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Package Delivery
The Webster School has a long hallway that runs from the school office to the gym. Beginning with room 101, closest to the office, all the odd numbered rooms are on the left, facing the playing field. The even numbered rooms are on the right, and their windows face out towards the big hill. The rooms are numbered 101, 102, 103, and continue that way without any numbers missing up to room 114. Room 101 is directly across from 102, 103 is across from 104, etc.
Suzy and Clifton are delivering packages and messages to 6 rooms.
They gave the first package to the teacher in room 101.
Then they walked toward the gym, passing 2 classrooms on the left until they got to the next destination, and delivered the second package there.
Then they walked straight across the hall and delivered a message to Mrs. Smith.
For the fourth stop they had to go back towards the office past one classroom on their left, where they delivered the next package.
Then they walked towards the gym, passing 3 more classrooms on their right, to another classroom on the hill side of the building.
The last message was delivered directly across the hall.
To which room was the last message delivered?
Suzy and Clifton are delivering packages and messages to 6 rooms.
They gave the first package to the teacher in room 101.
Then they walked toward the gym, passing 2 classrooms on the left until they got to the next destination, and delivered the second package there.
Then they walked straight across the hall and delivered a message to Mrs. Smith.
For the fourth stop they had to go back towards the office past one classroom on their left, where they delivered the next package.
Then they walked towards the gym, passing 3 more classrooms on their right, to another classroom on the hill side of the building.
The last message was delivered directly across the hall.
To which room was the last message delivered?
Answer
The last stop was room 111.They delivered messages to the rooms in this order: 101, 107, 108, 104, 112, and 111.
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Good one, kinda got a little confusing there.
Good teaser. A nice test of visualising.
I thought this might be a trick question. The puzzle doesn't actually state that Suzy and Clifton delivered anything to room 112. It says, "Then they walked towards the gym, passing 3 more classrooms on their right, to another classroom on the hill side of the building." Since there were 6 rooms for packages and messages to be delivered, and the puzzle explicitly states only 5 of them as having received a delivery, I figured the last message was delivered to the office to notify the staff that they had completed their other deliveries!
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