| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
Dogs: Bob, Patch, Toby
Names: Jim, Dick & Mike
Surnames: Black, Turnip & Spade
House No.s: 1,2,3
Clue 1. Dick lives at a higher number than Mr. Spade; neither of these own Bob.
Clue 2. Toby lives at No. 1
Clue 3. Jim Black does not live at No. 3
Clue 1 tells us that Dick, Mr Spade and Bob have no association with each other. We can therefore fill the table out with these 3 details:
| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick | |||
| Spade | |||
| Bob |
Clue 3 tells us that Jim Black does not live at No. 3. There is only space for this person to fit in the table with Bob the dog:
| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick | |||
| Spade | |||
| Jim | Black | Bob |
As there is only one space left in both the name and surmname columns; we can now fill these in:
| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick | Turnip | ||
| Mike | Spade | ||
| Jim | Black | Bob |
Clue 3 tells us that either Dick or Mr. Spade lives at No. 3. Clue 1 tells us that Dick lives at a higher number than Mr. Spade and therefore:
| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick | Turnip | 3 | |
| Mike | Spade | ||
| Jim | Black | Bob |
Back to clue 2: Toby lives at No. 1. There is only one place this can fit:
| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick | Turnip | 3 | |
| Mike | Spade | 1 | Toby |
| Jim | Black | Bob |
The table can now be completed:
| Name | Surname | House No. | Dog |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick | Turnip | 3 | Patch |
| Mike | Spade | 1 | Toby |
| Jim | Black | 2 | Bob |
I hope the above makes sense to you all.
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