20 MATH RIDDLES FOR KIDS | STARTUP
I have collected 20 easy math riddles for kids. Compete with your family and try to guess an answer!
1. There are four oranges and you take three. How many do you have ?
Answer : You will have three oranges
2. A family has five sons, each of them has a sister. How many kids does a family have in total ?
Answer : The family has six kids - five sons have one common sister
3. You have three ostriches on your farm laying three eggs in three minutes. How many ostriches do you need to produce 700 eggs in 700 minutes ?
Answer : Only three. You don't need additional birds because three ostriches lay eggs at a fixed pace
4. Two math books complain to each other. What do they tell each other ?
Answer : I have so many problems
5. A half is a third of it. What is it ?
Answer : 1 1/2
6. I am an odd number. Take an alphabet away from me and I become even. Who I am ?
Answer : Seven (Seven - S = Even)
7. Using only addition, how can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000 ?
Answer : 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
8. There is an empty basket, three feet in diameter and one foot deep. How many oranges can you put in this empty basket ?
Answer : Just one. As long as you put something in an empty basket, it's not empty anymore
9. Isabella has a huge family: 20 cousins, ten aunts and ten uncles. Each counsin has an aunt who's not Isabella's. How is that possible ?
Answer : This aunt is Isabella's mom
10. This number can be positive or negative, and it starts with I and ends with R. What is this number ?
Answer : It's an Integer
11. What should you place between 3 and 4 to make it bigger than 3 but smaller than 4 ?
Answer : It's a decimal point: 3.4
12. How many time can you subtract 5 from 25 ?
Answer : You can subtract it only once. 25 - 5 = 20, and it's no longer 25. if you keep on, you will subtract 5 from 20, then 15, and so on. None of these numbers is 25 anymore.
13. Mom baked 24 cookies for six kids. How many cookies does each of them get ?
Answer : Each kid will get four cookies
14. A triangle is very rude. What does it say to circle ?
Answer : You're pointless
15. Bees love geometry. What's their favorite figure ?
Answer : It's a Hexagon
16. It's round, but it's not a circle and looks like an egg. What is it ?
Answer : It's an Oval
17. If a dozen eggs cost $0.12, how many eggs can you buy for a dollar ?
Answer : You can buy 100 eggs
18. How can you add eight fours together so the total adds up to 500 ?
Answer : 444 + 44 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 500
19. If four men can build four tables in four hours, how many can eight men build in eight hours ?
Answer : 16 Tables
20. You have two U.S coins with a total value of 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins ?
Answer : One is a quarter and one is a nickel
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