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Timely crows The clues
Punky, Hinky and Pecky were three crows living in three different trees in the Fridley forest. The trees were 100, 90 and 80 metres tall. They spent exactly six hours a day sleeping but split the remaining 18 hours doing exactly the same three tasks. However, none of the three crows spent exactly the same amount of time on a task as another crow. They spent 8, 6 and 4 hours eating scraps. They spent 8, 6 and 4 hours raiding Farmer Brown’s fields. They spent 8, 6 and 4 hours chasing owls. Based on the clues, match the crows with the heights of their trees, and the amount of time they spent eating scraps, raiding fields and chasing owls.
1. Punky and Hinky spent a combined total of 10 hours eating scraps. 2. Hinky and Pecky spent a combined total of 10 hours chasing owls. 3. Hinky spent the least amount of time eating scraps. 4. If you divided Pecky’s tree height number by his scraps number, the answer would be 10. 5. Punky’s tree was exactly 10 metres taller than Pecky’s tree.
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100 metres 90 metres 80 metres
100 metres 90 metres 80 metres
8 hrs eating 6 hrs eating 4 hrs eating
8 hrs eating 6 hrs eating 4 hrs eating
8 hrs raiding 6 hrs raiding 4 hrs raiding
8 hrs raiding 6 hrs raiding 4 hrs raiding
8 hrs chasing 6 hrs chasing 4 hrs chasing
8 hrs chasing 6 hrs chasing 4 hrs chasing
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Pecky
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