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Did you know that you can attend the first session of any of our online or in-person GMAT courses absolutely free? We\u2019re not kidding! <\/i><\/b>Check out our upcoming courses here<\/i><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Most of the problems in Integrated Reasoning test the same material we already need to study for the Quant and Verbal sections of the GMAT. There are a few differences though\u2014and we\u2019re going to talk about one of those differences today, in the latest installment of our <\/span>Know the Code<\/span><\/a> series.<\/span><\/p>\n Perhaps once per test, you\u2019ll be asked to answer what\u2019s known as a logic puzzle or logic game. At heart, logic games are about how to organize or categorize certain information. You\u2019re given some rules (also known as constraints) and you have to figure out what organization is allowed\u2014or, perhaps, what organization is prohibited\u2014based on those rules.<\/span><\/p>\n Before I tell you any more, try out this Integrated Reasoning (IR) Two-Part problem from the free practice problems that come with the GMATPrep<\/span>\u00ae<\/span> software.<\/span><\/p>\n If you\u2019re planning to guess on 3 questions in the IR section, then you can give yourself 3 minutes and 20 seconds to do this problem. If you\u2019re planning to guess on 2 questions, then give yourself 3 minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201c*A literature department at a small university in an English-speaking country is organizing a two-day festival in which it will highlight the works of ten writers who have been the subjects of recent scholarly work by the faculty. Five writers will be featured each day. To reflect the department\u2019s strengths, the majority of writers scheduled for one of the days will be writers whose primary writing language is not English. On the other day of the festival, at least four of the writers will be women. Neither day should have more than two writers from the same country. Departmental members have already agreed on a schedule for eight of the writers. That schedule showing names, along with each writer\u2019s primary writing language and country of origin, is shown.<\/span><\/p>\n Achebe (male, English, Nigeria) Rowling (female, English, UK) \u201cSelect a writer who could be added to the schedule for either day. Then select a writer who could be added to the schedule for neither day. Make only two selections, one in each column.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Ready?<\/p>\n 1-second Glance.<\/span><\/i> Wow, there\u2019s a lot of information for 3-ish minutes! So think carefully about how you\u2019re going to Read and Jot on this one.<\/span><\/p>\n First, the Day 1 and Day 2 lists pop out visually, even before you read anything. These lists don\u2019t absolutely guarantee a logic game, but they\u2019re a likely signal\u2014so you would already be thinking, \u201cOkay, is this a logic game?\u201d before you even start reading.<\/span><\/p>\n That\u2019s important because the key to logic games is making sure you note and understand all of the rules or constraints. That\u2019s going to be your focus\u2014don\u2019t copy down the lists themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n Read <\/span><\/i>and<\/span> Jot<\/span><\/i>. Here we go. Two-day festival. Ten writers, five per day. And now we get to the nitty-gritty rules.<\/span><\/p>\n As I jotted that stuff down, I realized that I don’t know which day is the \u201cnon-English\u201d day and which day is the \u201cwomen\u201d day. I underlined the word \u201cother\u201d to help me remember that.<\/span><\/p>\n Reflect and Organize<\/span><\/i>. Even though I\u2019m not done reading everything, there\u2019s so much info here that I\u2019m going to pause to think about what I want to do next.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve got the rules. And I\u2019ve got these lists down below. Since 8 of the 10 writers are already set, they\u2019re presumably going to ask me to figure out some possibilities for the other 2. So I don\u2019t want to just passively read through the lists\u2014that\u2019d be a waste of time. How should I use them? What should I examine first?<\/span><\/p>\n At this point, glance all the way down to the question itself. What do they want us to do?<\/span><\/p>\n Yep! We\u2019ve got to figure something out about the two unknown writers. Specifically, we\u2019ve got to find someone who could fit either day, and then we\u2019ve got to find someone who can\u2019t be selected at all.<\/span><\/p>\n Solve<\/span><\/i>. Okay, back to the Day 1 and Day 2 lists. Let\u2019s start with that thing we know we don\u2019t know: Which day is non-English and which day is women? Start first with the most constraining factor\u2014the one that gives you the least wiggle room. (This is a good principle on all logic games.)