Monday, May 21, 2007

Different Trees

Sally and three of her friends decided to plant a new tree in their yard to celebrate Arbor Day. The new trees would each be put in a different area of their yards. As it happened each friend bought a different kind of tree and planted the new tree on a different day of the week. From the clues below, determine the full names of each friend, what kind of tree each bought, where in the yard it was planted, and on what day of the week each tree was planted.

  1. Wanda, whose last name wasn’t Frost, didn’t plant her spruce tree by the patio.
  2. Tracy planted her tree before Mrs. Dart but after the woman who planted the ash tree.
  3. Mrs. Best, whose first name wasn’t Sally, planted her tree in the front yard, but not on Friday.
  4. Rhonda didn’t plant her tree on Monday.
  5. Mrs. Grand planted her tree before the woman who planted her tree in the back yard. Rhonda didn’t plant the cherry tree.
  6. The trees were planted, in chronological order, as follows: Mrs. Frost, in the garden, Wanda, the maple tree.

The Farmer


Once there was a farmer who was taking apples to town for sale at a local market. On the way to town, he had to pay four tolls. Each toll cost one-half his apples plus half an apple. After paying all four tolls, the farmer arrived in town with no apples left to sell. Question : How many apples did the farmer start with?