4 Logic Puzzle solving 1 Do you do puzzles? What techniques can you use to solve puzzles?
a draw a diagram b make notes c talk about them with someone
d sit in a quiet room by yourself e a combination of a, b, c and d f your own technique(s)
2 Read the two puzzles and solve them using a technique from 1.
PUZZLE 1 A father is on one side of a street. He needs to cross to his car on the other side with his three children, Anna, Ben and Clare. He’s carrying lots of shopping so he can only take one child at a time.
If he leaves Ben with Clare, he will bully her. If he leaves Anna with Ben, she will bully him.
How can he get all the children in the car without anyone being bullied?
PUZZLE 2 A man falls out of an aeroplane. He isn’t wearing a parachute. He has no injuries except a few bruises. How did he survive?
3 4.2 Listen to the answer to puzzle 1 and complete the table. Did you have a similar answer? Action
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Step 7
58 English for the 21st Century • Unit 4 Reason/Outcome