Math riddles
What is half of two plus two?
1+2=3
There are 2 ducks in front of 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks behind 2 other ducks. There are 2 ducks beside 2 other ducks. How many ducks are there?
Just four, in a square formation.
What country would you send a man with a big appetite?
To Hungary
If there are three cups of sugar and you take one away, how many do you have?
one
I am a 2-digit number. I am more than 6 + 6. I am less than 8 + 8. I am even.
What number am I?
14
Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?
seven
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is the day after this day?
Thursday
In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?
14 horses and 8 men. 14x4 plus 8x2 = 72 feet.
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?
9
I am the only number that is spelt with the same amount of letters as my own value, what number am I?
I am number 4
There is a three digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?
141
If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time?
It's cheaper to take two friends at the same time. In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice you are buying four tickets.
What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied together as when added together?
1, 2 and 3
There are 12 kids in the classroom. 6 kids are wearing socks and 4 are wearing shoes. 3 kids are wearing both. How many are bare feet?
5.
I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
194
Four years ago, Yusuf was twice as old as Amir. Four years from now, Amir will be 3/4 of Yusuf's age. How old is Yusuf?
12
You have 14 brown socks, 14 blue socks and 14 black socks in your sock drawer. How many socks must you remove (without looking to be sure) to have a matched pair?
four
A cowboy rides into town on Friday, stays for three days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?
His horse’s name was Friday.
I asked a girl how old she was. She said, "In 2 years I will be twice as old as I was 5 years ago." How old is she?
12
I am a 4-digit number that is the same when my digits are written backwards. The sum of my outside digits is 6 times the sum of my two middle digits. What number am I?
6116. Written the same forward and backwards. 6+6=12. 1+1=2x6=12
In a bicycle race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth. How many contestants were there?
There were 6 contestants. The man came in 4th place.
There are 25 red balls, 47 green balls and 3 blue balls in a basket. There is a blind man. What is the minimum number of balls that the blind man has to pick to make sure that there are at least 2 balls of different colors?
48 balls. There is a small chance he may pick up 47 green balls in a row.
There are several books on a bookshelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?
9 books.
A small number of cards has been lost from a complete pack. If I deal among four people, three cards remain. If I deal among three people, two remain and if I deal among five people, two cards remain. How many cards are there?
47
I am a two-digit number. My ones digit is greater than my tens digit. Both my digits are even numbers. If you multiply me by 4, the estimated product is 280. What number am I?
68