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Visual Logic

The Missing Piece

Each row and column follows a rule. Which piece belongs in the gap?
Visual logicReasoningAges 9–11 · 12+Sample content

Getting The Missing Piece ready…

About this game

How to play

  1. Look across the rows, then down the columns.
  2. Work out what each row and column needs.
  3. Tap the piece that fits the gap.

Three levels

  • Easy: One rule at a time, and the gap is always in the corner.
  • Medium: Shapes that never repeat in a row, and turning arrows.
  • Hard: Two rules at once, and the gap could be anywhere.

What this teaches

Checking rows AND columns is the same thinking you use in Sudoku. When two clues point at one answer, you can be really sure of it.

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