Paper I · 9 Logical Reasoning & Analytical Ability · 9.9 Ranking, seating and puzzles

9.9.6 Multi-attribute grid puzzles: the elimination table method

In a matching puzzle each person has exactly one item of each kind, so draw a table, put a ✗ for every "not" and a ✓ for every certainty, and keep using the rule "one ✓ per row and per column" until the table is full.

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Key terms

  • grid puzzle
  • elimination table
  • matching puzzle
  • multi-attribute puzzle
  • one-to-one matching
  • neither nor
  • linking clues
  • cross table
  • definitely true
  • additional clue
  • which combination is correct
  • conditional question

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