Lateral Thinking Puzzles

123. Distributing Balls in Boxes

There are 9 boxes and 20 balls. You have to fill the boxes with balls such that no box should be empty and no ball should be left.

Condition :- There should not be even number of balls in a box.

Added 29 September 2011 · Updated 8 July 2026

Solution:

One possible solution is to place 1 ball in 7 boxes and 3 balls in 2 boxes. This way, all boxes are filled, no box is empty, and all boxes contain an odd number of balls.


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