On September 1, 2015, Mr. P made the following statements about his seven grandchildren.
(1) Their names are Ben, Carrie, Elizabeth, Jackson, James, Katey, and Stewart.
(2) They were born in the cities of Albuquerque, NM; Bangor, ME; Fort Collins, CO; Greenville, SC;
Jacksonville, FL; and Reston, VA.
(3) They were born in the months of February, March, April, May, June, and July.
(4) Their ages are 17, 15, 11, 9, 5, and 0.
(5) Two of them were born in the same month; two of them were born in the same city; and two
of them are the same age but one month apart.
(6) The sum of their ages is the same number as Mr. P's age, and Mr. P was born in December of 1946
(don't bring presents - just send money).
(7) Mr. P's granddaughters were all born in April and May.
(8) The 9-year old is Jackson's brother and they were born in the same city.
(9) The person born in March was not born in Fort Collins or Albuquerque.
(10) The two people with the same age were born in consecutive months.
(11) Jackson and the grandson born in March were not born in Jacksonville.
(12) The grandchild born in Reston is older than the grandchild born in Jacksonville.
(13) The 15-year old and the grandchild born in Bangor were born in the same month.
(14) Ben's birth month comes after his brother's.
(15) Stewart is younger than Katey but older than Elizabeth.
(16) The youngest was born in Bangor and the oldest was born in Greenville.
(17) Ben, Jackson and the 5-year old were born west of the Mississippi River.
(18) James is 8 years older than Ben
(19) Carrie's age is three times the age of the person born in Albuquerque.
Can you determine the age, the birth city, and the birth month for each of Mr. P's grandchildren from the nineteen clues above?
Solution to the Problem:
Here are the answers to the puzzle:Ben, 9 years old, born in Fort Collins in July
Katey, 11 years old, born in Jacksonville in May
Elizabeth, 0 years old, born in Bangor in April
James, 17 years old, born in Greenville in March
Jackson, 11 years old, born in Fort Collins in June
Carrie, 15 years old, born in Reston in April
Stewart, 5 years old, born in Albuquerque in February
Here is a picture of the 7 grandkids:
Correctly solved by:
| 1. Kyla Hoopes |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 2. McKinzee Walker |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 3. Camila Smith | ---------- |
| 4. Bradley Deanda |
John Paul II Catholic High School, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 5. Brian Woodend |
John Paul II Catholic High School, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 6. Luke Hazen |
John Paul II Catholic High School, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 7. Will Cannard |
John Paul II Catholic High School, Tallahassee, Florida |
| 8. Nicholas Birch | ---------- |
| 9. Seth Parkinson |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
| 10. Amanda Andrews | New Hampshire |
| 11. Kaylee Gross |
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Wyoming |
