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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

Oriental Rugs Zebra Puzzle

Five men who have recently purchased Persian rugs are standing side by side. Each man has a distinct name, bought a rug of a specific color, type, and with unique symbols, and paid a different price for their rug. Your task is to determine the details about their rug purchases by utilizing the given clues.

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Color
  • Name
  • Type
  • Symbols
  • Price
Customer #1 #1
Customer #2 #2
Customer #3 #3
Customer #4 #4
Customer #5 #5
  • The person who paid $1,800 for their rug is in the fourth position.
  • The individual who bought a rug with Diamonds is placed in the second position.
  • The man who bought the Square type rug has chosen the rug with a Sun symbol.
  • The customer who bought a Green-colored rug is positioned somewhere to the right of the White-colored rug's buyer.
  • The man who has a White-colored rug also has a rug of a Rectangular type.
  • The customer who acquired a rug with Crosses is next to Steven.
  • The man who purchased a rug for $800 is placed in the middle.
  • Larry is next to the person with the Sun symbol on their rug.
  • George is next to the buyer of the Octagon-shaped rug.
  • The man who bought an Oval rug is positioned at one end.
  • The Blue rug's buyer is sandwiched between the man who bought a rug with Crosses and the $800 rug's purchaser, in that order.
  • Edward is placed right after the customer who bought an Octagon-shaped rug.
  • The Diamonds symbol rug's purchaser also paid $1,000 for his rug.
  • The customer with an Orange-colored rug occupies the very first position.
  • Michael is at one of the ends.
  • The Green rug's purchaser is somewhere to the left of the Square rug's customer.
  • The White rug's buyer is somewhere to the left of the customer who paid $600.
  • The man with the Lotus symbol on his rug is somewhere in between the buyer of the Octagon-shaped rug and Trees symbol rug's owner, in that order.

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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