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If you're new to grid-based logic puzzles, this tutorial will teach you the basics. Start with the "Introduction" first, then move on to the tutorials discussing specific clues or solving methods. Each tutorial contains a number of different slides - you can advance to the next slide by clicking "Next slide" at the bottom of each page, or by using the circled numerical links below each slide. Choose your specific tutorial from the list below to get started.
Slide #1
The easiest types of clues in logic puzzles are generally the true and false clues, as they lay out a simple one-to-one proposition, i.e. A is equal to B, or A is not equal to B.
In this first example, we have a false clue: "Laura's tattoo didn't cost $55." How do we represent this relationship on the grid?
Slide #2
It's simple. You find the column for "Laura" and the row for "$55" and you mark an X (representing a false relationship) where the two intersect.
Slide #3
Easy enough, right?
Now we have an example of a true clue. "The green tattoo cost $40." So how would you represent this true relationship on the grid?
Slide #4
Just like with the false relationship, we find the column for "green" and the row for "$40" and we mark a green circle (representing a true relationship) where the two intersect.
But there's more to be done when it comes to true relationships...
Slide #5
Remember: in a logic puzzle, every item in every group can be used once and only once. So if you know the green tattoo is $40, as in this example, you immediately know that the green tattoo isn't any of the other price options ($35, $45, $50 or $55). Similarly, the $40 tattoo can't be any color other than green.
So whenever you mark a true relationship on the grid, you must always mark all other options within that subgrid false for those two items.
(Our website will always mark these false relationships for you automatically.)
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