Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Logic Puzzles

My English Zone students wrote some logic puzzles today! Can you figure them out?

You're looking at my schedule. You notice that several sports are written on it. What order did I play the sports in my schedule?

1. I played ping-pong before soccer but after baseball.
2. I played basketball after soccer.
3. I played tennis immediately after I played baseball.

Chung Ah Yeul

When I arrived home, I was very hungry. There were several different kinds of bread on the table. What order did I eat the bread?

I ate the bagel after my pie.
I ate the waffle before the apple pie but after the croissant.
I ate the donut immediately after I ate the croissant.
(can't read the student's name :( Please send me a note at pamilajohufs@blogspot.com with your name in English)


Three of my friends visited different types of restaurants in different cities. Who ate what kind of food in which city?

Jack does not live in Rome.
John had dinner in the Korean restaurant.
Jane didn't have dinner in the Japanese restaurant.
My friend who lives in Insa-dong had dinner in the Korean restaurant.
Shin Jee Hyun

Three students drive to their universities. Who drives what to where?

Gabriel doesn't own a Honda.
Michael doesn't attend Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.
The person who owns the Honda attends Berkeley.
Simon drives a Toyota
The person who drives a Kia doesn't attend California State University (Long Beach).
Han Ga Bin

There is a child in the kitchen. The child is eating fruit. What was eaten and in what order?

1. The child ate the strawberry after the grapes.
2. The child ate the apple after the watermelon but before the grapes.
3. The child ate melon immediately after the watermelon.

(Teacher note: That child will have a stomach ache!)
(Please send me a note at pamilajohufs@blogspot.com with your name in English)

You are shopping at the market and have to buy ingredients. This is your mother's hint:
1. Buy curry before oins.
2. You have to buy meat, carrots, and potatoes between the curry and the onions.
3. You buy carrots before potatoes but after the meat.
(Please send me a note at pamilajohufs@blogspot.com with your name in English)


Several of my friends went traveling from Korea. Two people went to Europe - the UK and Italy - and one person went to the USA. Can you determine who went to the different places and what they ate while they were there?

Aline did not eat candy.
Flor did not go to the UK.
The people who eat candy visited the USA.
Leticia eats bread.
The people who eat ice cream did not go to the UK.
(Please send me a note at pamilajohufs@blogspot.com with your name in English)

Can you recreate my itinerary?
I travled to Osaka before I went to Tokyo but after I visited Jeong Dong Jin.
I traveled to Hong Kong after Tokyo.
I traveled to Dong Hae Sea immediately after I traveled to Jeong Dong Jin.
Ha Jin Hee

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