Before you is a 3-quart container, a 5-quart container and a sink full of water. There are no markings on either container to show how many quarts are in each one. All you know is that when the 3-quart container is full, it contains three quarts. You also know that when the 5-quart container is full, it contains five quarts. Your task is to place exactly four quarts in the 5-quart container. How would you accomplish this task?
- Fill the 3-quart container and pour it into the 5-quart container
- Fill the 3-quart container and pour as much as you can (2 quarts) into the 5-quart container. This will leave one quart left.
- Empty the 5-quart container and pour the one quart into the 5-quart
- Fill the 3-quart and pour it into the 5-quart. Now there are 4 quarts in the 5-quart container.