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Classy teachers The clues
Ruth, Reggie, Roger and Retta taught 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades at the Pleasant Hill School. They had 12, 13, 14 and 15 girls in their classrooms and 12, 13, 14 and 15 boys in their classrooms. Coincidentally, they lived 19, 21, 22.5 and 24 kilometres from school. Of course, no classrooms had the same number of girls and boys in any classroom and none of the numbers for the teachers’ distances from school matched the number of girls or boys in their classrooms. Based on the clues, match the teachers with the grades they taught, the number of girls in their classrooms, the number of boys in their classrooms and the distances each teacher travelled to get to school.
1. None of the numbers for girls, boys and kilometres match for any of the teachers. 2. Retta taught one grade higher than Roger, Roger taught one grade higher than Reggie, and Ruth did not teach 4th grade. 3. Ruth and Reggie had a total of 29 girls and 29 boys in their classrooms. 4. Retta travelled farther than Roger, and Ruth did not travel as far as Reggie. 5. Retta had more boys than girls in her classroom, and Reggie did not have 14 boys in his classroom.
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Ruth
Reggie
Roger
Retta
1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade
1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade
1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade
12 girls 13 girls 14 girls 15 girls
12 girls 13 girls 14 girls 15 girls
12 girls 13 girls 14 girls 15 girls
12 girls 13 girls 14 girls 15 girls
12 boys 13 boys 14 boys 15 boys
12 boys 13 boys 14 boys 15 boys
12 boys 13 boys 14 boys 15 boys
12 boys 13 boys 14 boys 15 boys
1st grade 2nd grade 3rd grade 4th grade
w ww 19 km 21 km 22.5 km 24 km
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