A good yes or no question cuts the choices down, and the answers make a tree.
A good yes or no question cuts the choices into two piles.
A question tree is a map of yes or no questions. Each answer picks one branch.
A good question splits the choices about in half, so only a few questions are needed.
Asking about one animal at a time is slow, because each question checks only one card.
These are some of the questions on the sets. The printable sheets have more and an answer key.
The owl. The owl has wings and the dog does not.
No. It checks only one card.
3. 6 cut in half is 3.
2. Yes and no.
A splitting question. It clears away a whole pile at once.
Play guess the animal, or guess an object, with a grown-up. Ask only yes or no questions and try to find the answer in as few questions as you can. Try asking questions that cut the choices in half.
Play guess the animal, or guess an object, together. Ask only yes or no questions and try to find the answer in as few questions as you can, by asking ones that cut the choices in half.
