The Favourite Cuisenaire Rods

Four creatures each had a favourite Cuisenaire rod. (These are coloured wooden rods used for learning math.)

The creatures were: a swan, a zebra, a duck and a dog.

The favourite rods were the 3-rod, the 5-rod, the 9-rod and, the 10-rod.

What was each creature’s favourite rod?

Clues:

  1. The creature who liked the orange 10-rod best had feet that were the same colour as the rod.
  2. The dog was a Dalmatian.
  3. Two of the swan’s favourite rod fit perfectly along the duck’s favourite rod.
  4. Three of the spotted creature’s favourite rod fit perfectly along the striped creature’s favourite rod.

Swan

Zebra

Duck

Dog

3-rod

5-rod

9-rod

10-rod