Mind-Bending Logic Challenges

A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn across a river. He has a rowboat, and it can only carry him and one other thing. If the fox and the chicken are left together, the fox will eat the chicken.If the chicken and the corn are left together, the chicken will eat the corn. How does the man do it? Arrange the steps to be followed. 1.The man and the chicken cross the river.

2.He then returns to pick up the chicken and heads a across the river one last time. 3.The Man leaves the chicken and he takes the corn across and leaves it with the fox. 4.The man then takes the fox across the river.

You have an 8 litre jug full of water and two smaller jugs, one that contains 5 litres and the other 3 litres. None of the jugs have markings on them, nor do you have any additional measuring device.You have to divide the 8 litres of water equally between your two best friends, so that each gets 4 litres of water. How can you do this? Rearrange the steps as follows:-

1.First, water is poured from the 8 litre jug into the 5 litre jug, leaving 3 litres of water in the original 8 litre jug.

4.Water is poured from the 8 litre jug (which at this stage contains 6 litres) into the empty 5 litre jug. We now have 5 litres of water in the 5 litre jug, 2 litres of water in the 3 litre jug and 1 litre of water in the 8 litre jug.

5.We are left with 4 litres of water in the 5 litre jug which is given to one friend, and 3 litres of water in the 3 litre jug that is poured back into the 8 litre jug that already contains 1 litre of water. This gives 4 litres of water which are given to the second friend.

6.The 2 litres of water in the 5 litre jug are now poured into the empty 3 litre jug. 7.Water is poured from the 5 litre jug to fill the 3 litre jug which already contains at this stage 2 litres of water.

You are in a dark room where a table is kept. There are 50 coins placed on the table, out of which 10 coins are showing tails and 40 coins are showing heads. The task is to divide this set of 50 coins into 2 groups (not necessarily same size) such that both groups have same number of coins showing the tails.

You are in a dark room where a table is kept. There are 50 coins placed on the table, out of which 10 coins are showing tails and 40 coins are showing heads. The task is to divide this set of 50 coins into 2 groups (not necessarily same size) such that both groups have same number of coins showing the tails.