Five identical boxes are lined up in a row. A prize is hidden inside one of them. Box 1 is to the left of Box 2. Box 3 is to the right of Box 4. Box 5 is to the left of Box 1. Box 4 is to the left of Box 2. In which box is the prize?
Box 3
Ordering the boxes from left to right using the clues: Box 5 is left of Box 1, Box 1 is left of Box 2, Box 4 is left of Box 2 (and right of Box 5, making the order 5, 1, 4, 2), and Box 3 is to the right of Box 4. The complete left-to-right order is 5, 1, 4, 2, 3. The only remaining box for the prize, or by elimination, is Box 3.
About this riddle
Logic riddles give you a few facts and ask what must be true. List what you know, cross out what cannot be, and see what is left.
Difficulty: Medium. More like this: Logic riddles with answers or try Einstein's Logic Grid for a different kind of puzzle.
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