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saurabh143

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Registered: 2009-07-19

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Maths Puzzles...1

pls give me tge solution for the puzzle "WHO OWNS THE FISH?"

bobbym

bumpkin

From: Bumpkinland

Registered: 2009-04-12

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Re: Maths Puzzles...1

Hi saurabh143;

http://www.mathisfunforum.com/viewtopic.php?pid=114816#p114816

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nerdxo

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Registered: 2009-11-07

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Re: Maths Puzzles...1

The german owns the fish

Yellow          Blue         Red    Green      White
Norwegian   Dane         Brit    German   Swede
water           Tea          Milk    coffee      Beer
hockey        Baseball    Polo    soccer      Billiards
cats             Horses     Birds   *FISH*      Dogs
Love these puzzles i make cards saying all of the items and lay them all out i am a visual person..

Anakin

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Registered: 2009-10-04

Posts: 145

Re: Maths Puzzles...1

I worked it out visually as well for the page Bobbym linked.

Nationality:        Norwegian          Dane          Brit          German          Swede
Pet:                  Cats                  Horses        Birds        ---------           Dogs
Color:               Yellow                Blue           Red          Green             White
Sport:               Hockey              Baseball      Polo         Soccer            Billiards
Drink:               Water                Tea             Milk         Coffee             Beer

This leaves us with one blank missing and since we were given no information about the fish, we could not determine where it belonged.
Since the only spot left is for Germany, the fish would have to belong to the German.

Sarah12

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Re: Maths Puzzles...1

Very nice Puzzle.