The Young People's Lounge is a new additon to the site and will have easy and medium-easy logic problems for the beginner and for Middle School and High School students . For January, I have posted four logic problems as a special introduction. Thereafter, each month I shall be posting two to three logic problems on this page, with a least one easy and one medium-easy. One might also visit CRpuzzles where the logic problem constructor rates his logic problems with stars and has a few one star (easy) and two star (medium-easy) logic problems. He doesn't post new logic problems to that site, but there is a link there to his ALL STARS PUZZLES where is posts new logic problems every Monday from what I understand.
Here in the Young People's section, I shall rate my logic problems with a red star - one for easy and two for medium-easy. I hope this new section will be a welcome addition to the site. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated.
The five Morgan children were all born on January 1st, New Years’s Day, two years apart (ages 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16). This year for their birthdays, each received a different gift from their parents. From the clues, determine each child’s name, age, and the gift he or she received for a birthday present.
1. Kristol is younger than the child who received the banjo, who is not the oldest of the five children.
2. Jason is not the child who received a Nintendo game for his or her birthday gift (who is older than Brent).
3. The girl who received the bicycle is younger than Brent, who isn’t the child who received the telescope.
4. Teddy, who didn’t receive the digital camera, is older than the child who received the telescope, who in turn is older than Amy.
5. It was not the oldest child who received the Nintendo game.
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| CHILD'S NAME | CHILD'S AGE | GIFT RECEIVED |
Curtis and four of his friends all went on vacation with their families last year during the month of July. Each vacationed in a different state (one was Nebraska) and each enjoyed participating in a different activity (one was canoeing). From the clues, determine each child’s name (one is Amber), the state where each spent their vacation, and the activity each enjoyed while away.
1. Susie and her family vacationed in Arkansas.
2. Reneé spent most her time horseback riding.
3. Michael, who didn’t spend his vacation in Oklahoma, enjoyed spending time at the ice skating rink.
4. The girl who vacationed in Missouri with her family enjoyed hiking in the Ozark Mountains.
5. Colorado was the destination of the family who intended to spend most of their time skiing.
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| CHILD'S NAME | STATE VISITED | ACTIVITY PARTICIPATED IN |
Five teenagers from Hunterville’s Middle School and High School have formed a small band and play at many school functions. Each student plays a different musical instrument (one plays the recorder). Last month they played at a fund raiser to help raise money for new football uniforms for Hunterville's High School football team. From the clues, determine each student’s first and last name, his or her age (13, 14, 15, 15, or 16) and the musical instrument each plays.
1. Ms. Banks is exactly two years older than her brother (who is not the boy who plays the flute).
2. The student surnamed Wanowski is not Nathan (who is not the 14-year old).
3. One of the 15-year old students is Zachary.
4. Peter does not play the drums.
5. The youngest member of the band is not the one surnamed Mendenhall (who plays the cymbals). The oldest member of the band plays the guitar.
6. The two girls in the band are Megan (who is not 15-years old) and Teresa Garcia.
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | AGE | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT |
The students of Ms. Asher’s American Literature class are studying poetry this quarter. Earlier in the week, each student was asked to pick an America poet and to prepare a short exposition on one of the poet’s poems. The five students, including the one surnamed Foulk, were to present their paper in front of the class on Friday of that week. Each of the five students had selected a different poet . From the clues, determine the order (1st through 5th) each student gave his or her presentation, each student’s first and last name, and the poet each selected to give their exposition on (one was Emily Dickinson).
1. Sheldon gave his presentation sometime later than did the one surnamed Hurtado, who presented John Updike’s “The Short Days.”
2. Becky was the last of the five students to give her presentation, which wasn’t Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!”
3. Ryan (whose surname is not O’Donald) had selected “My Sweet Old Etcetera” by e.e. cummings as subject of his exposition. Ryan was not the fourth speaker that day.
4. Paul Erichsen was not the third speaker, whose exposition was Robert Frost’s “After Apple-Picking.”
5. Neither Sheldon nor Ryan is the student surnamed Langley.
6. The first student to give his or her presentation in front of the class was not Alicia.
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| ORDER | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | AMERICAN POET |