Gardening Class Puzzle: Match Children with Plants!

1. Logic Puzzle #1

2. The Gardening Class Six children named Alex, Tony, Carmen, Deedee, Ernest, and Francis joined a gardening class. Each child decided to grow one kind of plant. The plants were daffodils, basil, parsley, strawberries, carrots, and a pine tree. Which child grew which plant?

3. Clues… • Francis was wearing a bright yellow T-shirt. • Carmen’s plant could be eaten. • Deedee was mad at Francis and said, “I will never grow a plant that color of your shirt!” • Ernest’s plant had 5 letters in its name. • Alex’s plant was very small, but it would one day grow larger than anyone else’s. • The food part of Deedee’s plant grew below the ground. • Tony’s plant was often used to make jam.

5. The Missing Mice Six children at Rattler’s Gulch Elementary School had pet mice. Each child brought a mouse to school for Rodent Appreciation Day. The names of the mice were: Nocats, Nibbler, Whiskers, Tiny, Fidget, and Houdini. At recess, a boy named Victor set all the mice free. Each mouse ran away and hid in a different place. The hiding places were: in the teacher’s top drawer, in a child’s boot, in a child’s pencil box, in a tub of math pattern blocks, in a hat, and in a box of yellow rulers. Where did each mouse hide?

6. Nocats’ paws were on somethings that are used for Math. • Nibbler’s hiding place had protected a child from the rain earlier in the morning. • Fidget stabbed his paw on something sharp and pointy in his hiding place. • Whiskers chewed on a report card in her hiding place. • Nocats’ hiding place was full of things that were red, yellow, green, blue and tan. • Houdini was standing on some things that had little black numbers all over them. • Tiny’s hiding place had been knitted by someone’s grandmother.

8. The Pets Annie, Brian, Katherine, Jacob, Jenny, and Paul each have a pet. The pets are: a white rabbit, a black rabbit, a Dalmation dog, an orange striped cat, a green bird, and a grey mouse. Which child has which pet?

9. A girl has a pet that can fly. • A boy has the pet that is black and white. • Jenny has one of the animals that lives in a cage. • Brian’s pet prefers fish to any other food. • Paul and Jenny’s pets are sisters. • Katherine’s pet is the color of the new grass. • Paul’s pet is darker than Jenny’s.