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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Three Gods Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You and your team have crash-landed on an ancient planet. Can you appease the three alien overlords who rule it and get your team safely home? Created by logician Raymond Smullyan, and popularized by his colleague George Boolos, this...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Can You Solve the Prisoner Hat Riddle?

For Students 9th - 10th
You and nine other individuals have been captured by super-intelligent alien overlords. The aliens think humans look quite tasty, but their civilization forbids eating highly logical and cooperative beings. Unfortunately, they're not...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Rational Numbers

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping wallaby competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the wallabies on the correct range from -5 to 5 on the number line. Numbers...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Then, place each contestant's jump-a fraction, mixed number, or decimal between -5 and +5-at the correct point on the number line. Backward jumps are...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Graphing Inequalities: Fractions, Mixed Numbers, and Decimals

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve three riddles involving a jumping frog competition. Then, using knowledge of inequalities and rational numbers, place the frogs in the correct range from 0 to 5 on a number line. The fractions,...
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PBS

Pbs: Logical Leaps: Adding Rational Numbers on the Number Line

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interactive, use logic to solve riddles involving a wallaby jumping contest. Add two consecutive jumps and place them on a number line, finding equivalent fractions and common denominators to do so. Backward jumps represent...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Locating Points on the Cartesian Graph

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this interactive, students use clues and logic to plot the location of aquatic animals on a Cartesian graph that represents the four cardinal directions. The three riddles in the interactive, including one that requires students to...