Who Works Where

Who Works Where Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Who Works Where
Alex, Betty, Carol, Dan, Earl, Fay, George and Harry are eight employees of an organization

They work in three departments: Personnel, Administration and Marketing with not more than three of them in any department.

Each of them has a different choice of sports from Football, Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, Lawn Tennis, Basketball, Hockey and Table Tennis not necessarily in the same order.

Dan works in Administration and does not like either Football or Cricket.
Fay works in Personnel with only Alex who likes Table Tennis.
Earl and Harry do not work in the same department as Dan.
Carol likes Hockey and does not work in Marketing.
George does not work in Administration and does not like either Cricket or Badminton.
One of those who work in Administration likes Football.
The one who likes Volleyball works in Personnel.
None of those who work in Administration likes either Badminton or Lawn Tennis.
Harry does not like Cricket.

Who are the employees who work in the Administration Department?

In which Department does Earl work?




Our Solution:
Betty, Carol and Dan work in Administration department.

Earl works in the Marketing department.
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Soccer Problem Puzzle

Soccer Problem Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Soccer Problem
There are 7 boys on a soccer team. Each boy has a different position, jersey number, and height. Find out each person's height, position, and number.

* Justin is the goalie
* The right forward is #10
* The goalie is 6' 4''
* Joe is 6' 1''
* Ryan is right forward
* The person next to Ryan is #14
* The person who is 6' 4'' is #16
* #10 is 5' 8''
* The left forward is #15
* Brad is right defense
* Brendan is #20
* Michael is 7' 1''
* Miguel is #6
* Michael is left forward
* #42 is right defense
* Brad is 6' 2''
* #6 is center defense
* #15 is 7' 1''
* #20 is 6' 7''
* Miguel is 5' 10''
* #14 is 6' 1''
* The person who is 6' 7'' is left defense
* Joe is center forward


(Contributed by Michael B and Brendan D, Grade 5, Edgar Allan Poe School)

Our Solution:
A Solution has been contributed by "frenchfry23" (a member of the forum) as follows:

Joe: center forward, 6' 1", #14

Justin: goalie, 6' 4", #16

Michael: left forward, 7' 1", #15

Brendan: left defense, 6' 7", #20

Ryan: right forward, 5' 8" , #10

Brad: right defense, 6' 2", #42

Miguel: center defense, 5' 10", #6
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Gardens Puzzle

Gardens Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Gardens
Five friends have their gardens next to one another, where they grow three kinds of crops: fruits (apple, pear, nut, cherry), vegetables (carrot, parsley, gourd, onion) and flowers (aster, rose, tulip, lily).

1. They grow 12 different varieties.
2. Everybody grows exactly 4 different varieties
3. Each variety is at least in one garden.
4. Only one variety is in 4 gardens.
5. Only in one garden are all 3 kinds of crops.
6. Only in one garden are all 4 varieties of one kind of crops.
7. Pear is only in the two border gardens.
8. Paul's garden is in the middle with no lily.
9. Aster grower doesn't grow vegetables.
10. Rose growers don't grow parsley.
11. Nuts grower has also gourd and parsley.
12. In the first garden are apples and cherries.
13. Only in two gardens are cherries.
14. Sam has onions and cherries.
15. Luke grows exactly two kinds of fruit.
16. Tulip is only in two gardens.
17. Apple is in a single garden.
18. Only in one garden next to Zick's is parsley.
19. Sam's garden is not on the border.
20. Hank grows neither vegetables nor asters.
21. Paul has exactly three kinds of vegetable.

Who has which garden and what is grown where?




Our Solution:
Hank: pear apple cherry rose
Sam: cherry onion rose tulip
Paul: carrot gourd onion rose
Zick: aster rose tulip lily
Luke: pear nut gourd parsley
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Ships Puzzle

Ships Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Ships
There are 5 ships in a port:

1. The Greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee.
2. The Ship in the middle has a black chimney.
3. The English ship leaves at nine.
4. The French ship with blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee.
5. To the right of the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille.
6. The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila.
7. Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney.
8. A ship going to Genoa leaves at five.
9. The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille.
10. The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg.
11. Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney.
12. The ship on the border carries corn.
13. The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight.
14. The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice.
15. The ship to Hamburg leaves at six.

Which ship goes to Port Said? Which ship carries tea?




Our Solution:
The Spanish ship goes to Port Said and the French ship carries tea. However, tea can be carried by the Brazilian ship, too.

If you understood position 'to the right' to mean anywhere on the right side from the given point (not only right next to).

French 5:00 tea blue Genoa
Greek 6:00 coffee red Hamburg
Brazilian 8:00 cocoa black Manila
English 9:00 rice white Marseille
Spanish 7:00 corn green Port Said
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Where Did the Dollar Go

Where Did the Dollar Go ? Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Where Did the Dollar Go ?
Three friends have a nice meal together, and the bill is $25

The three friends pay $10 each, which the waiter gives to the Cashier

The Cashier hands back $5 to the Waiter

But the Waiter can't split $5 three ways, so he gives the friends one dollar each and keeps 2 dollars as a tip.

They all paid $10 and got $1 back. $10-$1 = $9

There were three of them 3 X $9 = $27

If they paid $27 and the waiter kept $2: $27+$2=$29

Where did the other dollar go? $30 - $1 = $29




Our Solution:
It is all in how the question is asked.

When the friends paid $10 dollars, they had paid $30 in total.

When the Cashier gave $5 dollars to the Waiter, the 3 friends had paid $25 to the Cashier and $5 to the Waiter.

When the Waiter returns 3 dollars, the 3 friends had paid $25 to the Cashier and $2 to the Waiter. $25+$2 = $27 = 3 x $9.
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Open The Safe Puzzle

Open The Safe Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
Open The Safe
Ludwig Bump runs the bank in Mathsville.

You have to help him, though, because he has forgotten the combination number of the safe.

Fortunately, he does remember some things about the number which may help you to help him.

· The number has four digits (eg.1234 or 9876).
· All the digits are different.
· It begins and ends with an odd number and has two even numbers in the middle.
· 19 and 519 go into it exactly.

WHAT IS THE NUMBER WHICH WILL OPEN THE SAFE?




Our Solution:
The combination number of Ludwig Bump's bank safe in Mathsville is 9861.

A bit of a trick puzzle, really, because out of the five clues I gave, the last one alone gives you the answer: Just multiply 519 x 19 and you get 9861. The other clues are just for checking.
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How Old is Granny

How Old is Granny Puzzle - Solution
The Puzzle:
How Old is Granny
Tom asked his Granny how old she was. Rather than giving him a straight answer, she replied:

"I have 6 children, and there are 4 years between each one and the next. I had my first child (your Uncle Peter) when I was 19. Now the youngest one (Your Auntie Jane) is 19 herself. That's all I'm telling you!"

How old is Tom's Granny?




Our Solution:
Tom's Granny is 58 years old. Let's see why:

First child born: Granny is 19
Second child born: Granny is 23 (19 + 4)
Third child born: Granny is 27 (23 + 4)
Fourth child born: Granny is 31 (27 + 4)
Fifth child born: Granny is 35 (31 + 4)
Sixth child born: Granny is 39 (35 + 4)
Sixth child is 19: Granny is 58 (39 + 19)

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