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Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included

Joyful Masks Zebra Puzzle

Five friends, donning joyful masks, are gathered together and discussing the hobbies they adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each friend wears a mask of a different color, possesses a unique name, has embraced a new hobby, is of a different age, and has a favorite drink. Can you determine the new hobbies adopted by each friend?

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Mask
  • Name
  • Hobby
  • Age
  • Drink
Woman #1 #1
Woman #2 #2
Woman #3 #3
Woman #4 #4
Woman #5 #5
  • The person who enjoys Coffee is at position 2.
  • The woman who took up Reading during the pandemic is in the middle.
  • The woman who enjoys Water is situated somewhere between the woman who drinks Coffee and the one who drinks Juice, in that order.
  • The woman who started Reading during the pandemic can be found somewhere between the woman named Natalie and the one who started Sailing, in that order.
  • Kimberly is immediately after after the 22-year-old person.
  • Penelope is somewhere to the right of the woman wearing the Green mask.
  • The person wearing the Blue mask stands at the very first position.
  • The 32-year-old woman is also positioned at the beginning.
  • The woman with the Black mask can be found somewhere between the woman named Natalie and the Bowling enthusiast, in that order.
  • The person wearing the Red mask is somewhere to the left of the woman who enjoys Tea.
  • In the middle, there's a 34-year-old person.
  • Gabrielle stands somewhere to the right of the person wearing the Black mask.
  • The Sailing enthusiast is located somewhere between the 20-year-old and the Bowling enthusiast, in that order.
  • The 22-year-old is immediately after the person who likes Water.
  • The second person picked up Fishing during the pandemic.
  • The wearer of the Black mask is 20 years old.
  • The 26-year-old person is somewhere on the right of the woman with the Green mask.

How to play

  • The best way to start is reading all the clues and marking the most basic ones (example: The Brazilian lives in the second house.);
  • Now, it is possible that other types of clues are available to be used (example: The person who drinks Water is exactly to the left of the Brazilian.);
  • After doing the last step several times, you will have to use logic to deduce information and proceed with the resolution;
  • All the clues must be used;
  • The game ends when all the clues are correctly checked and everything is filled.

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Zebra puzzles are increasingly being incorporated into educational settings as a tool for teaching logic and reasoning skills. Teachers and educators find these puzzles to be useful in engaging students in active learning, as they require students to apply critical thinking to solve complex problems. The puzzles can be adapted to various difficulty levels, making them accessible for students of different ages and abilities. They can be used as stand-alone exercises or integrated into a broader curriculum focused on mathematics, logic, or computer science.

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