Word Questions
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Riddles
100

Give the correct order of operations.

Brackets, Indices, Multiplication OR Division- working left to right, Addition OR Subtraction working left to right.

100
Fix this mistake. 9 - 3 x 2=12
Correct answer is 3. Do x then -, not - then x.
100
3 + 4 x 5
23
100
14 - 2 x 7
0
100
What has hands but cannot clap?

A Clock

200
Why is it important to know BODMAS as a mathematician?
So everyone can solve every problem the same (correct) way.
200

3 x 9 + 3 + 9 - (2 + 3) = 40

Brackets first then do multiplication and work left to right.

200
7 + (2 x 4) - 1
14
200
49 ÷ (3+4) + 5
12
200

What question can you never answer yes to?

Are you asleep.

300
Which do we do first, multiplication or division?
TRICK QUESTION - you do whichever comes first working left to right.
300

2 x 8/(2 + 4 ) = 12

Brackets first and then work left to right. The correct answer is 3.

300
56 ÷ (4+4) + 3
10
300
5 + 14 ÷ 2 × 5
40
300

I have keys, but no locks. I have space, but no room. You can enter, but not exit. What am I?

A keyboard.

400
What is 5 squared?
5 x 5 = 25
400

4 + 52 + 7 - 3 x 2 = 25


You did not do the index correctly. You times the base by 2 instead of by itself. The correct answer is 30.

400
20 – (5+3) x 2 + 4
8
400
10 - 5 + ( 3 x 2) - 3
8
400

What is in the middle of March and April, but cannot be seen at the beginning or end of either month?

The letter 'r'.

500
The problem was 20 - 5 x 2 + 3. My answer was 33. What did I do wrong?
I went from left to right without using the correct order of operations. Multiplication first (5 x 2) then work left to right.
500

3 x 9 + ( 3 - 2) =135

Wrong operation in the final step. Multiplied 27 by 5 instead of adding together.

500
(5 x 4) – 6 ÷ 2 + 9
26
500
23 + 2 x 3 - 2
27
500

You see a boat filled with people. It has not sunk, but when you look again, you don't see a single person on the boat. Why?

All the people were married.

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