Oil Riddle

Many of you probably heard this but here it is anyway

You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

way too easy

Originally posted by sloppyb
way too easy

You could fill the 5, fill the 3, leaves two in the 5, then mark the halfway point and pour out till the halfway point is found, leaving one gallon in the 5 gallon container.

Originally posted by sloppyb
Many of you probably heard this but here it is anyway

You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

fill up the 3, pour it into the 5.

fill up the 3 again, pour all that will fit into the 5( ie 2 ), and your left with 1 gallon in the 3.

Originally posted by sonhouse
You could fill the 5, fill the 3, leaves two in the 5, then mark the halfway point and pour out till the halfway point is found, leaving one gallon in the 5 gallon container.

im pretty sure your not allowed to mark anything.

Originally posted by sloppyb
Many of you probably heard this but here it is anyway

You have a barrel of oil, and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container?

Throw the 3 gallon container away and fill the 5 gallon container 20%

Originally posted by joe shmo
fill up the 3, pour it into the 5.

fill up the 3 again, pour all that will fit into the 5( ie 2 ), and your left with 1 gallon in the 3.

correct -- sonhouse you made it hard to understand