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Presidents' Day Activity Zebra Puzzle

Five students are sitting together and discussing the essays they wrote. Each student has a notebook of a different color, a unique name, wrote about a different president, wrote an essay of a different length, and received help from a different person. Figure out the length of each essay and match each student to the president they wrote about using the given clues.

 
  • Notebook
  • Name
  • President
  • Words
  • Help
Student #1 #1
Student #2 #2
Student #3 #3
Student #4 #4
Student #5 #5
  • The student who wrote about President Pierce is in the second position.
  • The student with the White notebook is situated between the student who wrote the essay on President Trump and the student with the Yellow notebook, in that order.
  • The student who received help from George is somewhere to the right of the student with the White notebook.
  • The student who received help from Quent is next to the student who wrote about President Eisenhower.
  • The student who wrote the 250-word essay is between the students who wrote essays of 200 words and 500 words respectively, in that order.
  • The student with the White notebook is positioned between the student named Georgia and the student with the Yellow notebook, in that order.
  • The student who wrote about President Harrison is at one of the ends.
  • The student with the White notebook is situated between the student who received help from Zachary and the student who wrote a 500-word essay, in that order.
  • The student who got assistance from Victor is right next to the student with the Blue notebook.
  • The girl who was helped by Zachary is at one of the ends.
  • The girl who wrote a 350-word essay is just to the left of the girl who wrote about President Harrison.
  • The student with the Pink notebook also wrote about President Hayes.
  • The girl with the White notebook is sitting next to a girl named Deborah.
  • The girl helped by Quent is between the girl with the Orange notebook and the girl named Regina, in that order.
  • The girl who wrote about President Hayes is next to the girl who wrote a 350-word essay.
  • The student who wrote the 400-word essay is somewhere to the right of the student with the Pink notebook.
  • The girl with the Blue notebook also wrote about President Harrison.
  • The girl named Ursula is in the last position.

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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