Friday, July 23, 2010

Math Quiz (5)


Jamie, Peter, Karen and Ben had a race.
Their finishing order was 1, 2, 3, 4 with no ties.
Ben was faster than Karen, but was not 1st or 3rd.
Jamie was just one place in front of Karen.
Who was first?

15 comments:

  1. My answer is : Peter is the first one.

    Reason : The question stated that Ben was faster than Karen,but he was not 1st or 3rd.So that means that he is 2nd.And Karen must be 3rd or 4th.And then the question says that Jamie was one place in front of Karen.So he must be 2nd or 3rd.But he cannot be 2nd as Ben is 2nd already.So he must be 3rd and Karen is 4th.Then Peter's name is not in the clues so that makes him the 1st one.

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  2. The order is Peter is 1st, Ben is 2nd, Jamie is 3rd and Karen is last.

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  3. the first one is peter

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  4. Peter is the first one.

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  5. Answer:Peter

    Explanation:Peter is first because Ben can't be first or third as it stated at the question.Ben can't be faster than Karen so he should be second.Then,Jamie is one place in front of Karen so Karen should be at the last place.Jamie is third.Now left out with Peter.If no one is the first,so Peter is the first.

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  6. Peter is the first one.

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  7. Ans:Peter is the first one

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