6th Grade Riddles

Fun Riddles

100

It belongs to you, but your friends use it more. What is it?

Your name!

200

How many months of the year have 28 days?

All of them! Every month has *at least* 28 days.

300

Kate’s mother has three children: Snap, Crackle and ___?

Kate

400

There’s only one word in the dictionary that’s spelled wrong. What is it?

Wrong

500

I have a tail and a head, but no body. What am I?

A Coin

Science Riddles

100

I’m your home and the third from the Sun. I’ve got water and life—aren’t I the fun one? What am I?

Earth

200

I live in the sky but fall to the ground. I’m cold and white and make no sound. What am I?

Snow

300

I change shape but never disappear. I can be solid, liquid, or gas, and I’m found everywhere. What am I?

Water

400

I’m not alive, but I can grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. I’m not a plant, but I need water. What am I?

Fire

500

I’m hot and bright, but don’t touch! I shoot up from the Earth in a big rush. What am I?

A Volcano

Math Riddles

100

A triangle is very rude. What does it say to a circle?

You're Pointless

200

I’m an odd number. But if you take away a letter from my name, I will become even. What number am I?

Seven

300

Isabella has a huge family: 20 cousins, ten aunts, and ten uncles. Each cousin has an aunt who’s not Isabella’s. How is that possible?

This aunt is Isabella’s mom.

400

When David was eight, his little brother Alex was half his age. David is 30 now. How old is Alex?

26!

500

Two fathers and two sons make wooden chairs. If each makes a wooden chair, why are there only three produced?

There are only three people – a father, his son, and his son’s son.

What am I? Riddles

100

I go through towns and over hills but never move. What am I?

A Road

200

I have a spine but no bones. What am I?

A Book

300

You can catch me but cannot throw me. What am I?

A Cold

400

What has a neck but no head?

A Bottle

500

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An Egg

What # am I? Riddles

100

I am a number that is half of 16?

8

200

 I am a number that is 10 less than 100. What number am I?

90

300

• Start with 6.     

• Add the number that comes after 2. 

• Subtract the number that comes before 5.    

 • Add 1.

6

400

I am a 2-digit number. I am greater than 50 but less than 60. My ones digit is 4 times the number of sides a triangle has. What number am I?

52

500

• I am greater than 40.     

• I am less than 50. 

• My ones digit is the number of sides on a triangle.

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