Math
Puzzle
Riddle
100

If a train travels at a speed of 60 km/h and covers a distance of 300 km, how long will it take to reach its destination?

  5 Hours 

100

A farmer has to cross a river with a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage. He has a boat that can only carry him and one other item at a time. If left alone, the wolf will eat the goat, and the goat will eat the cabbage. How can he get all three across safely?

  • A) Take the wolf first, return alone, take the goat, return with the wolf, take the cabbage, and finally return for the wolf.
  • B) Take the goat across, go back alone, take the cabbage across, return with the goat, take the wolf across, then go back for the goat.
  • C) Take the cabbage across, go back alone, take the wolf across, return with the cabbage, take the goat across, then return for the cabbage.
  • D) Take the wolf and goat together, leave the wolf on the other side, bring the goat back, then take the cabbage with him.

B

100

Question: I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. I have no body, but I come alive with wind. What am I?

An echo

200

Question: What is the value of 34?

  • A) 12
  • B) 27
  • C) 64
  • D) 81
  • D) 81
200

A clock shows the time as 3:15. The hour hand and the minute hand form a slight angle. What is the angle between the hour and the minute hands?

  • A) 0 degrees
  • B) 7.5 degrees
  • C) 15 degrees
  • D) 30 degrees

B

200

Question: I am not alive, but I grow; I don’t have lungs, but I need air; I don’t have a mouth, and I can drown. What am I?

Answer: Fire

300

Question: Find the next number in the sequence: 2, 6, 12, 20, ___.

  • A) 28
  • B) 30
  • C) 32
  • D) 34

28

300

Puzzle: I am an odd number. Take away one letter from me, and I become even. What number am I?

  • A) 7
  • B) 9
  • C) 11
  • D) 13

7 (Remove the "S" to get "even")

300

Question: The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?


Answer: Footsteps

400

7. Word Problem

Question: A car rental company charges a flat fee of $30 plus $0.50 per mile driven. If a customer pays $80, how many miles did they drive?

  • A) 50 miles
  • B) 60 miles
  • C) 80 miles
  • D) 100 miles


100 miles

400

Puzzle: What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

  • A) The letter "M"
  • B) The number "1"
  • C) A second
  • D) The letter "T"

Answer: A) The letter "M"

400

What has keys but can’t open locks?

Answer: A piano

500

Question: A committee of 4 people is to be formed from a group of 7 men and 6 women. What is the probability that the committee will consist of exactly 2 men and 2 women?

a) 35/143

b) 1/2

c) 35/72

c) 70/143

c) 70/143

500

Puzzle: There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. The walls are yellow, the doors are yellow, even the furniture is yellow. What color are the stairs?

  • A) Yellow
  • B) Blue
  • C) Green
  • D) There are no stairs


Answer: D) There are no stairs (it's a one-story house)

500

Question: I can travel around the world while staying in the corner. What am I?


Answer: A stamp

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