Riddles
You are in a dark room with a candle, a wood stove, and a gas lamp. You only have one match, so what do you light first?
You would light the match first!
3+3x3-3รท3=?
11! Remember PEMDAS, so we do multiplication and division first, then addition and subtraction.
How many years are in a millennium?
1000 years!
What is the next number in this pattern?
3, 21, 39, ?, 75
57! The pattern is to add 18 to the previous number
How many months have 28 days?
All of them have 28 days!
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but 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, you take away the "S" and become "even"
What is the name of a baby goat called?
A kid!
Find the missing term in this pattern.
154, 141, ?, 115, 102
128! The pattern is to subtract 13 from the previous number.
Two people are born at the same time but don't have the same birthday. How is that possible?
They live in two different places!
An electric train is going 60 km/h north, the wind is blowing 40 km/h from the south. Which way is the train's smoke blowing?
There is no smoke...
it's an electric train!
There are two fathers and two sons. They walk into a candy store and each buys a candy bar for 50 cents. The total for all of the candy bars was $1.50. How is that possible?
There is a grandpa, a father, and a son.
What is the name of the first planet from the sun?
Mercury!
What is the missing number in this pattern?
2, 1, 1/2, 1/4, ?, 1/16
1/8! The pattern is to divide 2 from the previous number.
A criminal gets to pick his punishment by choosing among three rooms. The first is full of burning fires,
the second is full of assassins with loaded guns,
the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in a year.
Which room is the safest choice?
The third room, since the lions would be dead if they haven't eaten in a year!
When you have three, you have three. When you have two, you have two. But when you have one, you have none. What do you have?
Choices!
What number do you get when you multiply all the numbers on a telephone?
0! A telephone has the numbers from 1-9 as well as a 0.
What is the name of the world's largest ocean?
The Pacific Ocean!
What is the missing number in this pattern?
2, 3, 5, 9, ?, 33
17. The pattern is to multiply 2 with the previous number and subtracting 1.
John's mother has 3 children. One is named April, another is named May. What is the last child's name?
John, of course!