riddles 1
A farmer has 15 sheep. All but 8 run away. How many sheep are left?
8
What has four sides, but is not a square or rectangle, and all four sides are equal?
Rhombus
Why was six afraid of seven?
because 7-ate-9
what month has 28 days
all of them
I am greater than 20 but less than 30. My digits add up to 7. What number could I be?
25
If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
Nine
I am a number. Double me and add 10, and you get 30. What number am I?
10
A rooster lays an egg on the roof of a barn. Which side does it roll down?
roosters don't lay eggs
If you count by fives starting at 5, what is the 6th number you say?
30
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?
the letter M
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Seven (remove the 's' and left with even)
What is heavier: 100 pounds of feathers or 100 pounds of bricks?
they weigh the same
I am a three-digit number. My digits add to 9. My hundreds digit is 3. My tens digit is twice my ones digit. What number could I be?
342
I am a shape with 3 sides and 3 corners. What am I?
a triangle
I have three digits. My digits add to 12. My hundreds digit is 5. My tens digit is 3. What is my ones digit?
4
I have 3 digits. My hundreds digit is 1 less than my tens digit. My ones digit is 2 less than my tens digit. The sum of my digits is 15. What number am I?
564
When can you add two to eleven and get one?
when talking about a clock, 11:00 + 2 hours is 1:00pm
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. They catch 3 fish and each person gets one fish. How is this possible?
they are grandfather, father and son
Two numbers multiply to 48 and add to 14. What are they?
6 and 8
A rectangle's length is twice its width. If the width is 6, what is the perimeter?
36
I am thinking of a number. If you multiply me by 4 and then subtract 12, you get 20. What number am I?
8
There are 5 houses. Each house has 5 cats. Each cat chases 5 mice. How many houses are there?
5- only worry about the houses
Using only addition, how can you make 1,000 from eight 8s?
888+88+8+8+8= 1000
I am a number. My digits multiply to 18 and add to 9. What number could I be?
36 or 63
What number am I?
60