Party Puzzle Parcel
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Host Pocket Detective Club

Six shelves have badge-box records. One box was put on the wrong shelf. Compare the prints, match the clerks and repair the moving log; all five pieces of evidence identify its shelf. Collect five named badge digits and use the final sheet. Every clue is on the table; ask the host for one hint at a time.

Before you start

Clue check & hints

1. Print

Hint 1

Compare position 1 with position 1, not with a nearby matching shape.

Hint 2

Position 2 is one difference: hexagon in A, square in B. Mark it once.

Hint 3

Compare the remaining numbered pairs one by one. Add one mark for each unequal pair, then count all your marks.

Reveal host answer

4

Different positions are 2, 5, 7, 8. There are 4 differences.

2. Clerk

Hint 1

No item can belong to two people. Cross out each forbidden pairing.

Hint 2

Rob cannot have two items, so Rob must have Note.

Hint 3

Cross Note off for the other two people. Apply the last NOT rule, then find Ivy's item.

Reveal host answer

9

Ivy has Key; Rob has Note; Ada has Tag. Ivy's item gives 9.

3. Address

Hint 1

Columns A–D run left to right. Rows 1–3 run top to bottom.

Hint 2

The first coordinate C1 means column C, row 1. Its letter is C.

Hint 3

Begin with C, then read D2, A1, B2 in order. Use the complete word's conversion row.

Reveal host answer

3

C1, D2, A1, B2 reads CASE. The conversion table gives 3.

4. Moving

Hint 1

The missing amount is a return into stock. The cancelled delivery never happened.

Hint 2

Start with 12. Apply +4 then -1. Ignore the cancelled +7.

Hint 3

The known entries leave 15. How much must return to reach the closing stock of 21?

Reveal host answer

6

Known stock: 12 + 4 - 1 = 15. Closing stock 21 minus 15 gives the missing return 6. Cancelled +7 never arrived.

5. Weight

Hint 1

Loose units are not parcels. Every parcel has equal weight.

Hint 2

Remove 1 loose units from 37. That leaves 36 for the equal parcels.

Hint 3

Share 36 equally among 4 parcels. Substitute one parcel's weight into the second rule.

Reveal host answer

9

Remove 1 from 37; share 36 among 4 parcels to get 9. Check 2 x 9 + 3 = 21.

6. Final

Hint 1

Keep all five named badge results beside this sheet.

Hint 2

Use C1=Print, C2=Clerk, C3=Address, C4=Moving, C5=Weight.

Hint 3

Each wrong record differs in just one column. Cross out all five wrong records, then copy the complete remaining code.

Reveal host answer

01427

Only Shelf C matches all five columns. Copy its printed code 01427.

Suggested timeline

Pause whenever the group needs a break. This is a planning estimate.