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The Rose Show
At the annual Pottstown Rose Show, Mr. Tom Thorne, an avid rose grower, entered his six best new hybrid roses. He did extremely well, taking home 28 ribbons. From the following clues, can you figure out how many blue ribbons and how many red ribbons each rose received?
Names of Roses are: Pretty in Pink, Ravishing Red, Simply Silver, Mrs. Thelma Thorne, Very Violet and Yummy Yellow.
1. No two roses won the same total number of ribbons.
2. "Pretty in Pink" won one-quarter of the total amount, which was the same amount as the number that "Ravishing Red", "Yummy Yellow" and "Simply Silver" won together.
3. "Very Violet" won the same number of ribbons as both "Mrs.Thelma Thorne" and "Simply Silver" together.
4. Three-quarters of "Ravishing Red's" ribbons were red.
5. One-third of "Mrs. Thelma Thorne's" ribbons were blue; "Yummy Yellow" won just one blue ribbon.
6. "Simply Silver" won an equal number of blue and red ribbons.
7. "Very Violet" won the same number of blue ribbons as "Pretty in Pink".
8. "Very Violet" won as many red ribbons as were won by "Mrs. Thelma Thorne" and "Ravishing Red" together.
Names of Roses are: Pretty in Pink, Ravishing Red, Simply Silver, Mrs. Thelma Thorne, Very Violet and Yummy Yellow.
1. No two roses won the same total number of ribbons.
2. "Pretty in Pink" won one-quarter of the total amount, which was the same amount as the number that "Ravishing Red", "Yummy Yellow" and "Simply Silver" won together.
3. "Very Violet" won the same number of ribbons as both "Mrs.Thelma Thorne" and "Simply Silver" together.
4. Three-quarters of "Ravishing Red's" ribbons were red.
5. One-third of "Mrs. Thelma Thorne's" ribbons were blue; "Yummy Yellow" won just one blue ribbon.
6. "Simply Silver" won an equal number of blue and red ribbons.
7. "Very Violet" won the same number of blue ribbons as "Pretty in Pink".
8. "Very Violet" won as many red ribbons as were won by "Mrs. Thelma Thorne" and "Ravishing Red" together.
Answer
Pretty in Pink - 1 Blue - 6 RedRavishing Red - 1 Blue - 3 Red
Simply Silver - 1 Blue - 1 Red
Mrs. Thelma Thorne - 2 Blue - 4 Red
Very Violet - 1 Blue - 7 red
Yummy Yellow - 1 Blue only
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would've been easier to know how many of the total ribbons were blue and red.
Don't you think this should have been a grid problem? people keep thinking these are the same catagories and thier not. The worst part is that no obody can fix these
This one didn't really work out in a grid. I prefer grids and am working on more of those at this time. Thanks for your comments. If I had said how many were red and how many were blue...I think it would have been too easy...but thanks for the thoughts. I hope you enjoyed it anyway.
I enjoyed this puzzle. I tried a grid, but it didn't work for me. Took a while, made me think, but always fun to get one! Thanks
Great teaser! Loved it!
Was a bit confused about clue #8; whether the red ribbons for Violet were equal to Thelma Thorne and Ravishing Red's RED ribbons or their total ribbons. I correctly went with their ribbon totals.
Could have been less confusing as:
"Very Violet" won as many red ribbons as the combined total of ribbons won by "Mrs. Thelma Thorne" and "Ravishing Red".
Thanks for a fun morning.
As to the grid comment: this teaser would NOT fit a grid.
Was a bit confused about clue #8; whether the red ribbons for Violet were equal to Thelma Thorne and Ravishing Red's RED ribbons or their total ribbons. I correctly went with their ribbon totals.
Could have been less confusing as:
"Very Violet" won as many red ribbons as the combined total of ribbons won by "Mrs. Thelma Thorne" and "Ravishing Red".
Thanks for a fun morning.
As to the grid comment: this teaser would NOT fit a grid.
Great Quiz I loved it ...clues were terrif ...this did not need to be in a grid ...
Thanks locomom ...so does that mean your a crazy mom???
Thanks locomom ...so does that mean your a crazy mom???
Thanks scallio. I'm glad you liked it. In answer to your question Gator, sometimes...yes!
I'm a hopless case with puzzles. =/. Great teaser tho! =).
Great teaser! I don't think this is a grid problem also; I used a lot of good old fashioned algebra to solve it.
Ugh. Me good with grammar! I meant to say that I agree that it's not a grid puzzle. Heh.
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