Answer to December 7, 1998 Problem |
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Santa's Pack Held Thirty Toys
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Try this poetic puzzle involving 5 elves, dressed in 5 different colors, who made 5 different types of toys. |
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Solution: Since the two elves who made the least were in green and red, the elf in yellow must have made the third-smallest amount of toys. And that elf made trains (11-12). Since the elf making sleds could not have made the second-smallest amount of toys (7-8), Marcia must have made the sleds. Cher is therefore the elf in yellow, and the person who made the second-smallest amount of toys is in red (5-8). By elimination, Johnny is in green, and Jane is in red and made the balls. Since the elf in green made three toys, Sue must have made nine toys (13-14), and our amounts of toys must be: 9/7/6/5/3. Sue (blue) made 9 tops. Marcia (orange) made 7 sleds. Cher (yellow) made 6 trains. Jane (red) made 5 balls. Johnny (green) made 3 cars. |
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