A man is the owner of a winery who recently passed away. In his will, he left 21 barrels (seven of which are filled with wine, seven of which are half full, and seven of which are empty) to his three sons. However, the wine and barrels must be split so that each son has the same number of full barrels, the same number of half-full barrels, and the same number of empty barrels.( Note that there are no measuring devices handy).

How can the barrels and wine be evenly divided?

What I would do is give two sons 3 full, 1 half full, and 3 empty barrels, and give the other son 1 full, 5 half full and 1 empty. Pour the contents of 2 of the half full barrels into 2 other half full barrels. This way each son has the most wine possible, and only one son has to do anything! :)

Posted by Gamer on 2003-08-07 12:14:48