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Riddles
Ratio
100
How can you write nineteen and eighty-two hundredths
What is 19.82
100

What is the LCM of 100 and 50

100

100

The place value of the 5 in 125,487

What is the thousands place

100

Joe is 30 years younger than his mama. Let m represent the age of Joe's Mama. Which of the following expression can help us determine Joe's age?

a) m + 30

b) 30m

c) m - 30

d) m/30

c) m - 30

100

(8/3) + (8/4)

Add 

4 2/3

100
  1. Riddle: If there are seven oranges and you take three away, how many oranges do you have?

Answer: Three, since that’s how many you took.

100

Riddle: What has hands but doesn’t clap?

A clock

100

Riddle: What gets wet as it dries?


Answer: A towel.

200
  1. Riddle: How do you make the number one disappear?

Answer: Add the letter G and it’s “gone”

200
  1. Riddle: I can shave 25 times a day and still have a beard? What am I?

Answer: A barber

200
Subtract: 80.0-39.6
What is 40.4
200

Riddle: Two fathers and 2 sons spent the day fishing, but only caught 3 fish. This was enough for each of them to have one fish. How is this possible?

There were only 3 people fishing. There was one father, his son, and his son's son. This means there were 2 fathers and 2 sons, since one of them is a father and a son.

200

 Riddle: Zoey has a very big family. She has 20 aunts, 20 uncles and 50 cousins. Each of her cousins has an aunt who is not Zoey’s aunt. How is this possible?

Answer: Their aunt is Zoey’s mom!

200

The place value of 3 in 472.139 is....

hundredths

200

Riddle: You will buy me to eat but never eat me. What am I?

plate

200

Riddle: Which word becomes shorter when you add 2 letters to it? 


Answer: The word “short.”

300

(25/6) divide (48/8)

25/36

300

What is the coordinate of point A?

(5,-2)

300

1.05 x 3.67 

3.8535

300
add: 5.67+2.34
What is 8.01
300
  1. Riddle: I can be cracked. And I can be made. I can be told. And I can be played. What am I?
     

Answer: A joke

300

What is the definition of absolute value?

Absolute value is How far a number is from zero

300
  1. Riddle: When things go wrong, what can you always count on?

Answer: Your fingers.

300

Riddle: I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?


Answer: A coin.

400

Write 14 3/9 as an improper fraction

129/9

400

Simplify and Solve

4 * 6^3

864

400
  1. Riddle: Why did the math book look so sad?

Answer: Because it was full of problems.

400
  1. Riddle: What did the triangle say to the circle?

Answer: You are pointless.

400

Which of the following are prime numbers?

2, 4, 7 , 9 , 12, 15, 24, 29, 31, 39

2, 7, 29, 31

400

 Riddle: What 3 numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?


Answer: 1, 2, and 3 (1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 x 2 x 3 = 6).

400

Riddle: I have no legs. I will never walk but always run. What am I?
Answer: A river.

river

400
  1. Riddle: There is one word spelled wrong in every English dictionary. What is it?

Answer: Wrong

500

Write 69/8 as a mixed number

8 5/8

500

8.923 x .46

4.10458

500

Find the GCF of 48 and 64

16

500

Simplify by Combining like terms:  

3x + 2y + 7z - x + 3y - 2z - 8

2x + 5y + 5z -8

500

Write these numbers from Least to Greatest:

-0.30, 1/4, 0, -1, and 30%

-1, -0.30, 0, 1/4, 30%

500
  1. Riddle: What can you catch but not throw?

Answer: A cold

500

Riddle: Why are teddy bears never hungry?
 

Answer: Because they are always stuffed.

500

The Atlanta Braves scored 6 runs in 1 game.  How many runs would they have in 4 games?

24 runs

600

Riddle: It’s raining at midnight, but the forecast for tomorrow and the next day is clear. Will there be sunny weather in 48 hours?


Answer: No, it won’t be sunny because it will be dark out. In 48 hours, it will be midnight again.

600
  1. Riddle: Where does Thursday come after Friday?

Answer: The dictionary

600
  1. Riddle: You have a basket that’s one foot in diameter and one foot deep. How many apples can you fit in the empty basket?

Answer: Only one, because then it’s not empty anymore.

600
  1. Riddle: How many seconds are in a year?

Answer: Twelve — January 2nd, February 2nd, March 2nd…

600

Evaluate the expression:  5(2+1)- 6 + 4

43

600

Riddle: 81 x 9 = 801. What do you need to do to make this equation true?


Answer: Turn it upside down. 108 = 6 x 18.

600
  1. Riddle: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?

Answer: Footsteps.

600

The Washington Capitals scored 20 goals in 2 games.  How many would they score in 4 games?

40 goals

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