Word problems
Geometry
About the teacher
Logic
Riddles
100

A family goes to the beach and collects 24 seashells in the morning. In the afternoon, they collect 3 times as many seashells as they did in the morning. Then, they give 18 seashells to a friend.

How many seashells do they have left?

78

100

Draw a pair of parallel lines and a pair of perpendicular lines. 

Answers will vary

100

What is my favorite color?

Teal, Aqua, turquoise, mint green

100

Three students—Maya, Liam, and Ava—each bring one snack: apples, granola bars, or crackers.

  • Maya does NOT have apples.
  • Liam does NOT have crackers.
  • Ava does NOT have granola bars.
  • Maya = crackers
  • Liam = granola bars
  • Ava = apples
100

I have keys, but I open no locks.
I have space, but no room.
You can enter me, but you cannot walk inside me.
I help you share words without speaking.

Keyboard

200

A dog rescue center receives 56 boxes of dog treats. Each box contains 84 treats. The volunteers then distribute the treats to 42 dogs, and each dog receives 65 treats. How many treats are left at the rescue center?

1,974

200

Draw a shape with exactly 3 pairs of perpendiular sides. 

Answers will vary

200

Favorite Animal?

Dolphin
200

A classroom code follows this rule:

  • First digit is 2
  • Second digit is double the first
  • Third digit is half of the second
  • Fourth digit is the sum of all previous digits

What is the 4-digit code?

2428

200

Which U.S. state is the only state that borders exactly ONE other state?    Florida, Alaska, Maine, Washington, Rhode Island, Vermont, Massachuttes, or Oregon

Maine

300

Alex buys 6 posters for 256 cents each, then sells the 6 posters for 487 cents each. How much more money does Alex have after he sold the posters than he had before he bought the posters?


1,386

300

A rectangle has a perimeter of 46 units. One side is 14 units.

A second identical rectangle is placed next to it sharing one full 14-unit side.

What is the new perimeter of the combined shape?

64 units

300

If I could do any job in the world, what would it be?

Training dogs

300

A number machine works like this:

  • If you input 5 → output 17
  • If you input 8 → output 26
  • If you input 10 → output 32

What is the rule?
What would the output be for input 12?

Rule = ×3 + 2, output for 12 = 38

300

When Buzz Lightyear activates his “laser,” what color light comes from his arm?

red

400

There are 52 cards in one deck of cards. Seymour shuffles together 25 decks of cards, then deals out 12 piles, each with 15 cards. How many cards are left in the deck?


1,120

400

A student is sorting shapes into a box. The box contains:

  • 3 triangles
  • 2 rectangles
  • 1 pentagon
  • 1 hexagon

Part A: How many total sides are there in all the shapes combined?

Part B: If each shape is placed side-by-side in a row and they touch at one vertex each, how many total “touch points” (vertices where shapes meet) would there be between all the shapes?

Part C: Which shape type contributes the most sides in total, and how many sides does that shape group contribute?

A:28

B:6

C:9

400

Where is my favorite place I have ever visited?

New Zealand 

400

A teacher has 24 stickers to give to 3 students.

  • Each student must get at least 5 stickers
  • No student can get the same number
  • All stickers must be used

How many stickers does each student get?

6, 7, 11

400

What famous monument in South Dakota has four presidents carved into a mountain?

Mount Rushmore

500

A dog shelter has 14 shelves of dog toys. Each shelf holds 36 toys. The shelter decides to give away 6 bundles of toys to families adopting dogs, and each bundle has 42 toys. How many dog toys does the shelter have left?

252

500

A student is studying shapes and their lines of symmetry.

The student looks at these shapes:

  • an equilateral triangle
  • a square
  • a rectangle
  • a regular hexagon
  • an irregular pentagon

Part A: Which shape has the greatest number of lines of symmetry? How many lines does it have?

Part B: Which shape has exactly 2 lines of symmetry? Explain how you know.

Part C: Which shape has no lines of symmetry?

Part A: Regular hexagon, 6 lines of symmetry

Part B: Rectangle

Part C: Irregular 

500
What color are my eyes?

Green

500

Nellie is thinking of a 1-digit number. She divides 8,568 by her number and gets 1,428.

What is Nellie’s number?

6

500

What is the longest river in the world?

Nile