Lesson 5

Complete the Lesson 5 Assignment that you saved in your course folder at the beginning of this lesson. Show work to support your answers.

 

Save your responses in your course folder.

 

Project Connection

 

Go to Module 5 Project: Dice Game Competition. Go to Part 3: Section 2 to play the game by rolling the dice three times and completing the chart.

 

Going Beyond

 

In this lesson you used tables to organize the information presented in a situation. Tables help you keep track of how pieces of information are related to one another. Logic grids can also manage large amounts of information.

 

The Law School Admission Test (LSAT) is a standardized exam that measures the aptitude of law-school applicants. In addition to reading comprehension and writing, the exam has an analytical reasoning section in which students solve logic problems. This section checks a person's ability to synthesize information, construct sound arguments, and draw logical conclusions.

 

 

Do you think you are ready for law school? Try to solve the next puzzle. You can also find this puzzle and others like it on the Internet.

 

Question: Five people have dinner reservations at a restaurant. Prior to going out for supper, each person completed his or her laundry and also went shopping. What time is each person’s reservation, what laundry product does each person use, and what item did each person purchase?

 

You may find it helpful to use Logic Grid to complete this activity.

 

Clue 1: The person who uses Sun didn’t buy the shoes.

 

Clue 2: The five people making reservations are the person who bought the scarf; the person with a reservation at 9:00 p.m.; Ayden; the person who uses Era; and the person who bought the shoes.

 

Clue 3: Either the person who uses Clorox or the person who uses Era is Hudson.

 

Clue 4: The person who uses Tide has a later reservation than Dalton.

 

Clue 5: Of the person who uses Era and Randy, one has the 6:00 p.m. reservation and the other bought the earrings.

 

Clue 6: Ayden has an earlier reservation than the person who uses Era.

 

Clue 7: The person with a reservation at 6:30 p.m. is not Hudson.

 

Clue 8: Dalton has a later reservation than the person who uses Biz.

 

Clue 9: The person with a reservation at 6:00 p.m. is Julius.

 

Clue 10: The person with a reservation at 5:30 p.m. bought the purse.

 

Search the Internet for other logic grid puzzles. Who knows? Maybe you will find yourself breezing through this section on the LSAT one day!