Anne, Brian, Cindy and David have got best friends.

From this game you can find

out their best friends name, who they are and their age. Look at the clues, fill in the
tables, and then write full sentences using the solution.
To solve this logic game put an 'X' where there is a relation and '-' where there isn't.

10

FRIENDS AGE
neighbour

family friend

cousin

classmate

WHOS THE FRIEND

Ted

Marty

Lisa

Amy

FRIENDS NAME

NAME

Anne
Brian
Cindy

FRIENDWHOS THE FRIENDS AGE

David
7
8
9
10

Clue 4: Lisa is a family

friend. Shes very young.
Clue 5: Ted isnt ten.

classmate
cousin
family friend
neighbour

Clue 1: Davids friend is a

girl. She isnt eight years
old. She isnt his cousin or
his neighbour.
Clue 2: Marty is Cindys
friend. He isnt her
classmate. Hes nine years
old.
Clue 3: The neighbours are
girls.

Now summarize your answers.

NAME

FRIENDS NAME

WHOS THE FRIEND

FRIENDS AGE

Anne
Brian
Cindy
David

Now write sentences. Look at the example.

e.g.: Mollys best friend is Lola, a girl from the playground. She is 6 years old.
1) Anne
____________________________________________________________________________________
2) Brian
____________________________________________________________________________________
3) Cindy
____________________________________________________________________________________
4) David
____________________________________________________________________________________
Susan V Toth

SOLUTION
NAME

FRIENDS NAME

WHOS THE FRIEND

FRIENDS AGE

Anne

Amy

neighbour

10

Brian

Ted

classmate

Cindy

Marty

cousin

David

Lisa

family friend

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The steps of the solution

If you put an X somewhere cross out the other rubrics in the same row and column but just in that part of
the table.
12

Lily

11

NAME

Kelly

10

AGE
9

e.g.

Rob

Tim

CLUE 1: Davids friend is a girl. She isnt eight years old. She isnt his cousin or his neighbour.
Step 1: Davids friend is a girl.
You can cross out (-) Marty and Ted in Davids row.
Step 2: She isnt eight years old.
You can cross out 8 in Davids row.
Step 3: She isnt his cousin or his neighbour.
You can cross out the cousin and the neighbour in Davids row.
CLUE 2: Marty is Cindys friend. He isnt her classmate. Hes nine years old.
Step 1: Marty is Cindys friend.
You can put an X to Marty in Cindys row. You can cross out Amy, Lisa and Ted.
Of course you can cross out Anne and Brian in Martys column.
Step 2: He isnt her classmate.
You can cross out the classmate in Cindys row and also in Martys column.
Step 3: Hes nine years old.
You can put an X to 9 in Cindys row. You can cross out here 7, 8 and 10. In the column 9 you can
cross out Anne, Brian and David.
You can put an X to 9 in Martys column. You can cross out here 7, 8 and 10.
And you can also cross out Amy, Lisa and Ted in row 9.
Step 4: You can cross out one more thing in row 9. Its the classmate. Because Marty isnt Cindys classmate.

CLUE 3: The neighbours are girls.

You can cross out Brian and Cindy in the neighbours column. Yes, Cindy, too. Because we know her
friend is a boy. So theres only one name left. Its Anne. So Annes neighbour is her best friend.
You can put an X to Anne in this column, and cross out the classmate, the cousin and the family
friend in Annes row.
You can also cross out 9 in the neighbours column (because Martys 9 and hes a boy). And you can
also cross out Marty and Ted in the neighbours row.
You can cross out Ted in Annes row.
Now you get Teds Brians friend. Put there an X.
Cross out Amy and Lisa in Brians row.
CLUE 4: Lisa is a family friend.
Put an X to the family friend in Lisas column. You can cross out the classmate, the cousin and the
neighbour. You can also cross out Amy, Marty and Ted in the family friends row.
You get that Amy is a neighbour. Put an X there. Cross out the cousin and the classmate in Amys
column.
Now you get that Ted is the classmate and Martys the cousin. Put there X. Cross out the cousin in
Teds column.
Use these pieces of information to fill in the other parts of the table. Lets see how.
o So Teds the classmate and hes Brians friend, too. Thats why we can put an X to the
classmate in Brians row and cross out the cousin and the family friend. Also we can cross
out David in the classmates column.
o We get that Cindys friend is her cousin. Put there an X. Cross out the family friend in her
row.
o And also we know now Davids friend is the family friend. Put there an X, as well.
The next step is to match the pieces of information we know.
o The neighbour is Amy and Annes friend is the neighbour. So Amy is Annes friend. Put
there an X. And cross out Lisa in Annes row and David in Amys column.
o Theres only one possibility, Lisa is Davids friend, so put an X to Lisa in Davids row.
Shes very young.
Put an X to 7 in Lisas column (because very young means the youngest here) and cross out 8 and
10. Also cross out Amy and Ted in the row of 7.
Lisa is Davids friend, so put an X to 7 in Davids row. Cross out 10. Also cross out Anne and Brian
in the column of 7.
Lisa is a family friend, so put an X to the family friend in the row of 7. Cross out here the
classmate, the cousins and the neighbours. Also cross out 8, 9, 10 in the family friends column.
Theres only one possibility in the row of 9, so put an X to 9 in the cousins column and cross out 8
and 10.
CLUE 5: Ted isnt ten.
Cross out Ted in row of 10. We get that Amy is 10. So put there an X. Cross out 8 in Amys column.
We get that Teds 8. Put there an X.
Finally, put an X to 10 in Annes row and another one to 8 in Brians.
Put an X to the classmate in row of 8 and one more to the neighbour in the row of 10. Cross out
the left rubrics.
We are ready. You can fill in the chart / table with the pieces of information and write down the sentences.