Logical
Reasoning
When you are
solving a problem you can use a strategy that is called LOGICAL REASONING. Logical
thinking exercises help kids learn the process of elimination or deductive thinking. Most
problems give a variety of conditions and you must use an "if"-"then"
approach. It's important that you read the whole problem, and choose the best hint or clue
before starting to solve the problem. When practicing logic with reasoning making a chart
or drawing a picture are good strategies. Now here is an everyday problem to solve using
Logical Reasoning.
MC,Thomas,and
Andrew decided to go to Freeza's Pizza's, where each one chose one of three kinds of
pizza: suasage, cheese, or pepperoni. Using the following clues, who ordered which
kind of pizza?
A. Thomas eats
anything that is spelled with a double letter.
B. MC loves
pizza, but she can't eat anything with too much dairy in it.
C. Andrew said
he would settle for whatever kind was left.
Now using Logical Reasoning
fill out the table below by putting an X in the kind of pizza each person would want. You
will need to copy the table on a piece of paper.
| PERSON |
PEPPERONI |
CHEESE |
SUASAGE |
| MC |
|
|
|
| THOMAS |
|
|
|
| ANDREW |
|
|
|
Now that you have filled out the
table, click on the icon to check your answers with ours.
Answer:
| PERSON |
PEPPERONI |
CHEESE |
SAUSAGE
|
| MC |
|
|
X |
| THOMAS |
X |
|
|
| ANDREW |
|
X |
|
Now I hope you understand the term Logical
Reasoning, and you can use it real life situations.