Activity No.

1.Each of four siblings (Edmund, Genalyn, Madelyn, and Sonia) bought four different cars. One chooses a
Honda, a Mitsubishi, a Toyota, and a Suzuki car. From the following clues, determine which sibling
bought which car.

(1) Edmund, living alone, stays next door to his sister who bought a Honda car and very far from his
sister who bought a Suzuki car.

(2) Genalyn, also living alone, is younger than the one bought the Mitsubishi car and older than her
sibling who bought the Toyota car.

(3) Madelyn did not like Toyota and Suzuki cars. But she and her sibling, who bought the Toyota car, live
in the same house.

Solution:

From clue 1, Edmund lives alone and doesn’t own honda because he lives next door to his sister
who owns it. He also doesn’t own Suzuki because he lives very far from his hister who owns it. Take a
look at the chart, write X1 (which stands for “ruled out by the clue 1”) in Honda and Suzuki column for
Edmund.

Honda Mitshubishi Toyota Suzuki

Edmund X1 X1
Genalyn
Madelyn
Sonia
From clue 2, Genalyn is living alone. She doesn’t own Mitshubishi because she’s younger
than the one who owns it. She also doen’t own Toyota because she’s older than the one who owns it.
Take a look at the chart, write X2 (which stands for “ruled out by the clue 2”) in Mitshubishi and Toyota
column for Genalyn.

Honda Mitshubishi Toyota Suzuki

Edmund X1 X1
Genalyn X2 X2
Madelyn
Sonia
From clue 3, Madelyn lives with the sibling that owns Toyota. Since Edmund and Genalyn lives
alone, Sonia is the sibling that lives together with Madelyn and she’s the one who owns a Toyota. Put a
check in the box of Toyota column for Sonia.