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Mathematics has an extensive history in just about every culture or civilized society known to man. Listed below are some cool facts to get those math juices flowing:
In 1852 mathematician JJ Sylvester established the "theory of algebraic invariants."
In 1995 math great Andrew Wiles, proved "Fermat's Last Theorem."
The first decimal number system is said to have been invented in Ancient Egypt around 5000BC.
The Ancient Mayan civilization located in Central America is one of the only cultures in the recorded history of the world to use a place-value number system.
The American Mathematical Society was formed in the late months of 1888 in New York.
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Bat And Ball Riddle
If a baseball and a bat cost $1.10 together, and the bat costs $1.00 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?
Hint: The answer isn't 10 cents.
Here's the solution:
Although $1.00 + $0.10 does equal $1.10, if you take $1.00 $0.10 you get $0.90, but the problem requires that the bat costs $1 more than the ball.
So, the ball must cost $0.05, and the bat must cost $1.05 since $1.05 + $0.05 = $1.10
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Still not convinced? You can use algebra to solve the problem:
First, lets set up the equation:
x + ($1.00 + x) = $1.10
$1.00 + 2x = $1.10
2x = $1.10 $1.00
2x = $0.101
Finally, solve for x:
x = $0.05
Check your work:
x + ($1.00 + x) = $1.10, so
$0.05 + ($1.00 + $0.05) = $1.10 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Although $1.00 + $0.10 does equal $1.10, if you take $1.00 $0.10 you get $0.90, but the problem requires that the bat costs $1 more than the ball.
So, the ball must cost $0.05, and the bat must cost $1.05 since $1.05 + $0.05 = $1.10
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Still not convinced? You can use algebra to solve the problem:
First, lets set up the equation:
x + ($1.00 + x) = $1.10
$1.00 + 2x = $1.10
2x = $1.10 $1.00
2x = $0.101
Finally, solve for x:
x = $0.05
Check your work:
x + ($1.00 + x) = $1.10, so
$0.05 + ($1.00 + $0.05) = $1.10 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
At The Hardware Store Riddle
At the hardware store
I was quoted 12 cents for one,
24 cents for 50, and
36 cents for 144.
I wanted six.
What was I buying and how much did it cost me?
I was quoted 12 cents for one,
24 cents for 50, and
36 cents for 144.
I wanted six.
What was I buying and how much did it cost me?
Hint:
Prices quoted were for house numbers at 12 cents per number. A number'6' cost me 12 cents. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
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Magic Word Riddle
Can you find the magic word hidden in this poem?
Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving cant relate
Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling
In mystic force and magic spelling
Celestial sprites elucidate
All my own striving cant relate
Hint: Count the letters. The number of letters in each individual word make up an important number.
Pi (number of letters in each word of the riddle)
3,1 4 1 5 9
2 6 5 3 5 8
9 7 9
3 2 3 8 4 6
Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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3,1 4 1 5 9
2 6 5 3 5 8
9 7 9
3 2 3 8 4 6
Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Combination Value Riddle
The letters A through H can be assigned the following values to make all the equations true. Find the right combination of letter values.
Values: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21
C + F = G
A + C = F
B + G = D
B + E = H
D + F = H
Values: 1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21
C + F = G
A + C = F
B + G = D
B + E = H
D + F = H
Hint:
Running Hot And Cold
Hint:
Subtracting 10 From 100 Riddle
Hint:
Flying Superman Riddle
Hint:
17 Sheep Riddle
Hint:
The Non Digital Clock Riddle
Calculate the number of degrees between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock (nondigital) that reads 3:15.
Hint:
The hour hand will have moved one-fourth of an hour; therefore, there will be 7.5 degrees between the two hands. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
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150 Pens Riddle
Rihanna brought home 150 pens but while packing them, she misplaced some of them. When her brother asked how many she had misplaced, she told him:
If you count in pairs, one will remain
If you count in a group of three, two will remain
If you count in a group of four, three will remain
If you count in a group of five, four will remain
If you count in a group of six, five will remain
If you count in a group of seven, nothing will remain.
How many pens do you think has she misplaced ?
If you count in pairs, one will remain
If you count in a group of three, two will remain
If you count in a group of four, three will remain
If you count in a group of five, four will remain
If you count in a group of six, five will remain
If you count in a group of seven, nothing will remain.
How many pens do you think has she misplaced ?
Hint:
The Jug Full Of Beer
A barman is having a 12 liters jug full of beer. He needs to divide or split that beer into two equal parts. All he has is two empty jugs of capacity 8 liters and 5 liters.
