Grade 7 Skill Standards: CCSS — logical reasoning

Logic Mastery Challenge (Grade 7)

The capstone combines counting, sets, AND/OR, and deduction — a single problem may ask you to count arrangements, then deduce which one fits extra conditions. The skill is choosing the right tool (multiply for the counting principle, eliminate for deduction) and chaining them carefully.

What it is

Understanding logic mastery challenge

The capstone combines counting, sets, AND/OR, and deduction — a single problem may ask you to count arrangements, then deduce which one fits extra conditions. The skill is choosing the right tool (multiply for the counting principle, eliminate for deduction) and chaining them carefully.

Key Idea

The capstone combines counting, sets, AND/OR, and deduction — a single problem may ask you to count arrangements, then deduce which one fits extra conditions. The skill is choosing the right tool (multiply for the counting principle, eliminate for deduction) and chaining them carefully.

Worked Example

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Worked example

From 4 friends, how many ways to pick a pair where one specific friend (Sam) must be included?

Sam is in; choose 1 more from the other 3 → 3 ways. → 3.

Visual model

Combine counting, sorting, and deduction carefully.

Interactive Check

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Arrange 3 books with the red one first.
Answer: 2

the other 2 in 2! ways.

Choose 2 from 5, must include Ana.
Answer: 4

1 more from 4.

Even number, 1–10, greater than 4, not a multiple of 4.
Answer: 6 or 10

6, 10; 8 is a multiple of 4.

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