Short Riddles for Teens
An electric train is going south at 200 mph. Which way is the smoke blowing?
There's no smoke - it's an electric train
If your uncle’s sister is not your aunt, what relation is she to you?
Your mum
What is 1/4 in percent?
25%
2n+6=46
n=20
If you are running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?
second place
What has many teeth but cannot bite?
A comb
Take one out and scratch my head, I am now black but once was red. What am I?
A match
What is 25% of 60?
15
83=-3n-25
n=-36
What do teens say when they have trouble with even numbers in their math class?
I can't even
A bus driver goes the wrong way down a one-way street. He passes police officers, but they don’t stop him. Why?
He's walking
Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me when I have flown. What am I?
Time
Amanda got a 21/28 on her test. What is her percent score?
75%
5n+35=60
n=5
I sleep during the day and hide away.
I open at dawn’s light.
I only shine for the briefest time,
Then hide away and sleep through the day.
What am I?
sunrise
I have cities, but no houses. I have mountains, but no trees. I have water, but no fish. What am I?
A map
Two in a corner, one in a room, zero in a house, but one in a shelter. What am I?
The letter "R"
Kim bought a hat in California. The hat cost $15 before the GST was applied. How much did Kim pay for the hat after taxes were added?
Kim paid $16.50
(n/3)-17=4
n=63
I have a thousand wheels, but move I do not. Call me what I am, call me a lot.
A parking lot
What five-letter word typed in all capital letters can be read the same upside down?
SWIMS
Spelled forward, I’m what you do every day; spelled backward, I’m something you hate. What am I?
LIVE
You paid $28.00 for 8 litres of gasoline. How much would you pay for 15 litres of gasoline?
$52.50
3.3n − 3 = 15 −1.2n
n=0.25
Born in an instant, I tell all stories. I can be lost, but I never die. What am I?
memories