LSAT Logic Games For Dummies

387 Pages·2010·11.938 MB·English

by  Mark Zegarelli

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(cid:127) Approaching the questions — face down the two main types of logic games —
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(cid:127) Bringing your A-game — learn to tackle open line games, open sorting games, bail

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(cid:127) Things to remember on test
(cid:127) Improving your performance — kick it up a notch and solve the toughest logic day
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games and logic game questions, like working with 2-dimensional charts and
focusing on the time element in logic games (cid:127) H ow to avoid the two most
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basic logical errors
(cid:127) Practice, practice, practice — put your training to the test with three practice
tests that are designed just like the real LSAT logic games, complete with (cid:127) Three practice tests with
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Learn to:
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(cid:127) Gain confidence by solving problems on
three practice tests
(cid:127) Build your speed and accuracy
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ISBN 978-0-470-52514-2
Mark Zegarelli is the author of Logic For Dummies, Calculus II
For Dummies, Basic Math & Pre-Algebra For Dummies, and several
logic puzzle books. Mark Zegarelli
Zegarelli Author, Logic For Dummies
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LSAT
Logic Games
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LSAT
Logic Games
FOR
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by Mark Zegarelli
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LSAT Logic Games For Dummies®
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About the Author
Mark Zegarelliis the author of Logic For Dummies(Wiley) plus three For Dummiesbooks
onpre-algebra and Calculus II. He holds degrees in both English and math from Rutgers
University and earned his living for many years writing vast quantities of logic puzzles not
unlike LSAT logic games.
Mark lives in Long Branch, New Jersey, and San Francisco, California.
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Dedication
This book is for Rick Kawala, who absolutely forced me to write it.
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