem-solving through Verbal, Non-Verbal, and Quantitative reasoning (like the Number Analogies below).

The Cutoff: Many boards (like the TDSB and CBE) require scores in the 97th or 98th percentile for gifted placement.

The Catch: If your child misses the cutoff, most districts enforce a mandatory 24-month waiting period before they can retest.

The “Wait-Time” Reality Check: What’s Really at Stake?

In many of our provincial school districts, the CCAT isn’t like a weekly spelling quiz that you can just retake next Friday. Because it’s a standardized cognitive assessment used for Universal Screening and Gifted and Talented identification, there are strict rules to prevent “test familiarity.”

Here is the “Kitchen Table” truth:

The Two-Year Lockout: If a student writes the CCAT and doesn’t meet the specific percentile threshold required by your board (like the TDSB, Peel, or CBE), most policies mandate a 24-month waiting period before they can be tested again.

The Missing Middle: For a bright Grade 2 or 3 student, two years is an eternity. It’s the difference between getting into a specialized “Challenge” program now or waiting until they are halfway through middle school.

The Boredom Gap: We see it all the time—students who have the potential but aren’t “test-wise” miss the cutoff. They then spend two years in a curriculum that moves too slowly for them, often losing interest in school altogether.

Why We Practice (The “No-Stress” Way)
We aren’t about “cramming” or turning 8-year-olds into test-taking robots. My goal at Complete Test Preparation Inc. is simply to remove the element of surprise.

When a child sees a Number Analogy for the first time on the actual exam day, they spend their “brain power” trying to figure out what the question is asking. By using our Canadian Grade 3 CCAT Practice Tests beforehand, they already know the “rules of the game.” They can spend their energy solving the puzzle, not fearing the clock.

The Free 2-Minute CCAT Challenge: Are You Ready?

Think of this as a quick “brain warm-up” before diving into our full CCAT Grade 3 Practice Test PDF.

The Goal: See if your child can maintain their logic while the clock is running.
The Setup:

1. Clear the table of distractions.
2. Have an HB pencil and a piece of scratch paper ready.
3. Set a timer (or use the analog visual above) for exactly 120 seconds.
4. Encourage: “It’s okay if you don’t finish them all—just focus on the pattern!”

1. 1 is to 2 as 3 is to:

a) 4
b) 5
c) 6
d) 7

2.  2 is to 4 as 3 is to:

a) 5
b) 6
c) 7
d) 8

3. 5 is to 10 as 6 is to:

a) 11
b) 12
c) 13
d) 14

4.  7 is to 8 as 9 is to:

a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 13

5.  3 is to 9 as 4 is to:

a) 12
b) 13
c) 14
d) 16

6. 4 is to 8 as 5 is to:

a) 10
b) 11
c) 12
d) 13

The “Hockey Card” Rule (Scaling & Multiplication)

The Problem: 2 is to 6 as 4 is to…
The “Teacher Talk” Explanation: > “Think of it like trading hockey cards. If I give you 2 cards and you give me 6 back, you are giving me three times what I gave you. Now, if I give you 4 cards, and you keep that same ‘three times’ rule, how many do you owe me? Let’s count it out: 4, 8, 12! You’re just making the pile three times bigger.”

Sidebar 2: The “Timbits” Test (Halving & Fractions)
The Problem: 10 is to 5 as 8 is to…
The “Teacher Talk” Explanation: > “Imagine we have a box of 10 Timbits and we share them exactly in half. You get 5! That is the rule: whatever we start with, we cut it right down the middle. So, if we start with a box of 8, and we use that same ‘sharing rule,’ how many do you get? That’s right—4. We aren’t just taking 5 away; we are sharing the whole box.”

Sidebar 3: The “Steps in the Snow” (Addition & Sequential Logic)
The Problem: 7 is to 8 as 9 is to…
The “Teacher Talk” Explanation: > “This one is like walking through the snow in the backyard. To get from step 7 to step 8, you just take one more step. It’s a ‘plus one’ rule. So, if you are standing on step 9 and you take one more step forward, where do you land? Step 10! Sometimes the CCAT is just a simple walk forward.”