Question

Karen, Leo, Mariah, Olivia, and Pedro bowled scores of 123, 132, 115, 124, and 131. Leo's score is lower than Karen's. Mariah got the highest score. The sum of the digits in Pedro's score is 7. Olivia's score was 8 points lower than another score. What was each friend's bowling score?

Answer 1

Karen=131

Leo=124

Mariah=132

Olivia=123

Pedro=115

Answer 2

Mariah: 132
Pedro:124
Olivia: 123
Karen: 131
Leo:115

They way I solved this is by making a list of all the possible answers for each person, based on one fact at a time that they give you. Then, you can start looking at multiple, and start ruling things out.