RIDDLE CHALLENGE

Solve this riddle and share the answer with the teacher at Station 6 to earn a coin.

There are four prisoners. All four prisoners will be freed if at least one of them correctly guesses the color of the hat on his head. They can’t speak to each other, and they can’t touch each other.

Number 1 sees number 2 and 3’s hats. Number 2 sees number 3’s hat. Number 3 sees only the wall. Number 4 sees only the wall.

There are no mirrors and they all know that there are 2 black hats and 2 white hats and that there are four people.

One of the prisoners says “I know the color of my hat” and solves the riddle. Which prisoner is that?

The placement of the prisoners in the room is as the following: