rookie1ja Posted March 30, 2007 Report Share Posted March 30, 2007 Pouring water III. - Back to the Water and Weighing Puzzles Given three bowls: 7, 4 and 3 liters capacity. Only the 7-liter is full. Pouring the water the fewest number of times, make the quantities of 2, 2, and 3 liters. 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. Pouring Water III. - solution Three numerals in each number stand for litres in each bowl: 700 - 340 - 313 - 610 - 601 - 241 - 223 (overspilling 6 times) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Twice: 7 liter into the 3 liter leaving 4 in the 7 liter container. Then pour half of whats left "4" into the last 4 liter container so you have 3-2-2. Thus two pours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 Twice: 7 liter into the 3 liter leaving 4 in the 7 liter container. Then pour half of whats left "4" into the last 4 liter container so you have 3-2-2. Thus two pours. in these puzzles you cant pour a fraction of a bowl...that wouldnt be much of a puzzle now would it? this is what i got in 5 pours:(using the same 3-digit code) 700-403-133-124-520-223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 4, 2007 Report Share Posted July 4, 2007 you can't do 133 without doing 430... i did 700, 403, 430, 133, 142, 520, 223. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 how about 700 304 331 601 241 223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 how about 700 304 331 601 241 223 Assuming jars are 7 - 3 - 4 based on your first pour, your fourth pour goes out of sequence (which would mean you have 4 in your 3 jar! You would need to pour the 1 in the 4 into the 3. this effectively is the same as the admin's answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2007 Report Share Posted July 13, 2007 you can't do 133 without doing 430... i did 700, 403, 430, 133, 142, 520, 223. You can't go from 142 to 520. There's a 502 step in between, which makes it seven steps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2007 Report Share Posted July 20, 2007 i still dont see whats wrong with 700 403 223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 i still dont see whats wrong with 700 403 223 You can't pour *half* of the 4 liters into another bowl, because you have no way of accurately measuring a half. You must pour entire bowl-fulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 13, 2007 Report Share Posted August 13, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 28, 2007 Report Share Posted August 28, 2007 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 I did it this way in 6 steps: 700-340-313-610-601-241-223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 nice too easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2007 Report Share Posted November 16, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 20, 2007 Report Share Posted November 20, 2007 Done it in 5 pours (7, 4, 3 Litres respectively) 700 - 340 - 313 - 601 - 241 - 223 No half pours, no steps missed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 it was a good one but it took me while to understand it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 27, 2007 Report Share Posted December 27, 2007 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2008 Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2008 Report Share Posted March 25, 2008 700/403/430/133/142/502/520/223 done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 7-0-0 is original set up Pour 7 liter into 3 liter..... Leaving 4-0-3 Pour 3 liter to 4 liter.....leaves 4 liter, 3 liter, 0 liter Pour 7 Liter to 3 liter....leaves 1 liter, 3 liter, 3liter Pour 3 Liter to 4 liter....Leaves 1 liter, 4 liter, 2 liter Pour 4 Liter to 7 Liter.....Leaves 5 liter, 0 liter, 2 liter Pour 3 Liter to 4 liter.....Leaves 5 liter, 2 liter, 0 liter Pour 7 Liter to 3 Liter.....Leaves 2 liter, 2 liter, 3 liter 7 moves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Pouring water III. - Back to the Water and Weighing Puzzles Having three bowls: 7, 4 and 3 litres capacity. Only the 7-litre is full. Pouring the fewest times gain the quantity of 2, 2 and 3 litres. Pouring Water III. - solution Three numerals in each number stand for litres in each bowl: 700 - 340 - 313 - 610 - 601 - 241 - 223 (overspilling 6 times) Place the 3 inside the 4. Pour outside the 3 leaving one liter inside the 4. Remove the 3 and pour the one liter from the 4 into the 3. Replace the 3 inside the 4 and again pour outside the 3 leaving one liter inside the 4. Remove the 3 and pour the contents of 3 into the 4. This will leave 2 liters in the four and 5 liters in the 7. Pour the 3 full from the 7 leaving you with two liters in the 7, two liters in the 4 and the 3 is full. 5 pours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 you can't do 133 without doing 430... i did 700, 403, 430, 133, 142, 520, 223. Your last 2 pours are wrong. You cannot get 520 directly from 142. Capacity (<Actual water in bowl>) 142 = 7(1), 4(4), 3(2) 502 = 7(5), 4(0), 3(2) 520 = 7(5), 4(2), 3(0) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 I too did this originally in seven steps, as previously stated: 700, 403, 430, 133, 142, 502, 520, 223 Didn't quite get the six. Interesting how these two solutions are quite a bit different from each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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