Logan received five presents at his party. He was not allowed to open them until his actual birthday three days later. The present from Claire is heavier than the one from Angela which is lighter than Elliots gift. Berties present is the same weight as Angelas, but heavier than the one from Dirk.

Whose present is the heaviest?


Choose one answer.
Dirks
Berties
Elliots My son said this.
Angelas
Claires Correct

How do you work this out PLEASE!

Some kids do these in their heads but most will like to write things down to help the ol' memory.

Lets write them from top to bottom - heaviest at the top. Leave enough space in between to slot in another name when needed. We'll use letters for the names just to save time.

The present from Claire is heavier than the one from AngelaAt this point you know...

C
A

which is lighter than Elliots gift(Angela's gift is lighter than Elliot's gift). Now we know...

C
E
A

Berties present is the same weight as AngelasNow we know...

C
E
AB

but heavier than the one from Dirk (Bertie's is heavier than dirk's)Now we know

C
E
AB
D

The question asked for the heaviest so that's Claire.

I think your son got confused by this part
which is lighter than Elliot's gift

The 'which' refers to Angela's present - not Claire's which is what your son thought

What are you guys talkin about?

Admin - not sure that I agree with you - I don't think you can actually work out which is heaviest from the information given - although we are told Angela's gift is lighter than Eliot's we are not actually told whether this makes Eliots heavier than Clare's or not - we can only definitely work out that either Clare's or Eliot's is heaviest but we no information which tells us which one of the two is actuaaly the heaviest. Dodgy question....!!!

Remind me not to answer these things at night! You are right Anna. It is not definitely clear from what is given. I made an assumption which was not necessarily true.

which is lighter than Elliots gift
(Angela's gift is lighter than Elliot's gift). Now we know...

C
E
A

Actually we don't know that for sure! Angela's is lighter than Elliot's, but that would also be true if Elliot's was heavier than Claire's.

Agreed - dodgy question! Where did you find it?

Dodgy indeed - my examining board wouldn't do that, would they!?

So, as I understand it, the heavy to lightest ranking order is:

1st: C or E

2nd: E or C

3rd equal: A and B

5th: D