Place three piles of matches on a table, one with 11 matches, the second with 7, and the third with 6.  You are to move matches so that each pile holds 8 matches. You may add to any pile only as many matches as it already contains. All the matches must come from one other pile. For example, if a pile holds 6 matches, you may add 6 to it, no more or less. You have three moves.  -Riddles

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First pile to second; second to third; third to first:Pile Initial number First move Second move Third move First1111-7=444+4=8Second77+7=1414-6=88Third666+6=1212-4=8  

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