🏠 The Three Houses Puzzle

Logic · Ages 8–12 · Hard

Three houses stand in a row: one red, one green, one blue. The red house is not next to the blue house. The green house IS next to the blue house.

Your problem

Which house is in the middle?

🧠 Explore it in your head

Think about the problem for a minute. Talk it through out loud — your ideas count, even the wild ones!

🎈

How many balloons does each child get?

🪴

What might have happened, and how could you find out which idea is right?

🍎

Can you share the 12 apples equally between the 3 children? How many apples does each child get?

⏰

What is the latest time you can start getting ready and still arrive on time?