FILE No.135Unsolved
Takashi, a first-grader, lives on the 10th floor of a 20-year-old apartment building. On his way to school he takes the elevator down to the first floor.
On his way home on sunny days, he takes the elevator up to the 5th floor and climbs the stairs from there to the 10th. But on days with pouring rain from the morning, he rode the elevator all the way from the 1st floor to the 10th.
Why could he go to the 10th floor on rainy days?
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
What grade is Takashi in?
What is the difference between the 5th floor and the 10th?
What does he carry only on rainy days?
Why could he go to the 10th floor on rainy days?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
He could press the high 10th-floor button with his umbrella
The answer is "He could press the high 10th-floor button with his umbrella."
Takashi is a short first-grader, and he cannot reach the buttons above the 5th floor. On rainy days he carries an umbrella, and he could press the button with it.
Wet stairs would not matter for indoor stairs. It does not say his mother was with him.
Because you think about the weather's effect on the stairs and the elevator.
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