/r/LogicPuzzles

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A subreddit where puzzles can be posted which can be solved with math or logical reasoning. Best to avoid quoting Internet solutions.

/r/LogicPuzzles

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Die Rolling puzzle (Visual Logic)

7 Comments
2022/03/11
11:04 UTC

4

Obfuscation logic

Find the hidden word: The characters of a 7-letter word are hidden in the text. They can be found when reading from left to right and top to bottom. You have finished the puzzle once you have found all the letters in the word.

https://preview.redd.it/7hurg6ygcjm81.jpg?width=992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=954e60e5e8fb66dd0bc2a0f314cedb77a960a79d

Answer: https://www.downloadactivitybooks.com/activitybook-superciphers-10-8.htm

7 Comments
2022/03/10
10:43 UTC

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Boxed In Logic Puzzle

Work out the relationship between the numbers written in the boxes around the center shaded box. Using that, find the missing number.

https://preview.redd.it/mib6k02qmbm81.jpg?width=992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc396d10d498fd51d642a083e55e4f980a956ce9

Answer: https://www.downloadactivitybooks.com/activitybook-kids-10-2.htm

7 Comments
2022/03/09
08:46 UTC

3

Find which key belongs to which lock (Visual Logic Puzzle)

A set of keys and three locks are given. You have to find which key belongs to which lock. Only three keys are correct.

https://preview.redd.it/o97si2t1p5m81.jpg?width=992&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ced3aa151664eb392252c8da4b5f06baa6065c7

Answer: https://www.downloadactivitybooks.com/activitybook-teens-10-16.htm

3 Comments
2022/03/08
12:49 UTC

13

Lock Logic: Work out the correct code using the clues provided.

6 Comments
2022/03/07
11:07 UTC

6

Anyone know of a game that is like flow free but actually requires logic?

Flow free is way too easy and basically solves itself in most cases, I’d like a puzzle game like it but harder if any exist

1 Comment
2022/03/01
20:46 UTC

3

Help with Name

I cant remember the name of this game so if anyone can help that would be awesome.

You have a grid and each square has a number in it(0-4) that says how many lines are surrounding that square. In the entirety of the puzzle you basically have to make one "snake" that is uninterrupted.

4 Comments
2022/02/27
16:47 UTC

2

Help with logic problem from book.

I am not a student, I am "reading logic made easy: how to know when language deceives you".

I am presented with this question

Given:

  1. All education majors student teach.
  2. Some education majors have double majors.
  3. Some mathematics students are education majors.

Which of the following conclusions necessarily follows

from 1,2, and 3 above?

A. Some mathematics students have double majors.

B. Some of those with double majors student teach.

C. All student teachers are education majors.

D. All of those with double majors student teach.

E. Not all mathematics students are education majors.

To which the answer is stated as B. To which I am agreeable to. Because some education Majors have double majors, but not all of those with double majors are education majors and those not education Majors do not teach.What I don't understand is that why A is incorrect. If there is a nonzero group of mathematics students that are education majors, and some education Majors have double majors , why is it incorrect to assume that some of those mathematics students may have a double major?

On a slightly tangential note this is been very frustrating. I have been programming for half a decade and I understand that does not mean that I'm good at logic, but it is annoying but I have apparently no idea how to even think about these types of problems.

This was removed from /r/logic and that makes me even more frustrated. :(

7 Comments
2022/02/15
18:56 UTC

4

Am i that dumb 😭

Help, everyone, I came across this, which is supposedly for a 13 year old level....

The fastest black snakes are faster than the fastest brown snakes.

All of the green snakes are faster than most of the black snakes.

All of the brown snakes are faster than all of the green snakes.

What can be concluded from the information provided above?

A) The range of speed was largest amongst the green snakes.

B) Brown and green snakes will generally be faster than black snakes.

C) The average speed of black snakes is faster than the average of green snakes.

D) The range of speeds amongst green snakes is larger than the range of speeds amongst black snakes.

7 Comments
2022/01/16
05:07 UTC

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Only The Smartest Can Solve These Puzzles!

0 Comments
2021/12/18
06:59 UTC

3

Can someone please explain this logic puzzle solution?

From https://www.mathsisfun.com/puzzles/bags-of-marbles-solution.html:

Q:

You have three bags, each containing two marbles. Bag A contains two white marbles, Bag B contains two black marbles, and Bag C contains one white marble and one black marble.

You pick a random bag and take out one marble.

It is a white marble.

