The teacher thinks of a four digit number made up of digits in the range 1 to 4. Each student guesses what the four digit number might be. The teacher gives one tick for each digit the student has in the right place. What number is the teacher thinking of?
Lillian : 3313 | Mackenzie : 3232 |
Faith : 2224 | Sofia : 3444 |
Riley : 1444 | Haley : 3223 |
Gabrielle : 2333 | Nicole : 4113 |
Kylie : 3312 | Katelyn : 2212 |
Zoe : 1141 | Paige : 3122 |
Gabriella : 1231 | Jenna : 1221 |
Kimberly : 3344 | Stephanie : 1144 |
Alexa : 4443 | Avery : 2243 |
Andrea : 4342 | Leah : 2314 |
Note for Teacher: All of the students guesses above will probably not fit on the screen at the same time. You may wish to keep the lower guesses hidden so as not to make the activity too easy.
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Possible strategy: Make a grid showing the possible digits which could appear in each of the four positions. By looking at the clues which do not have any ticks by them, cross of the digits which can't appear in each position.
There should now be only a limited choice for the correct digits:
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