Why Logical Reasoning Preparation Is Important For Olympiads?
Aryan loved Maths. Numbers were his friends. So when his teacher announced the IMO was three months away, he wasn’t nervous — until he opened the sample paper.
Section A. Logical Reasoning. 15 questions. He stared at a number series that followed no rule he’d ever studied. A boy standing south-east of a tree. A code where A became D. He shut the paper. “I’ll just skip this section,” he muttered.
His cousin Priya — an IMO Level 2 qualifier — happened to visit that weekend. She found him sulking.
Section A. Logical Reasoning. 15 questions. He stared at a number series that followed no rule he’d ever studied. A boy standing south-east of a tree. A code where A became D. He shut the paper. “I’ll just skip this section,” he muttered.
His cousin Priya — an IMO Level 2 qualifier — happened to visit that weekend. She found him sulking.
Series & Number Patterns
“Don’t stare at the numbers — look at the gaps between them. That’s where the pattern hides.” Aryan tried it. 2, 6, 12, 20… gaps of 4, 6, 8, 10. The answer was 30. “Oh,” he said quietly.
Analogy & Classification
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“Find the relationship in the first pair. Apply it to the second. For Classification, find the one that doesn’t belong — and ask yourself why.”
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