Water measure puzzle
- Fill the 3-liter bottle and pour it into the empty 5-liter bottle.
- Fill the 3-liter bottle again, and pour enough to fill 5-liter bottle. This leaves exactly 1 liter in the 3-liter bottle.
- Empty the 5-liter bottle; pour the remaining 1 liter from the 3-liter bottle into the 5-liter bottle.
- Fill the 3-liter bottle and pour it into the 5-liter bottle. The 5-liter bottle now has exactly 4 liters.
Here is another way to do it*
- Fill the 5-liter bottle and pour water from it into the 3-liter bottle until it is full.
This leaves 2 liters in the 5-liter bottle. - Empty the 3-liter bottle and pour the 2 liters of water from the 5-liter bottle into the 3-liter bottle.
- Fill the 5-liter bottle again.
- Fill the 3-liter bottle from the 5-liter bottle. Since the 3-liter bottle had 2 liters of water, only one liter is transferred leaving exactly 4 liters of water in the 5-liter jug.
Your Answer
More puzzles to try-
Number The Puzzle
In the figure that has been attached to this question, each digit represents a digit. The similar letters carry the ...Read More »How did he know?
A man leaves his house in the morning to go to office and kisses his wife. In the evening on ...Read More »Why didn’t any of them get wet?
Three fat ladies stood under an umbrella but none of them got wet. Why didn’t any of them get wet?Read More »Travel but stays in home
I like to roam but I’ll always stay home, He likes to travel but stays in home, He leaves a ...Read More »The Swiss Cross
You can see a Swiss Cross in the attached picture. You can draw one on a sheet of paper. Now ...Read More »What is the chance that the last passenger will get his seat?
There are 100 passengers boarding a 100 passenger airplane. When passenger 1 gets onto the plane, he is dissoriented, so ...Read More »Find the Code
During a secret mission, an agent gave the following code to the higher authorities AIM DUE OAT TIE MOD However, ...Read More »2 is called 10
When we see 2 but call 10?Read More »What’s the first thing you do when you see her?
You have lost your mother at the carnival. You search for her and eventually you see her. What’s the first ...Read More »Lakes without water riddle
It has lakes but no water, Streets but no cars it has; Many places and borders, But It is in ...Read More »The Letters Suduko
Here’s a Sudoku challenge with a different spin. Instead of using numbers, the puzzle is made with letters! Can you ...Read More »1 dollar = 100 cent
1 dollar = 100 cent = 10 cent x 10 cent = 1/10 dollar x 1/10 dollar = 1/100 dollar ...Read More »Decrypt Name of software company in this picture
Can you Decrypt the name of a software company in this picture? Only If you decrypted the name correctly within ...Read More »How many pictures will he take?
A group of ten people are being photographed. The photographer places them into ten different positions. He continues to shuffle them ...Read More »What always ends everything?
What always ends everything?Read More »Identify the kidnapper
Look carefully in the picture below. Can you identify who is the kidnapper?Read More »Gets up 180 times
A person gets up 180 times every night and sleeps for at least 7 hours at a time. Where does ...Read More »Red and Blue Marbles
You have two jars, 50 red marbles and 50 blue marbles. You need to place all the marbles into the ...Read More »Country with Body Part
I know a country, If you remove the last alphabet of its name, it will become a part of your ...Read More »What has many teeth, but cannot bite?
What has many teeth, but cannot bite?Read More »
Accenture Interview PuzzlesAdobe Interview PuzzlesAge RiddleAkbar Birbal PuzzlesAlgorithm PuzzlesAlphabet riddleAmazon Interview PuzzlesAnalytical MathematicsAptitude PuzzleBank PuzzlesBetting PuzzlesBrain TeasersCalendar PuzzlesCards PuzzlesChess Board PuzzleChess PuzzlesChristmas Puzzlecipher PuzzleCivil Services PuzzleClock time puzzleCognizant Interview PuzzlesCoins PuzzleComputational PuzzleconundrumCoronavirus PuzzleCoupondunia Interview PuzzleCritical Thinking Puzzledata analyticsData Structure Interview QuestionsDecode PuzzleDetective PuzzlesDice PuzzleDictionary Riddlesdifficult riddleEasy Math puzzlesEasy puzzlesEinstein puzzleEnglish RiddleFamily Tree Puzzlefamous puzzleFill in the blanks riddlesFinding Killer RiddlesFlipkart interview puzzlesFunny RiddlesGeneral KnowledgeGeographical PuzzleGoogle Code Jam 2014Google Interview PuzzlesGRE PuzzleHard Puzzle