This book presents a collection of logical games, each encompassing a distinct logical pattern that, when discerned, unveils the answer to a question mark. Your primary objective is to identify and comprehend these underlying patterns to successfully uncover the solutions. To facilitate your mission and effectively tackle these games, you will require knowledge of various subjects, including the English alphabet, natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, and basic mathematical operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, radicals (roots), primes, critical thinking, observation skills, and access to a calculator, among other pertinent topics. However, paramount to all these requirements are determination and perseverance. Armed with these qualities, you can delve into the realm of abstraction and security, allowing you to unlock the sought-after answers and grasp the essence of logic.

This sharply intelligent, consistently provocative book takes the reader on an astonishing, thought-provoking voyage into the realm of delightful uncertainty--a world of paradox in which logical argument leads to contradiction and common sense is seemingly rendered irrelevant.

The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.

Emphasizes "the inferential or logical puzzle." "100 puzzles, full solutions"--Back cover.

This superb collection of 245 brainteasers will challenge your Sherlock Holmes skills. Includes puzzles that test powers of logic, crimes and mysteries that must be solved, word puzzles and games, basic math and algebra problems, charades or situation puzzles best played in a group, and more. Complete solutions included.

This classic book will excite students' imaginations while enriching skills in logical thinking. Logic Countdown problems are easy to incorporate into lesson plans and are formatted to enhance the fullest spectrum of curriculum areas while sharpening thinking skills. Challenging and instructional, these thought-provoking books present sequential exercises in logical reasoning that include relationships, analogies, syllogisms, sequences, deductive reasoning, inference, truth-values, and logical notation. Simple grids coupled with intriguing problems evoke enthusiasm and inspire students to higher and higher levels of thinking. Each book in this series builds on concepts presented previously in the series to offer a comprehensive logic adventure for young thinkers. The skills students build by using this book are applicable to several areas of the curriculum. Academic skills used for reading, math, writing, and science all depend on the ability to perceive and define relationships and to form inferences. But, beyond the academic world, students will find logical thinking an integral part of everyday life. This is the first in a three-book series designed to sharpen children's logical thinking skills. Once students master the skills presented in this book, they will be ready for new challenges in Logic Liftoff and Orbiting with Logic.

How well do you think logically? Find out with these puzzles. But don't forget the degree of difficulty increases as you go.