20 QUESTIONS · 5 TOPICS · MATRIX TRANSFORMER · ABOUT 15 MINUTES

A matrix isn't a grid of numbers. It's a way to move space.

Every 3D game, search engine and neural network runs on matrices transforming vectors. Twenty questions on how, each explained, then reshape the plane with a 2×2 matrix of your own. No sign-up, nothing saved.

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A ROTATION BY 90°
0−11031=−13
The columns say where the two unit vectors land. Everything else follows.
QUESTION 1 / 20 · VECTORSEasy

What is (2, 3) + (1, −4)?

MATRIX TRANSFORMER

Reshape the plane with four numbers

The faint square is the unit square; the coloured shape is where your matrix sends it. Its area is the determinant. If the shape flips, the determinant goes negative; if it flattens to a line, it's zero.

Orange is where (1, 0) lands: column 1. Purple is where (0, 1) lands: column 2.
2.5determinant (ad − bc)
Stretch and skewinvertible
Area is scaled by 2.50. Every shape in the plane, not just the square, grows or shrinks by that factor.

What this linear algebra test covers, in short

Twenty multiple-choice questions at first-year university level, four on each of five topics: vectors, matrices, linear systems, determinants, and eigenvalues and spaces. Most work with 2×2 or 3×3 examples you can do by hand.

Vectors are written as columns; matrix products are row-by-column. The test is our own and not normed.

By What's Your IQ · Reviewed 5 Oct 2026
Format
20 multiple-choice questions
Level
First-year university
Bonus
2×2 matrix transformer, 6 presets
Used in
Graphics, machine learning, physics, search ranking

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