Whose face?

These are the faces of Will, Lil, Bill, Phil and Jill. Use the clues to work out which name goes with each face.

Age

5 to 11

Challenge level

Exploring and noticing Working systematically Conjecturing and generalising Visualising and representing Reasoning, convincing and proving

Being curious Being resourceful Being resilient Being collaborative

Problem

These are the faces of Will, Lil, Bill, Phil and Jill. Use the clues to work out which name goes with each face.

Will and Jill are smiling.

Jill has big eyes.

Lil and Will have big noses.

Bill is sad.

Printable NRICH Roadshow resource.

IG:	Will and Jill are smiling. Jill has big eyes.
S:	There are three faces which are smiling. One of them has big eyes. This is Jill.
IG:	Lil and Will have big noses. Will is smiling.
S:	There are two faces with big noses. One of them is smiling. This is Will. The other one with a big nose is Lil.
IG:	Bill sad. This means he is frowning.
S:	The two people who are left: one which is frowning and one which is smiling. The one who is frowning is Bill. The very last one is Phil.