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Lesson 25 · Language · Categories and attributes

Step 1 of 4

Find the wrong step

A bicycle sitting among a violin, trumpet, and flute
Your lessonCategories and attributesWarm-up

The Orchestra Intruder

A word sorter must remove the item that does not belong: violin, trumpet, flute, bicycle.

Three items
Used to make music
One item
Used for transport

Your question

Which word is the strongest odd one out?

Lumi’s answer: “Flute, because it has the fewest letters.”

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Step 1 of 4

Find the wrong step

Find where the reasoning first breaks

Start with Step 1 and move downward. Choose the first line that stops making sense.

Later lines may be wrong too. Pick the first mistake.

Lumi’s work

These lines form one solution. Read them from top to bottom.

  1. 1

    Flute has fewer letters than trumpet and bicycle.

  2. 2

    The smallest spelling difference always defines the useful category.

  3. 3

    Flute is the shortest word.

  4. 4

    So flute is the intruder.