Freddie was in love with three girls. He couldn't decide who he wanted to give his heart to, so he sent all three a Valentine's card. But poor Freddie was out of luck, as each girl thought the card came from someone else and Freddie was left on the sideline.
From the clues below, can you work out the name of each potential sweetheart, the colour of each card Freddie sent and the name of the boy each girl believed the card was sent by?
Unluckily for Freddie, when Miss Jetson received her card, she thought it was from Adam. When Molly received her blue coloured card, she told Miss Hanson, and together they worked out who the card was from. It didn't occur to either of them that it was from Freddie! The girl who received the red card was convinced it came from Ethan. Neither Millie nor Miss Motson received a pink card.
First Names: Lily, Millie, Molly
Surnames : Hanson, Jetson, Motson
Colours : Blue, pink, red
Boys : Adam, Dylan, Ethan
Hint
Start by using (2) and (4) to find who received the pink card.
Answer
Lily Jetson Pink Adam
Millie Hanson Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue Dylan
Reasoning
By (2), Molly received the Blue card:
Lily
Millie
Molly Blue
We now know that Molly didn't receive the Pink card, and by (4), neither did Millie, which means that Lily received the Pink card (and Millie received the Red):
Lily Pink
Millie Red
Molly Blue
By (4), the two girls who didn't receive the Pink card are Millie and Miss Motson, and we already know that Millie and Molly didn't receive the Pink Card, which means that Molly is Miss Motson.
Lily Pink
Millie Red
Molly Motson Blue
By (3), the Red card was thought to have come from Ethan:
Lily Pink
Millie Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue
By (1), Miss Jetson's card was thought to have come from Adam, this can't be Molly (Motson), nor Millie (Ethan). So it must be Lily Jetson:
Lily Jetson Pink Adam
Millie Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue
The puzzle can now be completed:
Lily Jetson Pink Adam
Millie Hanson Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue Dylan
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Puzzle 18
Using a 3 gallon container and a 7 gallon container (along with a water source and drain) …
… can you measure exactly 5 gallons in the fewest steps?
Answer
Here are the contents of the containers after each stage:
A B
0 7 fill B
3 4 fill A from B
0 4 empty A
3 1 fill A from B
0 1 empty A
1 0 fill A from B
1 7 fill B
3 5 fill A from B
This leaves 5 gallons in container B after 8 steps.
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Puzzle 19
Can you find the hidden nine-letter word in this grid?
Starting with any letter move in any direction, including diagonally. The letters of the word are in the correct order.
T U D T
L I C I
T I F D
D F F I
If a farmer buys chicken feed for £1.26 per tonne, pig feed for £2.74 per tonne and cattle feed for 78p per tonne. The feed can only be purchased by the tonne, and part tonnes aren't sold.
How much of each would he have if he had 100 tonnes for £100?
