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One Lump or Two?

How can you put 10 lumps of sugar into three cups so there is an odd number of lumps in each cup?

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Put five lumps in the first cup, two in the second, and three in the third.

Then sit the third cup in the second cup.

December 20, 2005January 14, 2013 | Puzzles

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