Logic Puzzles

Logic puzzles are fun brain teasers that use clues instead of math operations. You read the clues carefully and use reasoning to figure out the answer. They are a great way to build your thinking skills.

How They Work

A logic puzzle gives you clues. For example: Sam is taller than Mia. Mia is taller than Joe. Who is the tallest? You use the clues step by step. Sam is tallest.

Some puzzles use a grid. You mark yes or no in boxes as you work through clues. Each clue rules out some possibilities until only one answer is left.

Why They Help

Logic puzzles build skills that help in math and life. They teach you to think carefully and organize information. They help you practice if-then thinking.

Detectives, scientists, and doctors all use logic to solve problems. When you work on a logic puzzle, you are training your brain to think like them.

Fun Facts

• Lewis Carroll, the man who wrote Alice in Wonderland, was a math teacher who loved logic puzzles.
• The ancient Greeks studied logic over 2,000 years ago.
• There are logic puzzle championships held every year with solvers from around the world.

Did You Know?

Computers are built on logic. Every decision a computer makes comes down to simple true-or-false logic, the same kind you use in logic puzzles!