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Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included

Home Remodeling Zebra Puzzle

Five couples are side by side buying things to remodel their houses. Each couple chose a room to remodel. Figure out how much they are willing to spend and where they got the inspiration for the remodeling.

Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
Print-At-Home Zebra Puzzles
  • 60 Zebra Puzzles (PDFs)
  • 30 medium + 15 hard + 15 very hard puzzles
  • Answers included
 
  • Cart
  • Husband
  • Wife
  • Room
  • Budget
  • Inspiration
Couple #1 #1
Couple #2 #2
Couple #3 #3
Couple #4 #4
Couple #5 #5
  • The couple guiding the Black cart is somewhere between the couple inspired by a Website and the couple guiding the Red cart, in that order.
  • Amelia has a $ 15,000 budget.
  • The partners who will remodel their Bedroom is next to the couple who will remodel their Living room.
  • Kassie is at one of the ends.
  • Benny is next to the partners steering the Black shopping cart.
  • At the first position is the couple who has the biggest budget.
  • The couple inspired by a Magazine is exactly to the right of the couple that will remodel their Living room.
  • Jeanne is immediately before the partners that are going to remodel their Bathroom.
  • Toni was inspired by a interior design Exhibition.
  • The couple guiding the Green cart is going to remodel their Bathroom.
  • At the fifth position is the couple who got an inspiration from a Friend's house.
  • Benny is next to Sylvia and her husband.
  • Vince is exactly to the right of the couple that will remodel their Kitchen.
  • Myles and his wife will remodel their Bathroom.
  • The couple inspired by a TV show is somewhere between the couple that has the smallest budget and the couple that has a $ 9,000 budget, in that order.
  • The partners steering the the Red cart is somewhere to the left of the couple steering the White cart.
  • The couple that will remodel their Kitchen is immediately before the couple that will remodel their Bedroom.
  • The partners that have a $ 12,000 budget is somewhere to the right of the partners guiding the Green cart.
  • Darrel is exactly to the right of the couple who has a $ 9,000 budget.

How to play

  • Start by reading all the clues;
  • Find all the "basic" clues and mark them. The most basic clue is the one that states that something is in a determined house/position. Example:
    • The German lives in house three.
  • Sometimes you are going to need to deduce some information using two or more clues;
  • All the clues must be used;
  • The game ends when all the clues are correctly checked and everything is filled.

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Zebra Puzzles in Education

Zebra puzzles are increasingly being incorporated into educational settings as a tool for teaching logic and reasoning skills. Teachers and educators find these puzzles to be useful in engaging students in active learning, as they require students to apply critical thinking to solve complex problems. The puzzles can be adapted to various difficulty levels, making them accessible for students of different ages and abilities. They can be used as stand-alone exercises or integrated into a broader curriculum focused on mathematics, logic, or computer science.

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