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What if inhabitant 519 had a split end that broke off? Would that be exactly one hair or a partial hair?

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Wouldn't it be easier to fill the 5 liter bowl and pour the remaining 3 liters into the three liter bowl and fill the three liter bowl to the top from the five liter bowl? That would be three steps.

Baldyville - Back to the Cool Math Games These are the conditions in Baldyville: 1. No two inhabitants have the same number of hairs on their head. 2. No inhabitant has exactly 518 hairs. 3. There are more inhabitants in town than hairs on any individual inhabitant's head. What is the highest possible number of inhabitants? This old topic is locked since it was answered many times. You can check solution in the Spoiler below. Pls visit New Puzzles section to see always fresh brain teasers.