Measure the Odd

You have two buckets - one holds exactly 5 gallons and the other 3 gallons. How can you measure 4 gallons of water into the 5 gallon bucket?

(Assume you have an unlimited supply of water and that there are no measurement markings of any kind on the buckets.)




Similar Riddles

There are three boxes. One is labeled "APPLES" another is labeled "ORANGES". The last one is labeled "APPLES AND ORANGES". You know that each is labeled incorrectly. You may ask me to pick one fruit from one box which you choose.

How can you label the boxes correctly?

Asked by Neha on 07 Sep 2021


Who always enjoys poor health?

Who enjoys poor health?

Asked by Neha on 22 Sep 2021

Can you name an animal whose killing cannot be performed without spilling your own blood?

Asked by Neha on 28 Feb 2023


In an office's desk, you find a unique method that shows the current day of the month. Two numbered cubes are used to depict the current date.

Can you find out the numbers on both the cubes so that each date can be mentioned using them?

Please note that you have to use both the cubes to display any date. Thus the 1st day must be represented by 01 and so on.

Asked by Neha on 14 May 2023

If 5 cats catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch a mouse?

Asked by Neha on 13 Sep 2021

At a bar, three friends, Mr Green, Mr Red and Mr Blue, were having a drink. One man was wearing a red suit; one a green suit; and the other a blue suit. 'Have you noticed,' said the man in the blue suit, 'that although our suits have colours corresponding to our names, not one of us is wearing a suit that matches our own names?' Mr Red looked at the other two and said, 'You're absolutely correct. What colour suit is each man wearing?

Asked by Neha on 03 Dec 2023


I never stop running even when I standstill. If I am formed by joining two identical bodies together, can you guess who I am?

Asked by Neha on 28 Mar 2023

What has many keys but can’t open a single lock?

Asked by Neha on 14 Feb 2022

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

Asked by Neha on 18 May 2022


A kind heart person buy packed food at 3$/packet from United states and sells them at 1$/packet at Africa. After some time he becomes a millionaire.

How come the guy become millionaire ?

Asked by Neha on 30 Jan 2023

Hot Articles

Amazing Facts

Out of the Box

The phrase “thinking outside the box” was popularised from the solution to a topographical puzzle involving 9 dots in a box shape.