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Different types of riddles have challenged people for centuries, here are a few facts about them that may give you some hints in solving these challenging questions:
Riddles in math are used by math teachers in many different cultures.
Many teachers promote the idea that giving students mathematical riddles helps to encourage their pupils to think more creatively and strategically.
These riddles are considered especially helpful in classrooms where students have emotional problems, as it pulls them away from their problems, and forces them to think creatively about what is before them.
Detectives are sometimes forced to solve riddles involving math when searching for psychopaths and serial killers.
Math riddles are used at home by many parents seeking to help their students become more engaged in their math schoolwork/homework.
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Mathematical Warfare Riddle
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How Many Sand Piles
If Joe has 6 sand piles & John has 3 sand piles & they put them together how many sand piles will they have?
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Dividing By Tan Riddle
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Owl Math Riddle
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The Square Root Riddle
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The Circumference Of A Bowl Riddle
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The Chocolate Exchange
A confectionery shop owner allows children to purchase a chocolate in exchange of five wrappers of the same chocolate. Children from the locality consumed 77 chocolates in a month. Now, they all collected them together and decide to buy back chocolates.
How many chocolates do you think they can buy using those 77 wrappers ?
How many chocolates do you think they can buy using those 77 wrappers ?
Hint:
19... Explanation:
The children can purchase 19 chocolates in return.
Out of 77 wrappers, 75 will be used to buy 15 chocolates and two will be left spare.
The 15 chocolates will create 15 empty wrappers that can be exchanged to get three chocolates.
Three chocolates will return three wrappers which will help them buy another chocolate.
Now the wrapper from this chocolate and the two spare that were left earlier will get them another chocolate. 15 + 3 + 1 = 19 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The children can purchase 19 chocolates in return.
Out of 77 wrappers, 75 will be used to buy 15 chocolates and two will be left spare.
The 15 chocolates will create 15 empty wrappers that can be exchanged to get three chocolates.
Three chocolates will return three wrappers which will help them buy another chocolate.
Now the wrapper from this chocolate and the two spare that were left earlier will get them another chocolate. 15 + 3 + 1 = 19 Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Cost Of A Ball Riddle
A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Hint:
The ball costs 5 cents. One dollar more than 5c is $1.05. The sum of which is $1.10. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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10 Zebras Riddle
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3 Apples Riddle
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Malcolm's Age Riddle
Malcolm is the number of weeks of his fathers age treated as days and his grandfathers age in months. All three of their ages add up to 120 years. How old is Malcolm, his father and his grandfather?
Hint:
Malcolm is 6.
The father is 42. 42 days = 6 weeks.
The grandfather is 72. 72 months = 6 years. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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The father is 42. 42 days = 6 weeks.
The grandfather is 72. 72 months = 6 years. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Gym Class Riddle
Four different-colored balls are being used in a gym class activity blue, red, yellow and orange. Each student must hold two different-colored balls, but no two students can have the same two colors (for example, only one student can hold the blue and red ball).
How many students can play the game?
How many students can play the game?
Hint:
Six. Explanation: 1. Blue Red
2. Blue Yellow
3. Blue Orange
4. Red Yellow
5. Red Orange
6. Yellow Orange Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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2. Blue Yellow
3. Blue Orange
4. Red Yellow
5. Red Orange
6. Yellow Orange Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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Always Right Riddle
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A Special Integer Riddle
A special integer exists in mathematics that shows a special property. If you subtract any number from that integer, the result will always be divisible by the successor of that number completely.
Do you know what that integer is ?
Do you know what that integer is ?
Hint:
The required integer is -1.
For an example, let us subtract 7 from -1.
-1 - 7 = -8
Now the successor of 7 is 8 and (-8) is exactly divisible by 8.
You can try that for any number and it will hold true. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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For an example, let us subtract 7 from -1.
-1 - 7 = -8
Now the successor of 7 is 8 and (-8) is exactly divisible by 8.
