10 Marbles Riddle

But you have to follow the following rules.

10 marbles riddle.

In other words you get to take 2 measurements or comparisons here. If a black marble comes out you know that has to be the black marbles box so you put the black label on it. With a scale you have to figure out how to figure out which bag contains the 9 ounce marbles. 9 bags contain 10 ounce marbles.

1 bag contains 9 ounce marbles. The scales are of the old balance variety. The remaining marble is slightly heavier than the others. Proceed as in the step above but the marble you re looking for is the light one.

That is a small dish hangs from each end of a rod that is balanced in the middle. 2 9 10 11 is heavy. Simply weigh 9 against 10. In any case on to the riddle.

One of the 12 marbles is irregular but you don t know whether it s heavier or lighte. If they balance 11 is the heavy marble. You don t know which is which. 3 you are allowed to use set the scale twice in total.

Here is an interesting riddle involving 12 marbles and a balance scale. 3 9 10 11 is light. There are 10 bags of marbles. 2 8 of them are exactly the same weight.

You are given a set of scales and 12 marbles. In this case you know that the different marble is 9 10 or 11 and that that marble is heavy. The one labeled both. You can use a scale you can use an empty sack.