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FARMERS

 

Your group has a problem to solve. Each member of the group will receive a card of information about a group of farmers.   

 

Constraints

You must not show your card to the rest of the team

You must not write anything down

You must not exchange written information with any team member

 

This exercise is 40 minutes long



THE HOUSES IN THE VILLAGE ARE IN A SEMI-CIRCLE BESIDE EACH OTHER


Farmer Jones lives in the log cabin

 

The farmer who lives next to Jones drives a saloon car

 

Only one house is located on the east side

 

Farmer Harris grows pears

 

There are rabbits in the ranch house garden

 

Farmer Brown lives next to farmer Skinner






EACH FARMER BREEDS A DIFFERENT KIND OF ANIMAL


The ranch house stands next to the cottage

 

A motorcycle stands in the back yard of the log cabin

 

Only farmer Skinner lives at the west end of the village

 

Farmer Brown drives a sports car

 

The person who raises cats lives next door, to the east, of the house with the almond trees

 

The farmer who raises dogs also grows cherries






EACH FARMER GROWS A DIFFERENT KIND OF FRUIT


Farmer Jones' neighbour breeds mice

 

Only one house is located on the west side

 

There is a hatchback in the ranch house garage

 

Every week boxes of dog food are placed at the gate of the log cabin

 

Farmer Skinner raises pigeons

 

???And who drives a truck???  






EACH FARMER DRIVES A DIFFERENT KIND OF VEHICLE &

LIVES IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSE


Farmer Clark raises rabbits

 

???But who grows apples???

 

The log cabin is in the most northern position in the village

 

Skinner lives next to the red brick house

 

The dog's owner lives next door to the house with the plum orchard

 

The farmer in the bungalow breeds pigeons