You can try that for any number and it will hold true. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
YES NO
Pounds Of Sugar Riddle
The grocer had ten customers, each wanting to buy a 2 pound bag of sugar. A 20 pound bag of sugar had been delivered that morning, but he had not yet divided it because he could only find the 5lb and 9lb weights. One of the customers, getting impatient, showed him the quickest way to measure the sugar with the two weights he already had. How did he do it?
Hint:
Weigh out 4 pounds of sugar with the 5lb and the 9lb weights in different pans of the scales. With the 4lb weight , weigh three more lots of 4 pounds each - the remaining sugar will also weigh 4 pounds. Divide each 4 pound portion equally on the two sides of the scales. Did you answer this riddle correctly?
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1. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.
2. Why don’t mathematicians sunbathe at the beach? Because they use imaginary numbers.
3. What did the math teacher say to her students on Valentine’s Day? "Let’s make some propositions!"
4. Why do math teachers love geometry? Because it’s plane fun.
5. Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine.
6. Why do mathematicians love parks? Because of all the natural logarithms.
7. What’s the best way to impress a math teacher? Multiply yourself and add your standard deviation.
8. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and a clock? Time tables.
9. How can you tell if a math teacher is hungry? They start talking about Pie.
10. Did you hear about the math expert who’s afraid of negative numbers? He will stop at nothing to avoid them.
11. How do construction workers do math? With a calculator-i!
12. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and a train? A geometric progression.
13. Why do math teachers love chicken? Because it’s a good source of pi protein.
14. What did the calculus teacher say to her students who were failing? "Don’t integrate yourself into a problem that you can’t differentiate your way out of."
15. Why was the math book sad after prom? All its angles were acute, and the book felt so…almost right-angled.
16. What did the math teacher say to his students who were having trouble understanding fractions? "The key to understanding fractions is to pick up the pieces."
17. Why was the geometry class always tired? Because they were constantly finding the hypotenuse.
18. What is the plural of "summit"? Math teachers would tell you it’s "summation."
19. What do you say when you see a math teacher eating a sandwich? Square root of ‘yum’?
20. What do you call a number that can’t keep still? A roamin’ numeral!
21. Why did the math professor take out a loan? To sine on the dotted line.
22. Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up by itself? Because it was two-tired!
23. Why did the math student fail his exam? He couldn’t solve any of the problems on the standard deviation curve.
24. Why was the math book so tense? Because it had too many problems to solve.
25. Why do mathematicians like stories? Because they always have a good plot and sets of numbers.
26. Why did the math teacher go to the circus? To see the math-tractions!
27. Why don’t mathematicians ride motorcycles? They don’t like to take chances with angles.
28. What’s a math teacher’s favorite day of the week? Pi Day!
29. What do you call the number 7 and the number 3 when they go on a date? A product of their times.
30. Why did the math teacher cross the road? To get to the calculator on the other side.
31. Why was the math book so afraid of the circle? Because it was perfectly round.
32. What do you call a group of math teachers? Geometree.
33. Why was the math student’s dream so vivid? Because it was linear.
34. Why do mathematicians like nature? Because it’s full of exponential growth.
35. What do you call a math teacher who teaches addition? A sum-thing genius.
36. Why was the calculator feeling sad? Because it had no friends to divide by.
37. Why did the math teacher go to the beach? To catch some rays.
38. What do you call a math teacher who knows how to party? The Calculus of Fun.
39. Why can’t a bike stand up by itself? Because it’s two-tired!
40. What do you call a number that can keep a secret? A cryptonumber!
41. Why did the math book get a detention? It couldn’t keep its digits to itself.
42. How can you tell if a math teacher is happy? They’re always positively charged.
43. What do you call a mathematician who’s always cold? An absolute zero.
44. Why can’t a pirate do math? He always forgets the Aye on Pi-Day.
45. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and an elephant? Trunkated numbers.
