Math
What are the two whole, positive numbers that have a one-digit answer when multiplied and a two-digit answer when added?
9 and 1
I’m a god, a planet, and I measure heat. What am I?
Mercury
What did the beach say when the tide came in?
Long time no sea
What is full of holes but still holds water?
A sponge
Using only addition, add eight 8s to get the number 1,000
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
Candle
Lunch and dinner
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The future
What is the smallest whole number that is equal to seven times the sum of its digits?
21.
10a + b = 7(a + b) --> 10a + b = 7a + 7b --> 3a = 6b --> a = 2b.
21 is the smallest when a is twice b
I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?
barber
Why did the rabbit go to the salon?
It's having a bad hare day
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald
I add six to eleven, and get five. Why is this correct?
11 am + 6 hours = 5 pm
I can fly but have no wings. I can cry but I have no eyes. Wherever I go, darkness follows me. What am I?
Cloud
Why did the man bring his watch to the bank?
He wanted to save time
What can’t talk but will reply when spoken to?
An echo
One brother says of his younger brother: “Two years ago, I was three times as old as my brother was. In three years time, I will be twice as old as my brother.” How old are they each now?
Now - 17 and 7
2 yrs ago - 15 and 5
3 yrs time - 20 and 10
I’m where yesterday follows today and tomorrow is in the middle. What am I?
dictionary
When is a car not a car?
When it turns into a parking lot.
What word contains 26 letters but only has three syllables?
alphabet