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01 / UNDERSTANDING
Learning objectives
Cover numbered levels, immediate neighbours, intervening floors and relative blocks. The objective is precise translation into positions before adding multiple attributes or more complex conditional constraints.
02 / UNDERSTANDING
The concept in context
A floor puzzle is a one-dimensional arrangement with a fixed vertical order. State whether floor one is the lowest, then translate every clue into a position or relation. Immediately above means one level higher; two floors between means a difference of three floor numbers. These phrases should not be treated as interchangeable.
03 / UNDERSTANDING
A worked learning case
Original educational case. In an original four-floor building numbered upward from one, A lives on floor four and B immediately below A. B therefore occupies three. If C is on floor one, D must occupy two. There is one floor between C and B, while A and B have no intervening floor. The distinction follows from positions rather than a memorised phrase.
ORIGINAL EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE
Try it before you check.
Original practice: Floor one is lowest. A is on floor 2, with two floors strictly between A and B above. What floor is B on?
Show the answer and reasoning
Floor 5.
The floors between are three and four, so B occupies floor five. Numerically, two intervening floors require a gap of three: 2 + 2 + 1 = 5. Adding only the number between would put B on floor four and leave just one intervening floor, contradicting the clue’s wording.
Two traps to watch for.
- Adding the intervening count without the final endpoint step.
- Treating an unresolved relative block as a fixed placement.
YOUR TOPIC-SPECIFIC LEARNING MAP
Your revision map
Write the floor-numbering convention.
Convert each clue into a gap or position.
Check every clue after completing the grid.
Explain the idea, apply it to a new situation, then check what changed in your reasoning.
BANKERS TUTORIAL · SOURCE NOTES
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