How will he do it using them?
How will he do it using them?
Hint:
First fill the 8 liters jug complete - 4, 8, 0
Fill the 5 liters jug with 8 liters jug - 4, 3, 5
Pour back the beer from 5 liters jug to 12 liters jug - 9, 3, 0
Pour the 3 liters from 8 liters jug to 5 liters jug - 9, 0, 3
Fill the 8 liters jug completely from 12 liters jug - 1, 8, 3
Fill the 5 liters jug from the 8 liters jug - 1, 6, 5
Pour the entire 5 liters jug back in 12 liters jug - 6, 6, 0
You have successfully split the beer into two equal parts. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Fill the 5 liters jug with 8 liters jug - 4, 3, 5
Pour back the beer from 5 liters jug to 12 liters jug - 9, 3, 0
Pour the 3 liters from 8 liters jug to 5 liters jug - 9, 0, 3
Fill the 8 liters jug completely from 12 liters jug - 1, 8, 3
Fill the 5 liters jug from the 8 liters jug - 1, 6, 5
Pour the entire 5 liters jug back in 12 liters jug - 6, 6, 0
You have successfully split the beer into two equal parts. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
A Large Box Of Money Riddle
I have a large money box, 48 centemeters square and 42 centemeters tall. Roughly how many coins can I place in my empty money box?
Hint:
Filling Your Buckets Riddle
You have a 5 gallon bucket and a 3 gallon bucket with as much water as you need, but no other measuring devices. Fill the 5 gallon bucket with exactly 4 gallons of water.
Hint:
Fill the 5 gallon bucket all the way up. Pour it into the 3 gallon bucket until it is full. Empty the 3 gallon bucket. Pour the remaining 2 gallons into the 3 gallon bucket. Fill the 5 gallon bucket all the way up. Finish filling the 3 gallon bucket. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
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Feet In A Yard Riddle
Hint:
Making Ten Riddle
Hint:
Yes it is possible in Roman Numerals. In Roman Numerals,
9 = IX
10 = X
11 = XI
Thus by removing one from 9, you are getting 10 and by removing one from 11, you are getting 10 again. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
9 = IX
10 = X
11 = XI
Thus by removing one from 9, you are getting 10 and by removing one from 11, you are getting 10 again. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Post Your Math Brain Teasers Puns Below
Can you come up with a cool, funny or clever Math Brain Teasers of your own? Post it below (without the answer) to see if you can stump our users.
1. Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems.
2. Why did the math teacher break up with the geography teacher? They were in different planes.
3. What kind of music do math teachers listen to? Alge-brahms.
4. What did one math book say to the other? Don't bother me, I've got my own problems.
5. How many mathematicians does it take to change a light bulb? None. It's left to the reader as an exercise.
6. Why did the math teacher go to the beach? To test the waters.
7. Why did the student bring a ladder to math class? To help with the high, exponents.
8. Why don't math teachers tell jokes? Because they always fall flat.
9. What did the circle say to the tangent line? Stop touching me!
10. What do you call it when you take a calculator to a party? A math function.
11. Why did the student eat his math homework? Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake.
12. What's a math teacher's favorite movie? Pi.
13. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems to solve.
14. Why was the math book always unhappy? Because it had too many pages and no cover
15. What does a math teacher say when chasing a thief stealing a couple of books? "Stop, you're confusing the issues!"
16. Why do mathematicians hate the numbers 6 and 28? Because they are perfect numbers, and nothing in math is perfect.
17. Did you hear about the math professor who's afraid of negative numbers? He'll stop at nothing to avoid them.
18. What do you call a numbers addict? A Numeraholic.
19. Why did the math teacher break up with her boyfriend? He was too irrational.
20. Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine!
21. Why was the math book unhappy? Because it had too many problems to solve.
22. What does the number 7 like to talk about? Himself! He's always got something prime to say.
23. Why is 6 afraid of 7? Cause seven eight nine!
24. How do mathematicians keep warm in winter? They put their hands in their pocket and feel for the roots.
25. What did the number 0 say to the number 8? Nice belt!
26. What do you call a number that just can't stay in one place? A wandering numeral.
27. What did the math book say to the student? I've got problems.
28. Why do math teachers love geometry students? Because they always have their angles covered.
29. What does the number 2 say after a workout? I'm two-tally awesome!
30. Why did the math book ask for a new page? It couldn't stop calculating.
31. What does a math teacher call a parrot? A polynomial.
32. How can you tell if a math book is sick? It has a measuring fever.
33. Why did the math teacher divorce the science teacher? The constant arguing over significant digits.
34. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and a clock? Time tables.
