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Brain Teasers
100
Stephanie’s dogs had puppies. She gave seven to her friends. She had five puppies left. How many puppies did she have to begin with?
What is 12 puppies
100
There are fifty-seven paperclips in a desk. There are twenty-four students and each will need one. How many paperclips will be left?
What is 33 paperclips
100
Hannah made nine copies of her report. Each copy contains seventy-eight pages. How many pages were used to make all of the reports?
What is 702 pages.
100
There are one hundred fifty offices in that building. The building has six stories. How many offices does each story of the building have?
What is 25 offices.
100
A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
What is 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple.
200
Rachel found sixteen seashells on the beach. Her sister found twenty-one seashells. How many did they find altogether?
What is 37 seashells.
200
There were fifty-five employees working in an office building. Twenty-four of them left to go out to lunch. How many employees were left in the building?
What is 31 employees.
200
Caroline’s restaurant serves one hundred fifty-six hungry customers each day. How many customers will they serve in nine days?
What is 1404 sheets of paper.
200
Matthew’s teacher asked each student to bring in six objects from home. The next day, one hundred twenty objects were brought in. How many students brought in objects?
What is 20 students.
200

Billy’s mother had five children. The first was named Lala, the second was named Lele, the third was named Lili, the fourth was named Lolo. What was the fifth child named?

Billy

300
Twenty-seven bags of cat food are near the cages. Twenty-one more bags are in the storage room. How many bags of cat food are there in total?
What is 48 bags.
300
There are fifty-eight birds sitting in a big tree. Nineteen of them are getting ready to fly off. How many birds will be left?
What is 39 birds.
300
The parking garage has six levels. Each level can hold sixty-nine cars. How many cars can the entire parking garage hold?
What is 414 cars.
300
The park’s sprinkler system sprayed seventy-eight gallons of water on the grass in six minutes. How many gallons does it spray in one minute?
What is 13 gallons of water.
300
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, yet never in a thousand years?
What is the letter M.
400
Eric just made twenty brownies. There are fifteen more brownies in a box. How many brownies are there altogether?
What is 35 brownies.
400
There are twenty magazines stacked up on a bookshelf and a desk. Five of them are on the desk. How many magazines are there on the bookshelf?
What is 15 magazines.
400
Anthony wants his chocolate chip cookies to have nine chips each. Today he is making three hundred forty-two cookies. How many chips does he need?
What is 3078 chips.
400
Richard has sixty-nine candies. He wants to give each of his twenty-three classmates an equal number. How many candies should each friend be given?
What is 3 candies.
400
If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have?
What is If you take 2 apples, than you have of course 2
500
There are fifteen students in the art class. There are twenty-one in the math class. How many students are there in all?
What is 36 students.
500
The pet store has thirty-six bags of dog food near the cages and in the storage room. Twelve of them are near the cages. How many bags are in the storage room?
What is 24 bags.
500
Timothy plans to read two hundred forty pages on each day of his vacation. His vacation is seven days. How many pages will he read during his vacation?
What is 1680 pages.
500
Alexis ran eight hundred sixty-one yardss in three minutes. How far can she run in just one minute?
What is 287 yards.
500
How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't bounce off anything? There is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it back to you.
What is Throw the ball straight up in the air.
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