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Flower power The clues
Helga, Harry, Henry and Hilda all had flower gardens running across the fronts of their houses. The gardens were all in a narrow strip exactly 30 metres long. All the 30-metre long strips of garden were divided into exact sections of 3, 6, 9 and 12 metres. Of course, none of the gardeners organised their strips exactly the same as another gardener. All four gardeners planted exactly the same flowers; they planted roses, violets, daisies and petunias. But, of course, each gardener had a different favourite flower and devoted their largest section of garden to that particular flower. Based on the clues, match the gardeners with the different lengths they gave to the roses, violets, daisies and petunias in their garden strips.
1. Each gardener devoted the most metres of garden space to his or her favourite flower. 2. No gardener planted the same flower in the same sized strip as another gardener. 3. Henry and Hilda planted the shortest strips of roses and violets. 4. Harry and Hilda planted a combined total of 12 metres of roses. 5. Helga and Henry planted a combined total of 12 metres of daisies. 6. Harry and Henry planted the longest strips of petunias and violets. 7. Hilda planted more petunias than Helga did.
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Helga
Harry
Henry
3 m roses 6 m roses 9 m roses 12 m roses
3 m roses 6 m roses 9 m roses 12 m roses
3 m roses 6 m roses 9 m roses 12 m roses
3 m violets 6 m violets 9 m violets 12 m violets
3 m violets 6 m violets 9 m violets 12 m violets
3 m daisies 6 m daisies 9 m daisies 12 m daisies
3 m daisies 6 m daisies 9 m daisies 12 m daisies
3 m petunias 6 m petunias 9 m petunias 12 m petunias
3 m petunias 6 m petunias 9 m petunias 12 m petunias
Hilda
3 m roses 6 m roses 9 m roses 12 m roses
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3 m daisies 6 m daisies 9 m daisies 12 m daisies
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