Riddles
What has a head, a tail and has no legs?
coin
I go up but never come down.
Your age
In the number 52,608, what is the value of the digit 5?
50,000
This Australian animal is the largest marsupial and appears on the Australian coat of arms.
Kangaroo
RERASE
eraser
I’m tall when I’m young and short when I’m old. What am I?
candle
What has a head, a tail, but no body?
A coin
In the number 89,721, which digit is in the thousands place?
9
What is an antonym?
This is the name for a word that has the opposite meaning of another word.
TAPLEN
Planet
What has many keys but can’t open a single door?
A piano
I have keys but no locks, space but no room. You can enter, but you can’t go outside.
A keyboard
Add 376 + 245 using non-standard partitioning. Teacher will check working out.
621
teacher to check working out
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
Footsteps
SOAURDNI
Dinosaur
I am not alive, but I can grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; what am I?
fire
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
The letter M
Subtract 764 − 128 using non-standard partitioning. Teacher to check working out
636
teacher to check working out
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I repeat what you say.
An echo
ETACLOOCH
Chocolate
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with the wind. What am I?
echo
I have cities but no houses, rivers but no water, and roads but no cars.
A map
This word describes something that is both sweet and sour at the same time.
Bittersweet
RBUAGHERM
Hamburger