Math Riddles
The Missing Dollar |
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Three friends check into a motel for the night and the clerk tells them the bill is $30, payable in advance. So, they eac...... |
Age of father and son |
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The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The father's age is the son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 poss...... |
Canaries and cages |
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I am the owner of a pet store. If I put in one canary per cage, I have one bird too many. If I put in two canaries per cag...... |
6 in Roman |
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After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X = 10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single co...... |
If you have three oranges |
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If you have three oranges and you take away two, how many will you have? ... |
Train Journey |
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Mr. Grumper grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning he was justified, though...... |
Four members of a band |
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Four members of a band are walking to a night concert. They decide to take a shortcut, but must cross a bridge. Luckily th...... |
A large truck is crossing a bridge |
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A large truck is crossing a bridge 1 mile long. The bridge can only hold 14000 lbs, which is the exact weight of the truck...... |
I am a three digit number |
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I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less th...... |
Beanie Babies |
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Jenn has half the Beanie Babies that Mollie has. Allison has 3 times as many as Jenn. Together they have 72. How many Bean...... |
Test Results |
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Students at Monty High with a class size under of 30 took a math test. One third of the class got a "B", one quarter a "B-...... |
Cards with Crosses |
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You have a stack of 23 cards. Each card has an image of a cross on one side, and an image of a circle on the other side. Y...... |
The Bridge |
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Four men want to cross a bridge. They all begin on the same side. It is night, and they have only one flashlight with them...... |