Question

Chelannur village has a milk society. Geetha and Ammini went there to buy 4 litres of milk. But the man could not find the one litre measure. He had only a 3 litre and a 5 litre bottle with him. But he gave them exactly 4 litres of milk.
Explain how he did this.

Answer 1

The milkman will fill the 5 litre bottle at first. Then, he will pour its content into the 3 litre bottle. Now, the quantity of milk that is left behind in the 5 litre bottle will be 2 litres.
He will pour 2 litres of milk into the bottle of Geetha. Again, he will fill the 5 litre bottle with milk. After pouring its content in the 3 litre bottle, 2 litres of milk is left in the 5 litre bottle.
Now, he will pour 2 litres of milk into the bottle of Geetha again. Now, Geetha has 4 litres of milk in her bottle.
In this way, both Geetha and Ammini get 4 litres of milk.