Base-rate logic

What is most likely

Base-rate puzzles test whether you use the background numbers before guessing.

IQFlow Pinterest pin with a base-rate puzzle about blue and red tiles.

Quick answer

Answer: blue

There are 9 blue tiles and 1 red tile, so blue is much more likely.

How to use it

1

Count the options.

2

Compare the proportions.

3

Choose the more common outcome.

4

Avoid treating rare outcomes as equally likely.

What this trains

Probabilistic reasoning
Attention to data
Decision making
Assumption control

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