5 Boys- A Logic Problem
Below are eighteen statements concerning five boys who live in five houses on the same street. Use the statements to
decide in which house each boy lives, the color of each house, the sport played by each boy the foods they like, and the
pet kept by each boy. Design an organizational method to help you determine who lives in each house. Finally, answer
the 4 questions completely.
1. Joe lives in a red house.
2. Fred keeps a tank of goldfish in his room.
3. The boy who lives in the green house likes
cheeseburgers.
4. Bob likes to eat candy.
5. The first house on the left belongs to the tennis
player.
6. The white house is the first house to the left of the
green house.
7. The basketball player has a pup for a pet.
8. The basketball player eats oranges.
9. The tennis player lives in the yellow house.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who owns a white rat?
2. Who eats pizza?Stan
3. Who lives in the green house?Virgil
4. Who plays baseball?
10. The boy who eats oranges lives in the middle
house.
11. The football player raises goldfish.
12. Stan lives in the house to the farthest left.
13. Virgil plays golf.
14. Stan lives next door to the blue house.
15. The football player eats liver.
16. The green house is farthest from the yellow house.
17. The tennis player is the next door neighbor of the
boy who keeps a pet snake.
18. The baseball player lives next door to the boy who
owns a pet skunk.
Sample organization & answers
Boy’s Name
House Color
Sport
Food
Pet
1.
2.
3.
4.
House #1( Left)
House #2
Stan
Yellow
Tennis
Pizza
Skunk
Bob
Blue
Baseball
Candy
Snake
Who owns a white rat? Virgil
Who eats pizza? Stan
Who lives in the green house? Virgil
Who plays baseball? Bob
House #3
(middle)
Joe
Red
basketball
oranges
pup
House #4
House #5 (Right)
Fred
White
football
liver
goldfish
Virgil
Green
Golf
Cheeseburgers
White Rat
5 Boys- A Logic Problem
Below are eighteen statements concerning five boys who live in five houses on the same street. Use the statements to
decide in which house each boy lives, the color of each house, the sport played by each boy the foods they like, and the
pet kept by each boy. Design an organizational method to help you determine who lives in each house. Finally, answer
the 4 questions completely.
19. Joe lives in a red house.
20. Fred keeps a tank of goldfish in his room.
21. The boy who lives in the green house likes
cheeseburgers.
22. Bob likes to eat candy.
23. The first house on the left belongs to the tennis
player.
24. The white house is the first house to the left of the
green house.
25. The basketball player has a pup for a pet.
26. The basketball player eats oranges.
27. The tennis player lives in the yellow house.
Answer the following questions:
5. Who owns a white rat?
6. Who eats pizza?Stan
7. Who lives in the green house?Virgil
8. Who plays baseball?
28. The boy who eats oranges lives in the middle
house.
29. The football player raises goldfish.
30. Stan lives in the house to the farthest left.
31. Virgil plays golf.
32. Stan lives next door to the blue house.
33. The football player eats liver.
34. The green house is farthest from the yellow house.
35. The tennis player is the next door neighbor of the
boy who keeps a pet snake.
36. The baseball player lives next door to the boy who
owns a pet skunk.
5 Boys- A Logic Problem
Below are eighteen statements concerning five boys who live in five houses on the same street. Use the statements to
decide in which house each boy lives, the color of each house, the sport played by each boy the foods they like, and the
pet kept by each boy. Design an organizational method to help you determine who lives in each house. Finally, answer
the 4 questions completely.
1. Joe lives in a red house.
2. Fred keeps a tank of goldfish in his room.
3. The boy who lives in the green house likes
cheeseburgers.
4. Bob likes to eat candy.
5. The first house on the left belongs to the tennis
player.
6. The white house is the first house to the left of the
green house.
7. The basketball player has a pup for a pet.
8. The basketball player eats oranges.
9. The tennis player lives in the yellow house.
Answer the following questions:
1. Who owns a white rat?
2. Who eats pizza?Stan
3. Who lives in the green house?Virgil
4. Who plays baseball?
10. The boy who eats oranges lives in the middle
house.
11. The football player raises goldfish.
12. Stan lives in the house to the farthest left.
13. Virgil plays golf.
14. Stan lives next door to the blue house.
15. The football player eats liver.
16. The green house is farthest from the yellow house.
17. The tennis player is the next door neighbor of the
boy who keeps a pet snake.
18. The baseball player lives next door to the boy who
owns a pet skunk.