Can you measure out exactly 8 liters of water?

This month’s math puzzle is similar to the one from October. It was also suggested by Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles.

This time you have two empty pails. One has a capacity of 6 liters. The other can hold exactly 11 liters. Your task is to go to a pond and come back with exactly 8 liters of water. How do you do it?

Make up some puzzles like these and send them in with your solutions. We’ll post them here in the SEED Science Center.

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