math puzzles
math problems
geography
100

if 1=3    2=3     3=5   4=4   5=4 what does 6=

the answer is 3, because six has three letters

100
  1. A man is climbing up a mountain which is inclined. He has to travel 100 km to reach the top of the mountain. Every day He climbs up 2 km forward in the day time. Exhausted, he then takes rest there at night time. At night, while he is asleep, he slips down 1 km backwards because the mountain is inclined. Then how many days does it take him to reach the mountain top? 

99 days

100

In which state can you find the Grand Canyon?

Arazona

200

There is a three-digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?

141

200

9% of 40

3.6

200

about how much of the world is the Pacific ocean 


    

1/3

300

Two girls were born to the same mother, at the same time, on the same day, in the same month and the same year and yet somehow they’re not twins. Why not?

Because there was a third girl, which makes them triplets!



300

Sally is 54 years old and her mother is 80, how many years ago was Sally’s mother times her age?


41 years ago, when Sally was 13 and her mother was 39.

300

about how many people live in new zealand

5000

400

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8’s and get the number 1000?

888+88+8+8+8

400

A ship anchored in a port has a ladder which hangs over the side. The length of the ladder is 200cm, the distance between each rung in 20cm and the bottom rung touches the water. The tide rises at a rate of 10cm an hour. When will the water reach the fifth rung?

never

400

what is the highest mountain in Africa

Mount Kilimanjaro

500

16 06 68 88 X 98

X=?

87 



500
  1. What is 1.92÷3

0.64

500

What is the southernmost point of Africa called?


Cape Agulhas