Measuring 4 and 4 Litres
You are camping, and have an 8-liter bowl which is full of fresh water.
You need to share this water fairly into exactly two portions (4 + 4 liters).
But you only have two empty bowls: a 5-liter and a 3-liter bowl.
Divide the 8 liters in half in as short a time as possible.
Our Solution:
Pour 5 liters from the 8-liter...
Friday, 20 June 2014
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Measuring 2, 2 and 3 Liters Puzzle
You have three bowls: 7, 4 and 3 liters in capacity.
Only the 7-liter is full.
Pour the fewest times to have the bowls containing 2, 2 and 3 liters.
Our Solution:
Fill the 4-liter from the 7-liter bowl.
Fill the 3-liter from the 4-liter bowl.
You will have 3 liters left in the 7-liter,1 liter in the 4-liter and 3 in the 3-liter bowl. (Let us abbreviate...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Measure exactly 2 liters of water
Measure exactly 2 liters of water if you have:1) 4 and 5-liter bowls2) 4 and 3-liter bowlsOur Solution:1) Fill the 5-liter bowl, pour water from it to fill the 4-liter bowl, which you empty afterwards.Pour the remaining 1 liter to the 4-liter bowl.Refill the 5-liter bowl and then carefully pour water from it to fill the 4-liter bowl (where there is...
