Minute Mystery: The Two Statements

Bite-sized brain teaser to solve in a minute or less.

 

 

The Two Statements

Category: Deductive Logic

Exactly one of the following statements is true:

  1. The number is even.

  2. The number is divisible by 3.

What is the smallest possible positive number?

 

 

Solution

Test the smallest possible number

2 →

  1. The number is even - TRUE

  2. The number is divisible by 3 - FALSE


Only one statement needs to be true.

Answer: 2

 

 

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