Lesson 3

The strategies you used to solve the puzzles in Try This 2 may have been unique to you, or they may have been similar to your partner’s strategies. For these problems, it would be very helpful to use tables to organize your solutions. In the following Self-Check, tables have been suggested to help you solve the problems.

Self-Check 2

1. Time to Midnight
   
   Try using the following table to organize your thinking and solve the puzzle from Try This 2.
   
   

   Current Time	Time to Midnight 2 h Later	Time to Midnight 1 h Later

   
   Answer
2. Sport Kids Puzzle
   
   Solve the puzzle from Try This 2 by creating the following table.
   
   

   	Diane	Jackie	Sarah	Chuck	Harry
   Sport
   Profession
   Location

   
   Answer
3. Husbands and Wives
   
   

   Mary is a blonde, Kanisa is a redhead, and Sharinder is a brunette. They are married to Alex, François, and Kobi but 

   • Sharinder does not like Kobi 
   • Kanisa is married to Kobi’s brother 
   • Alex is married to Kanisa’s friend

    

   Who is married to whom?
   
   Answer