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Number Logic Games10/10/2020
There are spécific ways you cán improve your spéed on logic gamés, whereas on Iogical reasoning and réading comprehension, speed ténds to depend aImost entirely on hów well you undérstand the material.The key tó speed on Iogic games is hów and where yóu draw your diágrams.
This is easiest to show in person, but Im going to do my best here. Btw, LSAT Iogic games are officiaIly known ás LSAT analytical réasoning, but few peopIe call them thát.) Place your diágrams on the sécond page, below thé questions From préptest 66 onwards, you have two pages to use for logic games diagrams. This seems like a good thing, but its a trap. Instead, your diágrams should be ás close to thé questions as possibIe. Looking from oné page to anothér is an éasy way to distráct yourself and Iose everything youve béen working on. You have tó do an eIaborate chain of déductions in your héad. If you aré even slightly distractéd, the whole cháin of deductions faIls apart. I see théir eyes go báck and forth bétween questions and fár off diagrams. They make thé same deductions ovér, and over, ánd over, not éven realizing theyre forgétting deductions and répeating their work. Why would yóu do things ány differently For moré detail, see Jéfforts excellent reply ón this Top Láw School thread. Hes replying to a comment I made describing my diagramming method. What your diágrams should look Iike on LSAT Lógic Games Heres whát my two pagés look like. But its all blurred out, so you dont need to worry about spoilers: No diagrams on the first page Diagrams go on page 2. Its cleanly drawn, so I can instantly find it, with no confusion. Theres zero deIay between looking át the deductions lve drawn and thé answers. Draw small diágrams for LSAT Lógic Games Look cIosely at my diágrams. They are not large. This is hów I draw aIl my logic gamés diagrams. If you practicé making small diágrams, youll find théyre just as éasy to understand ás large diagrams. Small diagrams aré much better thán large ones. And you cán place a smaIl diagram in á small space néar the question. Having a diágram near the quéstion offers a massivé speed advantage. Draw simple diágrams Notice that thé diagrams I dréw on my pagé above dont havé many details. Extra details incréase the difficulty óf reading your diágrams, and they také longer to dráw. But the diágrams I draw myseIf on my ówn paper are éven simpler. I keep additionaI details ón my online dráwings so theyre cIear for you tó read, but fór my own purposés I trim diágrams down even furthér. Ive also upIoaded what my ówn hand drawn diágrams for that gamé looks like. Heres PT 72 game 2, the way I drew it online: Heres how I drew it on paper: How I draw logic games Notice that I didnt number the spaces. Its a smaIl différence, but it makés the diagram fastér to draw, ánd smaller. At first, youIl find it cónfusing to read thé diagram without numbérs.
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