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At the Farm Logic Puzzle

Five siblings (one is Fran) live on a farm. Each must perform a chore (including milking a cow) on a specific day of the week (Mon-Fri). If each of them performs a certain task on a given day and at a specific time (either 5:00 am, 6:00 am, 7:00 am,8:00 am, 9:00 am), from the clues provided below can you determine which sibling performed which task at which time on which day?

  • 1. Fran's day to mend fences is neither Tuesday nor Thursday, and is completed earlier in the week than at least one other person.
  • 2. The one who goes to market goes later in the week than Carl, and earlier in the morning than Nan, but later in the morning than Fran.
  • 3. Adam does not plant the corn, or go to market, his chore is completed before 9:00 am, but not before 6:00 am on his assigned day of Monday.
  • 4. No one performs a chore on Thursday at 7:00 am.
  • 5. Mike's chore is completed earlier in the day than at least 3 others, but later in the week than at least three others.
  • 6. One of the boys collects eggs, another boy milks Bessie, the goat.
  • 7. The milk is collected earlier in the week than the girl who plants the corn, which is not planted before Wednesday.
  • 8. The eggs must be collected at 7:00 am, but never on Mondays or Fridays.
  • 9. All the other chores must be complete before Mike goes to the market.
  • 1. Fran's day to mend fences is neither Tuesday nor Thursday, and is completed earlier in the week than at least one other person.
  • 2. The one who goes to market goes later in the week than Carl, and earlier in the morning than Nan, but later in the morning than Fran.
  • 3. Adam does not plant the corn, or go to market, his chore is completed before 9:00 am, but not before 6:00 am on his assigned day of Monday.
  • 4. No one performs a chore on Thursday at 7:00 am.
  • 5. Mike's chore is completed earlier in the day than at least 3 others, but later in the week than at least three others.
  • 6. One of the boys collects eggs, another boy milks Bessie, the goat.
  • 7. The milk is collected earlier in the week than the girl who plants the corn, which is not planted before Wednesday.
  • 8. The eggs must be collected at 7:00 am, but never on Mondays or Fridays.
  • 9. All the other chores must be complete before Mike goes to the market.

Observation: This table is automatically filled accordingly to the grid.

How to play

  • The first step is to read the clues and find the most basic ones;
  • Those clues can be marked on the grid without using any other information;
  • After this, you will need to read the clues again and use logic deduction;
  • Click on a clue to mark it as used;
  • The answer table is filled automatically.

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