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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Deductive Reasoning

A lunch has been left on the counter.  Feeling like a nice mom today, I decide to drive it over to the school and drop it off.  But who made this lunch?  Let's examine the lunch and the facts:

The Lunch:
  • packed in a brown paper bag
  • fruit cup and plastic spoon
  • creamy peanut butter sandwich with jelly, cut in half
  • chewy bar
  • forgot to pack the fresh homemade cookies!
The Facts:
  • Kids A & B prefer crunchy peanut butter
  • Kids A & B like fruit cups, C not so much
  • Kid B never cuts his sandwich in half
  • Kid C usually doesn't make a sandwich
  • Kid C doesn't like jelly on peanut butter
  • Kid A sometimes uses her own insulated lunch bag
  • Kids B and C always use brown paper bags for lunches
  • Kid C thinks of her sweet tooth before anything else
  • Kid B gets distracted while doing things
  • Kid C is always running late in the morning and tries to do 3 things at once
  • Kid A had her hands full in the morning with bookbag, alto saxophone *and* tenor saxophone
So who did I deliver the lunch to?  And who did it really belong to?  Answer to come tomorrow.
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9 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM

    Kid C? Great post and I've always stunk at these kinds of problems. lol

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  2. AlisaMarch 1, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    I say Kid A.

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  3. The MotherMarch 1, 2011 at 7:49 PM

    I'm sending this to my kid who's studying for his SAT--maybe it'll sink in.

    Very cleverl

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  4. Burbank BabeMarch 1, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    Kid D? (I have no kids and even I have a kid D).

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  5. PattyMarch 1, 2011 at 11:03 PM

    Your husband? (I'm really bad at these.)

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  6. LauraMarch 2, 2011 at 3:50 AM

    When in doubt, I always pick C.

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  7. DeniseMarch 2, 2011 at 9:14 AM

    I vote it was kid B!

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  8. RosemaryMarch 2, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    I think Kid A

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  9. owlfanMarch 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    I think kid A. And I think you are very kind to take the lunch to school. Hope it was appreciated.

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