Helen's Pots
Cooking can be tricky when you’re camping. But it’s all good, because you can rely on math!
Helen is camping and wants to make pasta. She has a 3L pot and a 5L pot. She needs exactly 4L of water. Of course, her pots are not graduated.
How can Helen measure exactly 4L using only her two pots?
Approach addition and subtraction in a totally different way with this puzzle. You’ll have to use logic to successfully solve Helen’s measuring problem!
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