Friday 14 October 2016

Name that face


(No real names have been used. Remember, do not name children in blog posts.)

Max, Polly, Ray and Ella are friends.
Their nicknames are Doughnut, Lexi, Dusty and Bozza, but not in that order.
Can you work out the nickname of each of the friends.

Clues
Ray plays tennis with Lexi and goes swimming with Dusty.
Ella has been on holiday with Lexi but travels to school with Bozza.
Doughnut, Lexi and Max play in the football team.
Doughnut sometimes goes to tea with Ray.

47 comments:

  1. What methods can you use to work out this problem Year 4?

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  2. You could use the number of letters in there names Ella's nickname is Lexi polly's nick name is Dusty ray's could be Doughnut and max's is Bozza.

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  3. Ella's nickname is lexi and pollys, nickname could be called bozza Rays nickname will be dusty and max'es nickname could be doughnut

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  4. Boston and Guillermo 4 red9:56 am, October 18, 2016

    You could use the number of letters of Ella or nickname lexi prolly or doughnut

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  5. Ray can not be dusty or lexi.Ella can not be lexi.Lexi can not be Booza.And Ray is Booza,Max is Dusty,

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  6. i think ray is bozza and max is dusty.

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  7. ray is bozza max is dusty

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  8. max is dusty ray is bozza ella is doughnut polly is lexi

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  9. Ray might be bozza

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  10. max-dusty ray-bozza ella - doghnut

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  11. doughnut bozza leix dusty i use a table and i found out that max is dusty and ray is bozza ella is doughnut and polly is lexi

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  12. doughnut bozza is ray max is lexi .how i found this out is by useing a tabble it was a bit diffacalt

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  13. doughnut bozza leix dusty i use a table and i found out that max is dusty and ray is bozza ella is doughnut and polly is lexi

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  14. Ray might be dougnuhut lexi may be polly

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  15. Ray is bozza and max is dusty and we now this because we solved it and it was easy because we gust had to see how was wich

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  16. I worked this out by using a timestable. max - dusty Ray - bozza Ella - Doughnut Polly - Lexi.

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  17. Max is bozza Ray is doughnut Ella is dusty Polly is lexi

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  18. If ray plays tennis with lexi and goes swimming with dusty then thats not nether of them.
    If ella has been on a holiday lexi then thats also not nether of them.
    If dougnut,lexi and max play inthe football the then it not nether of them.
    If doughnut sometimes goes to tea with ray then thats not nether of them.
    so thats why ray is bozza
    max is dusty
    ella is dougnut
    and polly is lexi

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  19. You could that max is dusty and that Ray is doughut how did work out that on the table lexi polly went with dusty and Ella went with lexi prolly in the holidays. Doughut went with lexi prolly and max So Ella is doughut

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  20. Max is Dusty Ray is Bozza. Ella. is doughnut Polly. is Lexe. we had to yous a table to work it out

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  21. Max is bozzo and Ray is doughut and dusty is Lexi polly

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  22. Melissa and Matthew 4Red10:56 am, October 20, 2016

    Ray is Booza,Max is Dusty.Ray plays tennis with Lexi so Ray can not be Lexi.Ella has been on holiday with Lexi so Ella can not be Lexi.Doughnut,Lexi and Max play on the football team so Max can not be Doughnut or Lexi.

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  23. Ray is Booza and Max is Dusty

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  24. Guillermo year 4red10:56 am, October 20, 2016

    Max is Bozza, Ray is doughnut, Ella is dusty and polly is lexi I worked out because Ella is in holadays and travels with Lexi but travels to school with Bozza too, it can't be them so Ray plays tennis with Max

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  25. Ray's name is not Lexi because she goes swimming with Bozza X.
    Iv'e read it all the clues.
    Ella's been on holiday with Lexi.
    Yes lexi is Bozza.

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  26. I just found out that Ray-Bozzo, Max-Dusty, Polly-Lexi, Ella-Doughnut I werkt out useing reading wat it sead

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  27. Max is bozza ray is doghnut ella is dusty polly is lexie

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  28. Ray might be dougnuhut max has to dozza polly is lexi

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  29. max is boozza is doughnt ella is dusty islexi

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  30. Max is Dusty because max might does go with dusty to have fun

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  31. Ray is Booza and doughnut is Ella and dusty is prolly

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  32. Max is Dusty Ray is Bozza Ella is Lexi and Polly is Doughnut. My method is by using maths method and tables.

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  33. max is dusty,ray is bozza,Ella is doughnut,polly is lexi i know that because in the clues it said ella went out to play tennis with bozza and polly.

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  34. polly is bozza because bozza could have a holiday with polly like go to the fun fair

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  35. max nickname is bozza,ellas nickname is lexi pollys nickname is Dusty rays nickname could be Doughnut

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  36. max is dusty Ella is doughnut polly is lexi and ray is bozza.

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  37. Polly is Lexi because she is not donughnut cause she has all the other nicknames are crossed out so that means Ella is doughut and max is bozzer and that means Ray is dusty

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  38. polly=lexi
    ella=doughnut
    rey=dusty
    max=bozza

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  39. polly=lexi
    ella=doughnut
    rey=dusty
    max=bozza

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  40. Ella is doughnut max is dusty Ray is bozza polly is lexi

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  41. Ella is doughnut because Ella could go to the park with doughnut

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  42. max is doughnut because he is fat and has chubby cheeks, polly is lexi, ray must be bozza, and ella is dusty.

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  43. ray is bozza Ella is Doughunt dusty is max lexi is polly

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  44. I used a table to work it out.The clues made its obvious that,
    polly is lexi
    ella is doughut
    max is dusty
    ray is bozza

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  45. ray is bozza dusty is max doughunt lexi is polly

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  46. You can now wot's there nickname's by how many letter's in there firs't name.

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  47. ella is douhnut max is dusty

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