Sample math problems to teach
logical and analytical reasoning.
1. Find the rule
1.
Find the missing part and write its number.
(for grade K and, as it gets more complex, for grade 1)
2. Identify the relation between the first and the
second picture. The same relation exists between the third and the
fourth pictures. The fourth picture is missing. Choose the missing
one from the list and write its number. (For grades K, 1, and 2)
2. Continue the sequence
1. Circle the object that comes next (for preschool):
2.
Draw the picture that should be next (for grade K)
In this exercise child should catch the pattern of the changes from
the first picture to the last one.
3. Continue each pattern (for preschool):
4. Continue each pattern (for grade K):
3. Ordering of events
1.
Number the pictures in the order in which they were drawn. (For
preschool and grade K.)
2.
Number the pictures in the order in which things happened and tell
the story.
4. Introduction to sets
1. Find the object that does NOT belong to the set.
(For preschool, grades K and 1)
This
problem has ONE solution
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This
problem has TWO solutions.
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This problem has FOUR solutions.
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This
problem has THREE solutions.
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2. Choose the picture for the empty square that
will fit into both the vertical and the horizontal sets.
(For grades 1, 2)
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