Number puzzles
What is always coming but never arrives?
Tomorrow
If a doctor gives you 3 pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long would it take before all the pills had been taken?
1 hour! Take the 1st pill right away, half an hour later take the 2nd and half an hour after that the 3rd.
Some months have 31 days, others have 30 days, but how many have 28 days?
All 12
If a train was supposed to arrive at 3:45 p.m. and arrived 25 minutes late, what time did it arrive?
4:10 p.m.
What has a thumb and four fingers but isn’t actually alive?
A glove
If there is a bowl with six apples and you take away four, how many do you have?
The four you took
A cowboy rode into town on Wednesday. He stayed in town for three days and rode out on Wednesday. How is that possible?
His horse is named Wednesday
A dozen cookies are split between 4 people. 1 person leaves. All the cookies are collected. How many cookies remain assuming none were eaten?
9(12/4=3 per person. 1 person leaves. 3 people with 3 cookies each remain. 3x3=9)
I start out tall, but the longer I stand, the shorter I grow. What am I?
A candle
How did the boy kick his soccer ball ten feet, and then have it come back to him on its own?
He kicked it up
Name three consecutive days without using the words Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
You are given 20 dollars to buy snacks for you and your 3 friends. You spend $5.10 on popcorn for all of you and $3.10 per person on candy. How much do you have left?
$2.50
What has a head, a tail, but does not have a body?
A coin
If a plane crashes on the border between the United States and Canada, where do they bury the survivors?
Survivors aren’t buried!
Why are 1968 pennies worth more than 1967 pennies?
Because there is one more penny in 1968 pennies than in 1967 pennies
One morning you begin climbing a 100ft cliff. You can climb 10ft every day, but slide down 3 feet at night. How many days does it take to get up?
14 days(on the last day you don't slide down since you get out. 13 days of 7 net feet up and one day of 10 feet up=101 feet)
I’m light as a feather, but not even the strongest person can hold me for more than 15 minutes. What am I?
Your breath
What do you call your uncles sister if they are not your aunt?
your mom
You are driving a bus. When you begin your route, there is an old woman named Mrs. Smith and a young boy named Raymond are on the bus. At the first stop, the old woman leaves, and a salesman, named Ed, enters. At the next stop, Jack and his sister Jill get on, as well as three women with shopping bags. The bus travels fifteen minutes, then stops and Raymond gets off and a man and his wife get on. Next, a woman with a bird in a cage gets on the bus. What is the name of the bus driver?
It’s you!