Please help as this is driving me insane???

Question

2 ladies go around a neighborhood selling lemonade. They both have 11 pint glasses each of lemonade. On there travels they come across 2 girls who want 2 pints each of lemonade each. However one of these girls has a 4 pint glass and the other has a 3 pint glass.



How do they get 2 pints exactly in each glass without using any other instruments besides the glasses they have?

Answer 1

If the ladies have 11 one pint glasses (at least that's the way you wrote the riddle), then all they need to do is pour two glasses into each container. I think you may need to review the original riddle to get the correct answer because it seems there's something missing here.

Answer 2

I would use the first 11 pint glass to fill the 3 pint glass to the brim. I would then pour the lemonade from the 3 pint glass into the 4 pint glass. I would then pour 3 more pints from the first 11 pint glass (which will now be down to 5 pints) into the 3 pint glass. I would then use the 3 pint glass to top of the 4 pint glass, whcih would leave EXACTLY 2 pints in the 3 pint glass.


I would then pour the full 4 pint glass' contents back into the first 11 pint glass, thereby, leaving it with exactly 9 pints. I would use the second 11 pint glass (which is full) to fill up the empty 4 pint glass. I would then top off the first 11 pint glass (which had 9 pints), which would leave me with exactly 2 pints in the four pint glass.

At this point in time, the 3 and 4 pint glasses have exactly 2 pints in them while the first 11 pint glass is full and the second 11 pint glass has 7 pints remaining.

Answer 3

I'm not the best at this kind of thing, but here goes. Have one lady who has an 11 pint glass fill up the 3 pint glass. That will leave 8 pints in the 11 pint glass. (11-3=8) Have the girl with the 3 pint glass empty the lemonade out onto the grass. Have the same lady with now 8 pints once again pour lemonade into the 3 pint glass. That now leaves 5 pints of lemonade in the 11 pint glass. (8-3=5) Again, have the girl with the 3 pint glass empty the lemonade out onto the grass. Now, have the same lady with now 5 pints pour lemonade into the 3 pint glass. That now leaves 2 pints of lemonade in the 11 pint glass. (5-3=2) The girl, once more empties her 3 pint glass. Now the remaining 2 pints are poured into the 4 pint glass. Now repeat the same procedure using the other 11 pint glass and the 3 pint glass. When you get down to the 2 pints, pour it into the 3 pint glass. Now, have I made lemonade out of this lemon of a problem? :-)

Answer 4

Fill the 4 pint glass halfway and the 3 pint glass 2/3 of the way.
or
Fill the 4 pint glass half way then pour it into the 3 pint glass, then refill the 4 pint glass halfway.

Answer 5

I would pour 2 pints of lemonade in the 4 pint glass using one of the 11 pint glasses of lemonade (your glass should now be half full). I would take the other 11 pint glass of lemonade and pour the 2 pints of lemonade in the 3 pint glass (your glass should be 3/4 full). If the ladies have calculated correctly, each of the 11 pint lemonade glasses should have the exact amount left in the glasses.

Answer 6

11 Pt Glass 11 Pt Glass 4 Pt Glass 3 Pt Glass
11 0 0 0
7 0 4 0
7 0 1 3
7 1 0 3
10 1 0 0
6 1 4 0
6 1 1 3
6 2 0 3
9 2 0 0
2 2 4 3

Answer 7

Fill up the girl's 4 pint glass and then pour half of it into the other girls glass.

Answer 8

They fill the 4 pint glass and pour half of it in the other one.

Answer 9

Am I mistaken, or is this a trick question?
The fact that there are two ladies is totally irrelevant
If there are 22 one-pint glasses available to be sold, just pour out two pints for each of the two girls.
What's the big deal?

Answer 10

use one 11 to fill 3. pour 3 into 4. use same 11 to fill 3 again. pour one from the three to fill 4, this leaves 2 in the 3 cup then pour the four cup back into the first 11. It will now have 9. take second 11 and pour it into 4 until it is even with the first 11. both 11 will be 9 and the other two will be 2.