LOGIC PUZZLES

Logic Puzzles
 Logic puzzles can be solved using
deductive reasoning.
 A chart can be used to display
information in a visual manner, arriving at
a solution using the process of
elimination.
Example 1
Each of four neighbors, Sean, Maria, Sarah, and
Brian, has a different occupation (editor,
banker, chef, or dentist). From the following
clues, determine the occupation of each
neighbor.
1. Maria gets home from work after the
banker but before the dentist.
2. Sarah, who is the last to get home from
work, is not the editor.
3. The dentist and Sarah leave for work at the
same time.
4. The banker lives next door to Brian.
Example 2
The cities of Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Diego
held conventions this summer for collectors of coins,
stamps, comic books, and baseball cards. From the
following clues, determine which collectors met in which
city.
1. The comic book collectors convention was in August,
as was the convention held in Chicago.
2. The baseball card collectors did not meet in
Philadelphia, and the coin collectors did not meet in
San Diego or Chicago.
3. The convention in Atlanta was held during the week
of July 4, whereas the coin collectors convention was
held the week after that.
4. The convention in Chicago had more collectors
attending it than did the stamp collectors convention.
Look up!
 Einstein’s Riddle (TED Ed)
KenKen Puzzles
 KenKen is an arithmetic-based logic
puzzle that was invented by the Japanese
mathematics teacher Tetsuya Miyamoto in
2004.
 The noun "ken" has "knowledge" and
"awareness" as synonyms. Hence, KenKen
translates as knowledge squared, or
awareness squared.
Rules for Solving KenKen Puzzles
 For an n x n puzzle, fill in each square of the
grid with one of the numbers 1, 2, 3, ... , n.
 Do not repeat a number in any row or
column.
 The numbers in each heavily outlined set of
squares, called cages, must combine (in some
order) to produce the target number in the
top left corner of the cage using the
mathematical operation indicated.
 Cages with just one square should be filled
in with the target number.
 A number can be repeated within a cage as
long as it is not in the same row or column.
KenKen Puzzles: Example 1
KenKen Puzzles: Example 2