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[KBHoleN1]

I had to register just to post this answer. It is three pours:

From the 7, pour into the 4 and 3 (leaving the 7 empty). Then pour half of the four into the 7, leaving 2 liters in the 7, 2 liters in the 4 and 3 liters in the 3.

700, 340, 043, 223

YOU CAN'T POUR HALF OF A BOWL!
Imagine you're Samuel L. Jackson or Bruce Willis in Die Hard. You're trying to diffuse a bomb, and you need an exact amount of water to trigger a scale and turn the bomb off. Pouring "half" of a bowl isn't very exact, and would likely result in you being blown to bits.

How many times does it have to be said that you can't pour half of a bowl?

[behzad_bahal]

I did it this way in 6 steps:
700-340-313-610-601-241-223

[dead2rights21]

nice too easy

[kimabannon]

HA HA! Its interesting that people who can't read are doing logic puzzles on the internet.

But really, what I would do is pour 2/7 of the original into the 3 liter bowl, and then pour 3/5 of remaining into the 4 liter bowl. Then I would diffuse the bomb.

[brainteaser2007]

Done it in 5 pours (7, 4, 3 Litres respectively)

700 - 340 - 313 - 601 - 241 - 223

No half pours, no steps missed!

[tiny mind]

700 - 340 - 313 - 601 - 241 - 223
xxx - xxx - xxx - ???

You missed a step.
You moved the 1 from the middle position of 313 to the end, making 601, but it would really be 610. Sorry.

tiny mind

[aishi_khurana]

it was a good one but it took me while to understand it

[illinivike]

Start by pouring 2.33 into each of the second and third bowl, leaving all three with 2.33.
Then pour .33 from the second and third bowl into the first, leaving 3 in first and 2 in 2nd & 3rd.

[Catmandux]

I had to register just to post this answer. It is three pours:

From the 7, pour into the 4 and 3 (leaving the 7 empty). Then pour half of the four into the 7, leaving 2 liters in the 7, 2 liters in the 4 and 3 liters in the 3.

700, 340, 043, 223

As said before the puzzle doesn't allow for half pours. Wouldn't be a point to the puzzle otherwise.

[1genius]

IS SO EASY MAN ITS 6 POURS

FIRST U START OFF WITH

7/7
0/4
0/3

1ST POUR

3/7
4/4
0/3

2ND POUR

3/7
1/4
3/3

3RD POUR

6/7
1/4
0/3

4TH POUR

6/7
0/4
1/3

5TH POUR

2/7
4/4
1/3

6TH POUR

2/7
2/4
3/3

VOILA