If you have a five gallon jug and a three gallon jug, how can you measure out perfectly 4 gallons of water?

Answer 1

1. Fill the five gallon jug.
2. Pour water from the five gallon jug into the three gallon jug. That will leave you with two gallons in the five gallon jug.
3. Empty out the three gallon jug.
4. Pour the remaining two gallons from the five gallon jug into the three gallon jug.
5. Fill the five gallon jug.
6. Pour water from the five gallon jug into the three gallon jug. That will leave you with 4 gallons of water in the five gallon jug.

Answer 2

Hello!

Let's assume you have a third container to store water, and a way to transfer water between jugs without any loss (such as a funnel).

All you'd have to do is fill up the five gallon jug, then transfer water from it to the three gallon jug until the three gallon jug is full.

This leaves 2 gallons of water in the five gallon jug. You can empty this out into the third container.

Repeat the process and you have 4 gallons.

Hopefully this is within the parameters and helps you.

Have a good day!

Answer 3

Fill the 3 gallon jug. Pour it into the 5 gallon jug, then fill the 3 gallon jug again, pour it into the 5 gallon jug until the 5 gallon jug is full, leaving a gallon in the 3 gallon jug. Then, empty the 5 gallon jug, pour the left behind gallon from the 3 gallon jug in the 5 gallon jug, then fill the 3 gallon jug. Voila! 4 gallons.

Answer 4

fill the 5 gallon jug, and pour out water into the 3 gallon jug. When the 3 gallons is full you have 2 gallons left in the 5 gallon jug.
do this twice and you have 4 gallons!

Answer 5

fill up the 5 gallon jug with water. pour that water into the 3 gallon leaving 2 gallons in the 5 gallon jug. empty the 3 gallon jug. pour the 2 gallons from the 5 gallon jug into the empty 3 gallon jug. refill the 5 gallon jug. pour water from that jug into the 3 gallon jug until it is full. you are left with 4 gallons in the 5 gallon jug.

Answer 6

We're not here to do your homework for you...

However, if you are just curious (and if I realize that you probably don't have homework this far into June), you would fill the five gallon jug, pour three gallons of its contents into the three gallon jug so that two gallons are left in the five, empty the three, pour the two gallons left in the five gallon jug into the three gallon jug, fill the five gallon jug, pour one gallon from the five into the three gallon jug (since the three gallon jug already contains two gallons), and you would be left with four gallons of water in the five gallon jug.

Answer 7

fill the 5 gallons. pour what will fit into the 3 gallon jug. you are left with exactly two gallons in the 5 gal jug. transfer those two into some sort of receptacle. dump the 3 gal jug. repeat process and you have measured out exactly 4 gallons into your other container.

Answer 8

fill the five gallon jug. seal the 3 gallon jug. provided the three gallon jug has a smaller diameter and is not taller than the 5 gallon jug, submerge the 3 gallon jug into the 5 gallon jug. collect the overflow. do it again. i love jugs.

Answer 9

Fill up the five gallon jug. Pour the water into the three gallon jug until it's full. You'll have two gallons remaining. Pour those two gallon into another jug.

Repeat.

You'll have four gallons.

Answer 10

fill the 5 gal jug and then empty it into the 3 gal. that leaves you 2 gallons in the jug. do this twice and you have 4 gallons ( put the first two into any handy container until you have done it twice.)