46. Why did the math teacher need a ladder? To find the square root of the roof.
47. What do you call a math teacher who loves puns? A funny-tioning.
48. What did the right triangle say to the isosceles triangle? "You’re so acute!"
49. What did the math teacher say when her student got a C+? "You’ll do better next time, don’t be so negative."
50. Why do math teachers hate fractions? Because they’re always getting mixed up.
1. Why was the math book sad? Because it had too many problems.
2. Why don’t mathematicians sunbathe at the beach? Because they use imaginary numbers.
3. What did the math teacher say to her students on Valentine’s Day? "Let’s make some propositions!"
4. Why do math teachers love geometry? Because it’s plane fun.
5. Why was six afraid of seven? Because seven eight nine.
6. Why do mathematicians love parks? Because of all the natural logarithms.
7. What’s the best way to impress a math teacher? Multiply yourself and add your standard deviation.
8. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and a clock? Time tables.
9. How can you tell if a math teacher is hungry? They start talking about Pie.
10. Did you hear about the math expert who’s afraid of negative numbers? He will stop at nothing to avoid them.
11. How do construction workers do math? With a calculator-i!
12. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and a train? A geometric progression.
13. Why do math teachers love chicken? Because it’s a good source of pi protein.
14. What did the calculus teacher say to her students who were failing? "Don’t integrate yourself into a problem that you can’t differentiate your way out of."
15. Why was the math book sad after prom? All its angles were acute, and the book felt so…almost right-angled.
16. What did the math teacher say to his students who were having trouble understanding fractions? "The key to understanding fractions is to pick up the pieces."
17. Why was the geometry class always tired? Because they were constantly finding the hypotenuse.
18. What is the plural of "summit"? Math teachers would tell you it’s "summation."
19. What do you say when you see a math teacher eating a sandwich? Square root of ‘yum’?
20. What do you call a number that can’t keep still? A roamin’ numeral!
21. Why did the math professor take out a loan? To sine on the dotted line.
22. Why couldn’t the bicycle stand up by itself? Because it was two-tired!
23. Why did the math student fail his exam? He couldn’t solve any of the problems on the standard deviation curve.
24. Why was the math book so tense? Because it had too many problems to solve.
25. Why do mathematicians like stories? Because they always have a good plot and sets of numbers.
26. Why did the math teacher go to the circus? To see the math-tractions!
27. Why don’t mathematicians ride motorcycles? They don’t like to take chances with angles.
28. What’s a math teacher’s favorite day of the week? Pi Day!
29. What do you call the number 7 and the number 3 when they go on a date? A product of their times.
30. Why did the math teacher cross the road? To get to the calculator on the other side.
31. Why was the math book so afraid of the circle? Because it was perfectly round.
32. What do you call a group of math teachers? Geometree.
33. Why was the math student’s dream so vivid? Because it was linear.
34. Why do mathematicians like nature? Because it’s full of exponential growth.
35. What do you call a math teacher who teaches addition? A sum-thing genius.
36. Why was the calculator feeling sad? Because it had no friends to divide by.
37. Why did the math teacher go to the beach? To catch some rays.
38. What do you call a math teacher who knows how to party? The Calculus of Fun.
39. Why can’t a bike stand up by itself? Because it’s two-tired!
40. What do you call a number that can keep a secret? A cryptonumber!
41. Why did the math book get a detention? It couldn’t keep its digits to itself.
42. How can you tell if a math teacher is happy? They’re always positively charged.
43. What do you call a mathematician who’s always cold? An absolute zero.
44. Why can’t a pirate do math? He always forgets the Aye on Pi-Day.
45. What do you get when you cross a math teacher and an elephant? Trunkated numbers.
46. Why did the math teacher need a ladder? To find the square root of the roof.
47. What do you call a math teacher who loves puns? A funny-tioning.
48. What did the right triangle say to the isosceles triangle? "You’re so acute!"
49. What did the math teacher say when her student got a C+? "You’ll do better next time, don’t be so negative."
50. Why do math teachers hate fractions? Because they’re always getting mixed up.