What is the probability that the remaining marble from the same bag is also white?

A:

2/3 (not 1/2)

You know that you do not have Bag B (two black marbles) so there are three possibilities

You chose Bag A, first white marble. The other marble will be white
You chose Bag A, second white marble. The other marble will be white
You chose Bag C, the white marble. The other marble will be black

So 2 out of 3 possibilities are white.

Why not 1/2? You are selecting marbles, not bags.

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Why is it not 1/3? My logic is, if you select a white marble, the only way your next marble could be white is if you selected Bag A. So the question is actually asking what is the probability you selected Bag A, which is 1/3.

This website's solution also makes absolutely zero sense to me, because it seems to doublecount Bag A, when I think the marbles in Bag A should be treated as identical and therefore only be counted once.

3 Comments
2021/11/27
01:30 UTC

1

A tricky one

Hey everyone!

I was scrolling through tinder a couple of days ago and saw a lady that has posted the following image with the basic premise that one should be smart enough to figure this one out to go out with her. I have never seen a problem presented like this, and there is absolutely no additional clues what one should strive for in a solution. Now I am definitely beaten by this, but maybe someone here could give my mind some peace by giving a solid answer. Anyways, hope you are all good and enjoying your weekends!

https://preview.redd.it/8yktba6sms081.jpg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=155cf1f2e1255675f475c477cc51f3d91f0b28c5

5 Comments
2021/11/20
18:25 UTC

7

25 f Looking for an advanced Logic Puzzle Friend/ Guide willing to help out a newbie

Hi guys! I am hoping to find a seasoned logic puzzle friend that doesn't mind hoping on discord and working through some logic puzzles together sometime! i've always been interested in logic puzzles but gave up a while ago because I get stuck a lot. I am now diving into it and once again find myself getting stuck super often. I love games and puzzles and think its a really fun way to use your brain but I feel like my thought process and approach needs some help! I've tried online guides but every puzzle is different than the examples since the prompt hints are always different. I am very novice so can only successfully make it through 3x4 grids but 3x5 I get stuck on a lot. Comment or PM me if you are interested!

2 Comments
2021/11/09
15:35 UTC

2

Out of Sync Clocks

I have been trying to figure this out for a while.

There are two clocks in a building - Clock E(ast) and Clock W(est). They are old fashioned circular clocks with numbers ranging from 1 to 12. At the start (t=0), both clocks are perfectly in sync.

However, Clock W has a problem with its spring. It gains 1 minute every 2 hours (12 mins every day).

Question 1: In a 30 day period, how many times will the clocks show exactly the same time?

Question 2: What is the time that they both are showing the first time they are showing the same time?

Question 3: What is the difference in days, hours, mins between the first time and last time they are showing the same time?

1 Comment
2021/11/08
02:59 UTC

3

Advanced books?

I am looking for books of logical puzzles for advanced students of logic (at university)

2 Comments
2021/10/21
10:11 UTC

7

Scientific papers on logic puzzles

Hello everyone, I have a little request if I may.

Does anyone have or know of any scientific papers on the benefits of logic puzzles?

Thank you

2 Comments
2021/10/17
14:02 UTC

15

50 Coins

You are in a pitch-black room. There are 50 coins on the ground, forty of which are heads and ten of which are tails. You are told to divide the coins into two piles with the same number of tails in each. You may flip over any number of coins, but you cannot see any of them, nor can you feel a difference between the coin faces. How do you do this?

1 Comment
2021/10/16
21:51 UTC

3

greedy hackers

I got this one from an old math competition but I am unable to find the answer anywhere:

7 hackers joined forces and together captured 10 million in bitcoins from a criminal organization. They returned the crypto coins to their rightful owners, and were allowed to keep 1 million as a reward. The hackers decide to divide the bitcoins as follows: the oldest hacker makes a proposal for distribution and all members (including the oldest) vote pro or contra. If at least 50% vote pro, then the bitcoins will be distributed that way. Otherwise, the hacker who made the proposal will be expelled from the collective and the process will be repeated with the remaining members. Here you may assume that 1 bitcoin is considered a whole. Thus, they will not be further divided, for example, into hundredths. Since the hackers are all very greedy they will always vote against a proposal if they would get the same number of coins in a proposal by voting pro or contra. If you assume that all hackers are equally smart and greedy, what will happen?

4 Comments
2021/10/13
10:45 UTC

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[OC] What's the fastest chess piece?

1 Comment
2021/10/05
06:15 UTC

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