Funny Riddles
Order of Operations
Distributive Property
Circles
Math Riddles
Rate and Proportional Relationships
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What do you get when you drop a pumpkin?
Squash
100
Order of Operations
62
100
8(4+2) = ?
48
100
12.56 feet
100
If eleven plus two equals one, what does nine plus five equal?
On a clock, 11:00 plus 2 hours = 1:00, 9:00 plus 5 hours = 2:00
100
Balia knows that 6 cups of rice will feed 15 people. How many cups of rice are needed to feed 135 people?
54 cups
200
What do you call a snowman in summer?
water
200
Simplify the following expression:
5
200
5(x-3)
5x-15
200
Find the Area of the Circle
78.5 cm squared
200
When is 1600 plus 25 and 1700 minus 35 the same thing?
When you are using military time.
200
A train in Japan can travel 813.5 miles in 5 hrs. Find the unit rate in miles per hour
167.7 mi / hr
300
There is an apple tree on a cliff. If the wind is blowing 15mph to the West, where would the apple fall?
Down!
300
24x(4-2)÷6
8
300
7+9(2x-3)
18x-20
300
What is the circumference of the circle?
31.42 meters
300
What number is twice the sum of it’s digits?
18
300
Find the unit rate: $3.60 for 3 pounds of apples. How much does it cost for 1 pound of apples?
$1.20 per pound
400
A rooster lays an egg on the roof of a barn. Which way does the egg roll?
It doesn’t, roosters don’t lay eggs.
400
(60 + 8) - 8 x 7 - 6 ÷ 3 =
10
400
3(x+10)-5
3x+25
400
A button has a radius of 5 millimeters. What is the circumference of the button rounded to the nearest tenth of a millimeter?
Use 3.14 for 𝜋.
31.4
400
There was a girl half my age when I was 12, now I am 64, how old is she?
58, half of 12 is 6 so 64-6 is 58
400
Craig earns extra money as a lifeguard. He earns $37 for 4 hours and $64.75 for 7 hours. What is the constant of proportionality?
$9.25
500
When I point up, it’s bright. When I point down, it’s dark. What am I?
A light switch.
500
12
500
x + 10 -6(x-3x) +4
13x+14
500
Randy’s circular garden has a radius of 1.5 feet. He wants to enclose the garden edging that costs $0.75 per foot. About how much will the edging cost?
about 7.07 or 7.06
500
Math time. If you are cold where do you go to become hot?
To the corner because it is 90 degrees.
500
A bag of apples costs $19.50 for 15 apples.
Find the constant and then write an equation where y represents the cost x represents apples.
y=1.30x