Mix and Match

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There were four football matches taking place on Tuesday evening.

Dave thought the winners would be , , , and .

Nick thought that , , , and would be the winning teams.

John said ", , , and would all win their matches and that would once again score no goals."

Who played who?

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  • Fr D Byrne, St Columb's
  • Wednesday, February 25, 2009
  • "This is a great starter - I used it with a year 9 class prior to a lesson on trial and improvement and it really got their brains in gear."
  • SH, Brighton
  • Thursday, February 25, 2010
  • "Am I being completely thick here? I can see how you can work out the 8 teams, but where is the criteria that tells you how to ascertain who played who?"
  • Mr L, Weeting
  • Friday, June 04, 2010
  • "Start with the simple fact that if every game is taking place Tuesday night, anyone that is listed as a possible winner in one persons list CANNOT be playing each other, since they wouldn't both be able to win."
  • Triton Fun Math,
  • Thursday, February 23, 2012
  • "I think we are missing some information."
  • Harry Beaux, Sheffield
  • Monday, May 21, 2012
  • "With the clues given I got Derby v Bradford and Wolves v Leeds. Not enough info for the other 4 teams."

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  • King Edwards, Y12
  • Tuesday, June 19, 2012
  • "Leeds v Bradford, Millwall v Coventry, Wolves v Derby, Crewe v Stoke - we drew out a table and eliminated teams."
  • Mr. Edmonds, Year 9s
  • Sunday, May 12, 2013
  • "There is definitely enough information to work out the teams, this is a really good 10 minute starter to engage minds, 10/10 would use again!"

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