We’re halfway to Christmas already, but remember Thanksgiving? It wasn’t all that long ago, we swear!
We celebrated the holiday by posting a fun little logic puzzle for our fellow puzzlers and PuzzleNationers. And we’re overdue to post the solution to our little dinner dilemma!
So, without further ado, let’s get to work!
Four girls — Emma, Taylor, Madison, and Morgan — are waiting for the Thanksgiving dinner.
Each is a different age (8, 9, 10, or 11) and looking forward to eating a different Thanksgiving staple (turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, or pumpkin pie).
Can you puzzle out the age and favorite Thanksgiving food of each girl from the clues below?
- Madison is looking forward to eating turkey.
- The girl who likes pumpkin pie is one year younger than Morgan.
- Emma is younger than the girl that loves turkey.
- The girl who likes stuffing is two years older than Morgan.
So where do we start? Simple. We start with Morgan.
Why Morgan? Because we have two clues connected to her that mention ages, clues 2 and 4.
There is a girl one year younger than Morgan and a girl two years older. Since the ages are 8, 9, 10, and 11, that means Morgan must be 9 years old.
Now let’s look at clue 3. The girl who loves turkey is either age 9 or 10, since we already have foods for the other ages. Emma is younger than that girl. The only way Emma can be younger than age 9 or 10 is to be 8 years old.
So let’s fill that part in.
Sticking with turkey-related clues, we can now look at clue 1. If Madison is the one who likes turkey, she has to be age 10, because that’s the only age in the chart with both the girl’s name and the favorite food uncompleted.
And by process of elimination, that means Morgan likes mashed potatoes and Taylor likes stuffing.
How did you do, fellow puzzlers? Did you solve the logic puzzle in time for turkey dinner? Let us know in the comments section below! We’d love to hear from you.
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