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Saturday, 06 September 2014 00:00

How long is your lesson?

My lessons are one hour long but I always can find extra time to let a student finish the task.
Monday, 20 August 2012 15:40

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Logic Land teaches how to solve non-standard arithmetic questions by applying different thinking methods.

You can check if you know how to solve them:

    USE "LINE DIAGRAMS"

  1. On Saturday and Sunday the lizard Limy ate 18 insects. On Sunday she went to a lizard party and ate twice as many insects as on Saturday. How many insects did Limy eat on each of the days?
  2. Very hungry Limy ate 36 insects in the next three days – on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. On Monday, the lizard ate two times less than on Tuesday and three times less than on Wednesday. How many insects vanished in Limy's stomach on each of these days?
  3. Once, insatiable as ever, Limy caught 22 insects, 4 TIMES more flies than caterpillars, and 4 more grasshoppers than flies. How many insects of each kind did the lizard eat?
  4. Can you figure out how many fish each fishermen caught if you hear the following conversation: "Give me 3 fish and we will have the same number of fish", asked one of them. "No, you give me 3 and I will have twice as many fish than you", answered the other.
  5. SOLVE STARTING FROM THE END.

  6. There is a Magical Bridge that doubles the money you have in your pocket when you cross it, but every time you cross the bridge you lose 20 cents. Richard crossed the bridge 3 times and found one dollar in his pocket. How much money did he have before crossing the bridge the first time?
  7. The cat Flake caught a total of 120 mice in 4 days. Flake improved his skills every day. The next day he caught the same number of mice as he did in the past four days combined. Assume that every day Flake caught as many mice as on all previous days combined. How many mice did Flake catch on each of these five days? THINK ABOUT DIVISIONS with AND without a REMAINDER.
  8. How many eggs are in the basket if you know that when grouped by 5s, then three eggs always remain. But if you put the eggs in groups of 7 no eggs are left over. It is also known that there is less than 30 eggs in the basket.
  9. UNDERSTAND SUMMING NUMBERS.

  10. Last weekend Deanna, Carol, and Jenny drank many cups of tea. Deanna and Carol had ten cups, Carol and Jenny nine, while Jenny and Deanna had eleven. How many cups did each sister have ?
  11. RATE OF CHANGE.

  12. Four hens lay 4 eggs in 4 days. How many eggs will 8 hens lay in 8 days?
  13. TRY and CHECK.

  14. There are three-headed and five-headed dragons. If the total number of heads is 16, how many dragons of each kind are there?

If you do not know how to solve these problems read my book "LOGIC LAND". I guarantee, you'll learn!

Sunday, 02 December 2012 00:00

Numbers

Sunday, 02 December 2012 00:00

Mice

Sunday, 02 December 2012 00:00

Matches

Sunday, 02 December 2012 00:00

Balls

Tuesday, 13 November 2012 00:00

Robert Maynard Hutchins

My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects.

Robert Maynard Hutchins
Tuesday, 13 November 2012 00:00

Ezra Pound

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

Ezra Pound
Monday, 05 November 2012 00:00

Logic Land. Level 3. Grade 3 and up

“Logic Land, or into Math with imagination” is a collection of 38 non-standard mathematical problems that are embedded in stories and illustrated. This book is about a fantastic town of magicians that do not use magic in everyday life. Instead they choose to use logic to find solutions to their everyday problems.

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