ok ok last one....ONE LAST RIDDLE 1st to get it right?

Question

1st to win

Riddle:

You are standing by a river with a 5-gallon jug and a 3-gallon jug, but you need exactly 4 gallons of water. Using only the 2 jugs you have, how can you measure out 4 gallons

1: Fill up the 5-gallon jug to the top.
2: Using the 5-gallon jug, fill up the 3-gallon jug.
3: Empty the 3-gallon jug and pour the 2 gallons left over from the 5-gallon jug into it.
4: Fill the 5-gallon jug again.
5: Fill the 3-gallon jug again to the top.
6: You now have exactly 4 gallons left over in your 5-gallon jug

BEN got it........yeyyyy Ben

Answer 1

I hope i win
Fill the 5 gallon jug to the top
Use the 5 gallon jug to fill up the 3 gallon jug
Empty the 3 gallon jug and pour the 2 gallons left from the 5 gallon jug into it
Fill up the 5 gallon jug all the way again
use the 5 gallon to fill the 3 gallon jug again to the top
Now you have 4 gallons left in the 5 gallon jug

Answer 2

first fill the 3 gallon jug completely and then fill the five gallon jug till the 1 gallon marking which is printed on the jug. In today's world we do get marked jugs and so by doing this you will get exact 4 gallons water.
But I guess Ben is right. Good going Ben.

Answer 3

fill up the 3 gallon jug completley and 1/5th of the 5 gallon jug

Answer 4

Fill up the five gallon jug, pour the water in the five gallon jug in the three gallon jug... When you fill that jug up, the left over water in the five gallon jug is two gallons. Pour out half the water in the five gallon now. Therefore, you have four gallons. One gallon in the five gallon jug & three gallons in the three gallon jug...
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Or, break a long twig to measure to the top of the five gallon jug. Then break off another peice of the twig to measure to the top of the three gallon twig. Save the two peices you break. Then, fill the three gallon jug up & break the shorter portion of the twig in half... throw away one of twigs with the same length as the other. Then, put the shortest twig up to the five gallon jug and fill the five gallon jug to measure the length of the twig with the twig still sitting up beside it. That would be one gallon, & in the three gallon jug is three gallons, so both of the jugs gallons added together is four gallons!

Answer 5

Fill the 3-gallon jug half-way (that gives a 1.5-gallon of water), then fill the 5-gallon jug half-way (that gives a 2.5-gallon of water).Mix the two (1.5+2.5=4) and you get your 4 gallons.

Answer 6

Fill the 3 gal jug and pour it into the 5 gal jug, and then do it again. You should be left w/ one gal in the three gal jug. Then dump out the 5 gal jug. and empty the one gal into the 5 gal jug. Then add another 3 gal jug to it. Voila! 4 gallons.

Ben's way works too., damn, he was quicker!

Answer 7

fill the 3 gallon jug all the way up... and fill the 5 gallon jug up to the handle i dont know..

Answer 8

Fill up the five gallon and pour it into the 3. You have 2 in five and the three is full. Dump out the three, pour the two from five into the three. The three is now short only one gallon. Fill the five, pour into the three (with the 2 gallons in it) untill it is full. The five will be left with four.

Answer 9

fill up the 5 and pour out one gallon into the three and that should be 4

Answer 10

POUR ONE GALLON OUT OF THE 5 GALLON JUG!