CML Questions
Test of Genius
Math Logic
Math Riddles
Algebra Jokes
100
If a - 5 > 0, how much larger is (a + 10) - (a - 5) than (10 + a) - (5 - a)?
What is (10 - 2a)
100
Jennifer's brother Matthew has one more brother than he has sisters. How many more brothers than sisters does Jennifer have?
What is 3.
100
How can you add 8's to get to the number 1,000? (You can only use addition!)
What is The key to this math riddle is realizing that the one place must be zero. 888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =1,000
100
How is the moon like a dollar?
What is they both have 4 quarters.
100
Why didn’t the Romans find algebra challenging?
What is X was always 10.
200
How many digits are in the cube of 1 million?
What is 19.
200
On what day of the week was the following statement made: When the day before yesterday was referred to as "the day after tomorrow," the day that was then called "yesterday," was as far away from today as today is from next Saturday.
What is Monday.
200
A farmer is trying to cross a river. He is taking with him a rabbit, carrots and a fox, and he has a small raft. He can only bring 1 item a time across the river becuase his raft can only fit either the rabbit, the carrots or the fox. How does he cross the river. (You can assume that the fox does not eat the rabbit if the man is present, you can also assume that the fox and the rabbit are not trying to escape and run away)
What is Step 1) Take the rabbit to the other side. Step 2) Go back and get the Fox and switch it with the Rabbit **The key here is that the carrots and the rabbit are not being left alone. Step 3) Take the carrots across. Step 4) Go back and get the rabbit.
200
I am an odd number; take away an alphabet and I become even. What number am I?
What is 7. Seven - S = EVEN
200
Why was the math textbook so sad?
What is it had a lot of problems.
300
Amanda has to walk a mile and a half to school every day. It takes her 6 minutes and 40 seconds to walk 1/3 of a mile. How long does it take Amanda to walk to school?
What is 30 min.
300
A clock leses ten minutes each hour. If the clock is set correctly at 12 o'clock noon, what is the correct time when the clock reads 3:00pm?
What is 3:36 pm.
300
Two American coins add up to thirty cents, but one of them is not a nickel. What coins are they?
What is A quarter and a nickel. One of them is not a nickel, and that?s the quarter.
300
I am a three digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
What is 194
300
What does the zero say to the the eight?
What is nice belt.
400
Mrs. Hanson paid $60 for 9 people to see a movie. Six of the 9 people were senior citizens and they had a 25% discount on their tickets. The total cost to see the movie for the 6 senior citizens was?
What is $36.
400
Rollo, Gorgo, and Zed work in the circus. They are the ringmaster, lion tamer, and clown, though not necessarily in that order. 1. Zed has red hair. 2. Rollo has curly hair. 3. The ring master is shorter than Rollo. 4. The lion tamer is bald. Who is the Clown?
Who is Rollo.
400
A vicious dog was tied to a tree with a five meter rope. Khaled wanted to go back to his car, but the car was only two meters away from the tree. The dog was following Khaled?s every move. How could Jack safely reach his car?
What is... Since the dog was following every move he made, Jack began circling the tree. After several revolutions the rope became shorter, and thus the dog no longer could reach the car.
400
A Man works on the 10th floor and always takes the elevator down to ground level at the end of the day. Yet every morning he only takes the elevator to the 7th floor and walks up the stairs to the 10th floor, even when is in a hurry.
What is He is too short to reach the "10" button.
400
Why did the student eat his math exam?
What is the teacher said it was a piece of cake.
500
How many whole numbers from 10 to 101 are perfect powers?
What is 9.
500
How tall is a tree which is 15 feet shoerter than a pole that is three times as tall as the tree?
What is 7.5 feet.
500
ABCDEF × 3 = BCDEFA
What is 285714 × 3=857142 or 142857 × 3=428571
500
What do you get if you divide the cirucmference of a jack-o-lantern by its diameter?
What is Pumpkin Pi!
500
What would a math student say to a fat parrot?
What is (Poly - no - mial)