LOGICAL THINKING

I. Sequence with pattern (review)

• Letter sequence
• Number sequence
• Figure sequence

Problem 1. (TIMO Final 2019) According to the pattern shown below, what is the English
letter in the space provided?

Problem 2. (TIMO Final 2021) According to the pattern shown below, what is the English
letter in the space provided?

R 、 P 、 M 、___ 、….

Problem 3. (TIMO Final 2019) According to the pattern shown below, what is the English
letter in the space provided?

Problem 4. (TIMO Final 2019) According to the pattern shown below, what is the English
letter in the space provided?

Problem 5. According to the pattern shown below, how many ＃ are there in the 4th group?

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Problem 6. According to the pattern shown below, how many ＊are there in the 5th group?

＊ ＊

＊ ＊

＊ ＊ ＊

＊ ＊ ＊ ＊

1st Group 2nd Group 3rd Group

Problem 7. According to the pattern shown below, how many ＃are there in the 6th group?

Problem 8. (TIMO Final 2020) According to the pattern shown below, how many is /
are there in the 6th group?

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II. Date problems

1. Vocabulary
• 7 days of the week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

• 12 months of the year

January February March April May June

July August September October November December

• Time
Ago Before Now After Later

2. Basic examples about days of the week

Example 1. Today is Friday. Which day of the week will it be 15 days later?

Example 2. Today is Wednesday. Which day of the week will it be 58 days later?

• Properties with days of the week / Tính chất về các thứ trong tuần
Days of the week repeat after 7 days / Thứ trong tuần lặp lại sau 7 ngày
Bên cạnh cách làm +7 vào số ngày và liệt kê, đối với những bài toán thứ ngày tháng có hai
mốc thời gian xa nhau thì ta còn cách làm sau đây.
• Method to solve difficult date problems.
Step 1: Find the number of days to the required date
Bước 1: Xác định số ngày sau tính đến thời điểm đề bài hỏi
Step 2: Convert days to weeks (divide by 7)
Bước 2: Chuyển ngày sang tuần (chia 7)
Step 3: Find the remainder + Count the remaining days to get the answer.
Bước 3: Tính số dư + Đếm các ngày bị dư để ra kết quả cuối cùng.

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3. Exercises about days of the week / Các bài toán về thứ trong tuần
Problem 1. Today is Monday, 3rd January 2022. Which day of the week is the last day of this
month?
Solve this probems by 2 methods. Which method would you choose?
Giải bài toán bằng 2 cách. Bạn sẽ chọn cách làm nào?

• Method 1 (+7)
• Method 2 (: 7)

Problem 2. Today is Sunday, 6th March 2022. Which day of the week is 1st April 2022?
Solve this probems by 2 methods. Which method would you choose?
Giải bài toán bằng 2 cách. Bạn sẽ chọn cách làm nào?

• Method 1 (+7)
• Method 2 (: 7)

Problem 3. (TIMO Final 2020) 4th April 2020 is Saturday. Which day of the week is 16th June
this year?

Problem 4*. (TIMO Final 2021) 3rd April 2021 is Saturday. Which day of the week is 7th Feb
this year?