Comments on: Reasoning Skills Brain Teaser

By: loreto

loreto — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:58:14 +0000

it took time to realize but marie is definitely the oldest. lets say score was 105. c got half of the oldest. j got both combined. c=35. m=70. 35+70=(j)105

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:25:37 +0000

I dont see any possible solution that fits all the variables.

Yes Jean would logically be the elder:
“Jean received as many points as both others combined”

but if Claude’s points were half of Jeans“
“Claude got half of the points of the eldest”

Then Marie had to have the same number of points as Claude so the first line isn’t true:
“The youngest person received the least points”

By: lee

lee — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 03:35:25 +0000

I see. Marie is definitely the eldest. It doesn’t say the eldest gets the most points. See if Claude gets half the points of the eldest, and marie is the eldest, Jean can have as much as both of them, example claude — 20, marie, 40, jean 60. jean = marie + claude, Claude = 20 = Youngest. Jean = 60 = Not oldest, but most points, Marie = 40 = 2x Claude = Eldest.

By: magaru

magaru — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:31:14 +0000

Claude and Marie can have the same age .
In that case she can have the same points as Claude and phare 2 is still true.

By: RUdumb?

RUdumb? — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:50:57 +0000

It’s Jean.
j=c+m
nobody says that there was a set amount of point for these three people..so M can have any points in between C and J.
If M is the eldest ‘x’ points C has ‘x/2′ points so J has(j=m+c) x+ x/2 so Jean has more .. he is the eldest…

By: Theofanis

Theofanis — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:36:46 +0000

Jean us the eldest

By: Kimberly Foreman

Kimberly Foreman — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:25:42 +0000

One

By: Kimberly Foreman

Kimberly Foreman — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:24:49 +0000

Two

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 05:40:42 +0000

Is it Jean?

By: msbe

msbe — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 18:10:59 +0000