Three missionaries and three cannibals River Crossing Puzzle

Three missionaries and three cannibals River Crossing Puzzle

Three missionaries and three cannibals
want to get to the other side of a river.

There is a small boat, which can fit only two.
To prevent a tragedy,
there can never be more
cannibals than missionaries together.

How could all of them
get safely across the river?

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River Crossing Puzzle - Mother Daughter and Son puzzle

River Crossing Puzzle - Mother Daughter and Son puzzle

Two mothers, each accompanied by her son and daughter, want to cross a river.

Rules:
1) No child can be with another mother on a bank or on the raft without his or her mother.
2) A child can be left alone or with other children, but not with a different mother.
3) The raft can hold a maximum of two people, The mother and her son wearing red clothes are the only ones who can row.

How can they cross the river?

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River Crossing Puzzle : 3 Athletes and 3 Coaches

River Crossing Puzzle : 3 Athletes and 3 Coaches

Three athletes and their individual coaches need to cross a river.

Rules:
1) No coach trusts his athlete to be with any other coach unless he is also with his athlete.
2) Each athlete can either be alone or with other athletes, but not alone with a different coach.
3) The raft can hold a maximum of two people, and everyone can row.

How can all six people get across the river?

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Three robbers and three merchants River crossing puzzle

Three robbers and three merchants River crossing puzzle

Three robbers have come to the left bank of a river.
At the same time, three merchants have come to the right bank of the river.
Each group wants to cross to the opposite side.

Rules:
1) There is a small raft on the left bank, which can hold only two people.
2) There can never be more robbers than merchants together on the same side.
3) The merchant and robber wearing green clothes are the only ones who can row.

How can they all cross the river?

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River Crossing Puzzle - Three cops and three robbers

River Crossing Puzzle - Three cops and three robbers

Three cops and three robbers need to cross a river.

Rules:
1) The raft can hold a maximum of two poeple, and everyone can row.
2) There can never be more robbers than cops together on the same side.

How can all six cross the river?

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River Crossing - Cross the river in less than 30 minutes

River Crossing - Cross the river in less than 30 minutes

A family must catch a train on the other side of a river.
The train is leaving in 30 minutes.
They have been joined by their friend, a cop,
who want to help them cross the river.

Rules:
1) The cop can cross the river in 1 minute.
2) Father can cross in 3 minutes.
3) Mother can cross in 6 minutes.
4) Daughter can cross in 8 minutes.
5) Son can cross in 12 minutes.
6) If two people are on the raft, they will cross the river in the time that it would take for the slower person to cross alone.

Can you help the family catch their train?

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River Crossing Puzzle - Three Travelers puzzle

River Crossing Puzzle - Three Travelers puzzle

Three travelers need to cross a river.
The first has two bags,
the second has one bag,
and the third does not have a bag.

Rules:
1) The raft can hold either two travelers or one traveler with one bag.
2) No traveler should be left alone with another travelers bag.

How can they cross the river?

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River Crossing Puzzle - Raft limit 100 kg puzzle

River Crossing Puzzle - Raft limit 100 kg puzzle

A family need to cross a river in a small raft.
Father weighs 90 kg,
Mother weighs 80 kg,
Boy weighs 60 kg,
Girl weighs 40 kg,
and they have a 20 kg bag.

Rules:
1) The raft cannot bear a load heavier than 100 kg.

How can they all get to the other side with their bag?

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River Crossing - Five person puzzle

River Crossing - Five person puzzle

Five people want to get to the other side of a river,
but each of them dislikes his immediate neighbors.
The first person dislikes the second and the fifth;
the second person dislikes the first and the third;
the third person dislikes the second and the fourth;
the fourth person dislikes the third and the fifth;
and the fifth person dislikes the fourth and the first.

Rules:
1) The raft can hold a maximum of two people.
2) If two people dislike each other, they refuse to be either on the raft together or on the same bank together without any other person.

How can they all get to the other side?

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River Crossing - Two Workers and two children puzzle

River Crossing - Two Workers and two children puzzle

Two workers and two children want to cross a river.

Rules:
1) The raft can hold a maximum of one worker or two children.
2) Everyone can row.

How can they all get to the other side ?

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River Crossing : Four soldiers puzzle

River Crossing : Four soldiers puzzle

Four soldiers need to cross a river.
One is arrogant(wearing the red plume),
One is lazy (wearing the black plume),
and two are brave (wearing the blue plumes).

Rules:
1) The raft can hold a maximum of two soldiers.
2) The lazy soldier refuses to be alone either on the raft or on either bank.
3) The arrogant one refuses to be accompanied on the raft.

How can they all get to the other side?

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River crossing puzzle : Farmer, Goat, Wolf and Cabbage

River crossing puzzle : Farmer, Goat, Wolf and Cabbage

A Farmer wants to cross a river and take with him a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage.

Rules:
1) The farmer is the only one who can steer the raft. He can only take one passenger (the wolf, the goat, or the cabbage) in addition to himself.
2) If the wolf and the goat are alone on the same riverbank, the wolf will eat the goat.
3) If the goat and the cabbage are alone on the same bank, the goat will eat the cabbage.

How can the farmer get the wolf, the goat, and the cabbage across the river without any of them being eaten?

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