35. What do math teachers serve for dessert? Pi ala mode.
36. Why did the math teacher always carry a calculator? To make multiply plans.
37. What does the mathematician say when arriving at the airport? Square root of my destination, please!
38. What did the math teacher say to the difficult student? You're eXcellent!
39. Why did the mathematician retire to Hawaii? To work on his tanGent.
40. Why did the chicken prefer to do math? Because pecking order is a strategy.
41. What makes math so rich? All the Numbers in the bank.
42. What did the number 9 say to 5 when asked if he was even or odd? "I'm odd."
43. Why did the students fall asleep in math? Because it was a snooze X's exercise.
44. What's the difference between a math teacher and a train? One calculates figures and the other figures calculations.
45. What makes math the cutest? It's the Square Roots.
46. Why was the geometry book sad? Because it had too many problems.
47. What does one math book say to the other math book? I'll meet you at the Calculus.
48. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many logarithms.
49. Why did the calculus student skip class? He wanted to get an INTEGRAL education.
50. What do you call the worst kind of math student? A sine-er.
1. Why did the math book look sad? Because it had too many problems.
2. Why did the math teacher break up with the geography teacher? They were in different planes.
3. What kind of music do math teachers listen to? Alge-brahms.
4. What did one math book say to the other? Don't bother me, I've got my own problems.
5. How many mathematicians does it take to change a light bulb? None. It's left to the reader as an exercise.
6. Why did the math teacher go to the beach? To test the waters.
7. Why did the student bring a ladder to math class? To help with the high, exponents.
8. Why don't math teachers tell jokes? Because they always fall flat.
9. What did the circle say to the tangent line? Stop touching me!
10. What do you call it when you take a calculator to a party? A math function.
11. Why did the student eat his math homework? Because the teacher told him it was a piece of cake.
12. What's a math teacher's favorite movie? Pi.
13. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems to solve.
14. Why was the math book always unhappy? Because it had too many pages and no cover
15. What does a math teacher say when chasing a thief stealing a couple of books? "Stop, you're confusing the issues!"
16. Why do mathematicians hate the numbers 6 and 28? Because they are perfect numbers, and nothing in math is perfect.
17. Did you hear about the math professor who's afraid of negative numbers? He'll stop at nothing to avoid them.
18. What do you call a numbers addict? A Numeraholic.
19. Why did the math teacher break up with her boyfriend? He was too irrational.
20. Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine!
21. Why was the math book unhappy? Because it had too many problems to solve.
22. What does the number 7 like to talk about? Himself! He's always got something prime to say.
23. Why is 6 afraid of 7? Cause seven eight nine!
24. How do mathematicians keep warm in winter? They put their hands in their pocket and feel for the roots.
25. What did the number 0 say to the number 8? Nice belt!
26. What do you call a number that just can't stay in one place? A wandering numeral.
27. What did the math book say to the student? I've got problems.
28. Why do math teachers love geometry students? Because they always have their angles covered.
29. What does the number 2 say after a workout? I'm two-tally awesome!
30. Why did the math book ask for a new page? It couldn't stop calculating.
31. What does a math teacher call a parrot? A polynomial.
32. How can you tell if a math book is sick? It has a measuring fever.
33. Why did the math teacher divorce the science teacher? The constant arguing over significant digits.
34. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and a clock? Time tables.
35. What do math teachers serve for dessert? Pi ala mode.
36. Why did the math teacher always carry a calculator? To make multiply plans.
37. What does the mathematician say when arriving at the airport? Square root of my destination, please!
38. What did the math teacher say to the difficult student? You're eXcellent!
39. Why did the mathematician retire to Hawaii? To work on his tanGent.
40. Why did the chicken prefer to do math? Because pecking order is a strategy.
41. What makes math so rich? All the Numbers in the bank.
42. What did the number 9 say to 5 when asked if he was even or odd? "I'm odd."
43. Why did the students fall asleep in math? Because it was a snooze X's exercise.
44. What's the difference between a math teacher and a train? One calculates figures and the other figures calculations.
45. What makes math the cutest? It's the Square Roots.
46. Why was the geometry book sad? Because it had too many problems.
47. What does one math book say to the other math book? I'll meet you at the Calculus.
48. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many logarithms.
49. Why did the calculus student skip class? He wanted to get an INTEGRAL education.
50. What do you call the worst kind of math student? A sine-er.