<\/span><\/p>\n In this case, the most constrained day is \u201cwomen\u201d\u2014that day has to have 4 or 5 female writers.<\/span><\/p>\n Glance down the genders listed for each day. Day 1 does have three females already, so that one could go to four once we add one more person. Day 2, on the other hand, has two females and two males. Even if we add a female in the fifth slot, this day will have only three females\u2014so this can\u2019t be the \u201c4+ females\u201d day.<\/span><\/p>\n Therefore, Day 1 is the \u201c4+ women\u201d day and Day 2 is the \u201c3+ non-English\u201d day.<\/span><\/p>\n Reflect<\/span><\/i> again. What does this mean? Since Day 1 currently has only three women, we\u2019ve got to choose another woman for that day.<\/span><\/p>\n What about Day 2? At least three need to be \u201cnon-English\u201d but currently only two are\u2014so the person chosen for Day 2 has to write primarily in some language other than English.<\/span><\/p>\n Therefore, the correct answer for the first column (someone who could go on either day) has to be a woman who writes in a language other than English. Look through the answers. Both M(urasaki) and C(olette) fit the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n We must have to use some other rule to narrow down further. What haven\u2019t we used yet? Glance back at your notes.<\/span><\/p>\n Right! No more than two people from the same country! M is from Japan and C is from France. Check Day 1. There are already two people from France on Day 1. We can\u2019t have a third, so C is out.<\/span><\/p>\n The correct answer for the first column (Either) is Murasaki.<\/span><\/p>\n Phew. Okay, one more and we\u2019re done. This one should go a bit faster because we actually understand all of the rules now.<\/span><\/p>\n Murasaki can go on either day, so she can\u2019t be the correct answer for Neither. That\u2019s one down. What about the rest?<\/span><\/p>\n We already figured out that C can\u2019t go on day 1, so check her next for Day 2. Day 2 needs another non-English writer, but C qualifies for that. And C is from France\u2014nobody else from France is scheduled on Day 2. So C could be on Day 2; she\u2019s not the correct answer for the \u201cNeither\u201d column.<\/span><\/p>\n What to check next? Day 1 requires a woman, so any of the men cannot go on Day 1. Check the men against the requirements for Day 2.<\/span><\/p>\n Longfellow can\u2019t go on Day 2 because we need another non-English writer. This is it!<\/span><\/p>\n The correct answer for the first column (Neither) is Longfellow.<\/span><\/p>\n You don\u2019t need to check the other answer choices because you\u2019ve found answers that work, but here\u2019s the reasoning for all of the answers, just in case you want to check.<\/span><\/p>\n LeGuin<\/span><\/i>: Can go on Day 1. Can\u2019t go on Day 2 (fails non-English rule).<\/span><\/p>\n Longfellow<\/span><\/i>: Can\u2019t go on Day 1 (fails female rule). Can\u2019t go on Day 2 (fails non-English rule). CORRECT answer for column 2 (Neither).<\/span><\/p>\n Murasaki<\/span><\/i>: Can go on Day 1. Can go on Day 2. CORRECT answer for column 1 (Either).<\/span><\/p>\n Colette<\/span><\/i>: Can\u2019t go on Day 1 (fails max 2 per country rule). Can go on Day 2.<\/span><\/p>\n Vargas Llosa<\/span><\/i>: Can\u2019t go on Day 1 (fails female rule). Can go on Day 2.<\/span><\/p>\n Zola<\/span><\/i>: Can\u2019t go on Day 1 (fails female rule). Can go on Day 2.<\/span><\/p>\n (1) If you see a list (of things grouped together, as in this problem, or of rules), there\u2019s a pretty good chance you\u2019ve got a logic game.<\/span><\/p>\n (2) People are often in the \u201clove \u2018em\u201d or \u201chate \u2018em\u201d categories for logic games. If you love them, great. Jot down the rules, keep track of the logic carefully, and go for it. If you hate these, feel free to just guess and move on. It\u2019s rare to see more than one of these on the test (and you may not even see one).<\/span><\/p>\n (3) Turn any knowledge you gain into Know the Code flash cards:<\/span><\/p>\n Can\u2019t get enough of Stacey\u2019s GMAT mastery? Attend the first session of one of her upcoming GMAT courses<\/a> absolutely free, no strings attached. Seriously.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Did you know that you can attend the first session of any of our online or in-person GMAT courses absolutely free? We\u2019re not kidding! Check out our upcoming courses here. Most of the problems in Integrated Reasoning test the same material we already need to study for the Quant and Verbal sections of the GMAT. 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