Every Saturday morning, young Toma helped his grandmother sell fruit at the village market. She’d give him a basket of apples, a tray of pears, and a small crate of peaches to arrange on the stand.
One sunny morning, an old man in a green coat approached the stall. He studied the fruits carefully, then leaned in with a mischievous smile.
“I’ll take a basket like yours,” he said to Toma. “Same number of apples, pears, and peaches. But I want to guess how many of each you’ve got.”
Toma raised an eyebrow. “Alright – but you’ll have to solve it first.”
The old man grinned. “Give me three clues.”
Toma thought for a moment, then said:
The old man nodded, eyes gleaming. “Three fruits. Three clues.”
Toma crossed his arms, amused. “So? Can you solve it?”
The old man chuckled, pulled a pencil from behind his ear, and started scribbling in the air.
Use this box for your working out / notes:
Short Story – Medium
Medium difficulty usually means there’s more than one step: you’ll need to organise the clues before you calculate.
Method:
Finish: substitute your result back into the story statements to confirm they still work.
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