THE BARREL OF BEER
A man bought an odd lot of wine in barrels and one barrel containing beer. These are shown in the illustration, marked with the number of gallons that each barrel contained. He sold a quantity of the wine to one man and twice the quantity to another, but kept the beer to himself. The puzzle is to point out which barrel contains beer. Can you say which one it is? Of course, the man sold the barrels just as he bought them, without manipulating in any way the contents.
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Arithmetic
Number Theory
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Modular Arithmetic / Remainder Arithmetic
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Divisibility Rules
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Divisibility Rules by 3 and 9
Algebra
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Word Problems
Logic
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Reasoning / Logic
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