Logic and Deduction as a Puzzle
Practice logic and deduction by doing these grid puzzles. Find many more in puzzle books from newsagents..do a logic puzzle a day to exercise your brain and help you become a better thinker (and programmer)
Create your own for your friends to do.
Find Puzzles and solutions below
Start early – if a primary teacher have short puzzle sessions every day.
Solving Grid Logic Puzzles

Use the clues to fill in the grid. Put ticks in the corresponding boxes for facts that you know definitely true. Put crosses where you know they are definitely false. Once you know some links copy the information it gives you to elsewhere in the grid. For some facts in the grid you need to deduce the appropriate thing from your general knowledge about the facts given.
The puzzles with solutions
Puzzle 1: Playing games

Given some basic facts, use logic and deduction to work out all the facts. Who is playing what game at what level and what is their avatar name?
- Puzzle Sheet for printing
- Puzzle Sheet for online (spreadsheet)
- Solution Sheet
Puzzle 2: Santa’s Reindeer

Given some basic facts, use logic and deduction to work out all the facts. Which reindeer is in which position, what is their favourite snack and what is the colour of their blanket?
- Puzzle Sheet for printing
- Puzzle Sheet for online (spreadsheet)
- Solution Sheet
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