Brain Teasers
Study Time
In order to best use his study time, Caleb has enlisted the help of four other students in his philosophy class by forming a study group. Each of the five students is assigned to read one of the first 5 chapters of their text Great Minds Don't Necessarily Think Alike, and prepare a summary of the chapter to present to the group. Can you determine the title of each of the five chapters, as well as the student responsible for reading it?
Given:
Chapters -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chapter Titles -- Descartes Before DesHorse, Freudian Slippers, I Kant Understand It, Jung At Heart, Sense of Hume-or
Student Names -- Alex, Caleb, Joan, Kiera, Toby
Clues:
#1) Alex's chapter immediately follows "Sense of Hume-or" and immediately precedes "Descartes Before DesHorse."
#2) "Jung At Heart" is the name of a chapter that comes somewhere before the chapter assigned to Toby.
#3) Kiera's chapter is three chapters after "Freudian Slippers."
#4) Two consecutive chapters, in one order or the another, are "I Kant Understand It" and Joan's chapter (which isn't chapter four)
Given:
Chapters -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Chapter Titles -- Descartes Before DesHorse, Freudian Slippers, I Kant Understand It, Jung At Heart, Sense of Hume-or
Student Names -- Alex, Caleb, Joan, Kiera, Toby
Clues:
#1) Alex's chapter immediately follows "Sense of Hume-or" and immediately precedes "Descartes Before DesHorse."
#2) "Jung At Heart" is the name of a chapter that comes somewhere before the chapter assigned to Toby.
#3) Kiera's chapter is three chapters after "Freudian Slippers."
#4) Two consecutive chapters, in one order or the another, are "I Kant Understand It" and Joan's chapter (which isn't chapter four)
Hint
Hints:Make a list of one set of givens and list another set of givens that would correspond to them... i.e. (Chapter Numbers) -- (Titles)
Chap 1 -- Des, Freud, I Kant, Jung, Sense
Chap 2 -- Des, Freud, I Kant, Jung, Sense, etc.
Cross off what you know is NOT the correct answer from the clues, and when you find a chapter number that fits a title, circle it, or write the information on the piece of paper in a different section to keep track. Do the same with the other correlations that can be surmised by looking at the clues:
(Chapter Names) -- (Students Names)
(Student Names) -- (Chapter Numbers)
Keep in mind that for example, if you find a chapter number for a title, the other chapter numbers can NOT have that title, so that gives you another answer to mark off to narrow the correct answer down.
Answer
Answers:Chapter 1 -- "Jung At Heart" -- Caleb
Chapter 2 -- "Freudian Slippers" -- Toby
Chapter 3 -- "Sense of Hume-or" -- Joan
Chapter 4 -- "I Kant Understand It" -- Alex
Chapter 5 -- "Descartes Before DesHorse" -- Kiera
**Clue #1: This gives us an order. We know that three of the chapters are, in this order, (Sense, Alex's, Descartes). Therefore, Alex's chapter can not be the first chapter, or the last. "Sense" can not be the last chapter, and "Descartes" can not be the first. We can also assume that "Sense" nor "Descartes" is Alex's chapter.
**Clue #2: This lets us know that Toby's chapter can not be the first chapter, and that "Jung" can not be the last chapter. We assume "Jung" is not Toby's chapter.
**Clue #3: If Kiera's chapter is three AFTER "Freud", then "Freud" can NOT be the 3rd, 4th or 5th chapter. This also means that Kiera's chapter can not be the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd chapters.
**Clue #4: Joan's chapter is not 4th. If "Kant" is 5th, Joan's would be 4th. So we know that "Kant" is not the 5th chapter. That leaves "Descartes" as the 5th chapter. Assume Joan's chapter is not "Kant."
*********Recall the order given in Clue 1. This means Alex's chapter is 4th, and "Sense" is 3rd. This also leaves Kiera's as the 5th chapter, which is "Descartes". For hers to be 3 after "Freud", "Freud" has the be the 2nd chapter. We know that "Jung" comes before Toby's chapter. This leaves chapters 1 and 4. If "Jung" is chapter 4, Toby's would be 5, but we know that 5 is Kiera's, so "Jung" has to be chapter 1. This makes "Kant" chapter 4, and Alex's chapter. This means that Joans has to be the 3rd or the 5th because of the order between Joan's chapter and "Kant" that we were already given, and we already know that Kiera has the 5th chapter. So we know that Joan has chapter 3, "Sense." After marking off the chapter numbers by the names, you see that Toby's is chapter 2, "Freud" and that leaves Caleb with chapter 1, "Jung."
Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
What Next?
View a Similar Brain Teaser...
If you become a registered user you can vote on this brain teaser, keep track of which ones you have seen, and even make your own.
Solve a Puzzle
Comments
Excellent. I think therefore I am
The names are clever but this type of puzzle is not very original. You can buy books of these types of puzzles at the newsagent. There is a well recognized algorithm for solving them as you suggest by making a grid and eliminating possibilties.
that isn't the point of the teaser. there are many of the same types of teasers. the point is that they are fun to solve. some are more challenging than others, but the amount of similar puzzles does not detract from the fun of others of the same type.
that isn't the point of the teaser. there are many of the same types of teasers. the point is that they are fun to solve. some are more challenging than others, but the amount of similar puzzles does not detract from the fun of others of the same type.
Mar 08, 2004
I liked it absy, and I think Jimbo needs to relax a little.
I mean, to an extent his comment would apply to loads of teasers, but I agree with you Absy, they're still fun.
I mean, to an extent his comment would apply to loads of teasers, but I agree with you Absy, they're still fun.
I liked it good puzzle. It got me for some reason and Im usually pretty good at solving these ones.
who cares jimbo, I happened to like it.
ty guys aww i feel the love
another thing jimbo...did you know that practically all logic problems are like this? Maybe you can't read and didn't know your in the logic section. Anyhow, I think your teaser is great and send more!
To post a comment, please create an account and sign in.
Follow Braingle!