Math riddles are not just a delightful way to pass the time—they are also an excellent tool for enhancing children’s cognitive skills. By challenging kids with math riddles, you provide them with an opportunity to sharpen their problem-solving abilities while keeping them mentally stimulated. Engaging in these brain-teasers not only fosters a love for mathematics but also ensures that their minds stay active and agile.
These fascinating math riddles offer a playful approach to learning, making complex concepts more accessible and enjoyable. Dive into this collection of math riddles designed specifically for kids, and watch as they solve problems with a smile. Below, you’ll find a series of math riddles along with their answers to help ignite curiosity and spark a passion for numbers:
1. I have a pound of feathers and a pound of iron? Can you please tell me which one weighs more?
Answer: Both of them would be of the same weight. A pound remains a pound despite the type of object.
2. If you multiply me by any other number, the answer will always remain the same. Who am I?
Answer: Zero
3. The price of a duck is Rs. 9, a spider costs Rs. 36 and a bee was priced Rs. 27. By taking into account this information, what will be the price of a cat?
Answer: Rs.18 (Rs. 4.50 per leg)
4. Rohan was on the way to Park. He met a guy with 7 wives and each of them came with 7 sacks. All these sacks contain 7 cats and each of these 7 cats had 7 kits. So in total, how many were going to Park?
Answer: 1. Only Rohan was going to Park.
5. There is an empty basket that is one foot in diameter. Can you tell the total number of eggs that you can put in this empty basket?
Answer: Only One Egg! Once you put an egg into the basket, it doesn’t remain empty anymore.
6. When my dad was 31 years old, I was just 8 years. Now his age is twice as old as my age. What is my present age?
Answer: When you calculate the difference between the ages, you can see that it is 23 years. So you must be 23 years old now.
7. Suppose 1+9+8=1, then what can be 2+8+9?
Answer: 10! (Consider the first letter of the spelling of each digit, One+Nine+Eight= ONE, similarly Two+Eight+Nine= TEN)
8. Two hens can lay two eggs in two minutes. If this is the maximum speed possible, what is the total number of hens needed to get 500 eggs in 500 minutes?
Answer: 2 hens
9. Ram has 5 sons. Each of his sons has a sister. If so, how many children does Mr. Ram have?
Answer: Six. All of the sons have the same sister.
10. Help me to find my friend. He is an odd number, but if you take away an alphabet from him, he becomes Even. Who is he?
Answer: Seven. When letter ‘s’ is taken out, it becomes ‘even’.
11. Count the number of squares.
Answer: 14
12. Make this correct without changing it: 8 + 8= 91
Answer: 16= 8+8
13. Simply reverse your notepad! Add one line to make it fine! 9.50= 10 10 10
Answer: 9.50= 10 TO 10
14. When can you add 2 to 11 and get 1 as the correct answer?
Answer: When you are talking about a clock, add 2 to 11 o’ clock and it is 1 o’ clock.
15. How many times can you subtract the number 10 from 100?
Answer: One time, because when you subtract it is no longer 100.
16. Athiv has two kids. If the elder child is a girl, then what is the possibility that his other child is also a girl?
Answer: 50 percent
17. If there are 4 sheep, 5 goats, and 2 dogs, how many animals are there in total?
Answer: 11 animals.
18. What does one math book say to another?
Answer: I have so many problems.
19. A mobile phone and its case cost Rs. 110 in total. The price of the mobile phone is Rs.100 more than its case. What is the price of the mobile phone?
Answer: Rs.105 (Rs 5 for case and Rs 105 for mobile).
20. It takes 12 men 12 hours to construct a wall. Then how long will it take for 6 men to complete the same wall??
Answer: No time! There is no need of constructing it again as the job is already done.
21. What can you put between 7 and 8, so that the result is greater than 7, but less than 8??
Answer: A decimal point(7.8).
22. Three times what number is no larger than two times that same number?
Answer: 0(Zero)
23. A triangle and circle are friends. What did the triangle might have said to the circle?
Answer: Circle, you are pointless.
24. It is given, 81*9= 801, how can you make this equation true?
Answer: Just flip your book upside down, and it shows 108= 6*18.
25. Use four 9s in a math equation that equals 100
Answer: 99+ (9/9)= 100
26. It is given, 1+ 9+ 8= 1, then what can be 2+8+9=?
Answer: 10.
Look at the first letter of each number ONE+ NINE+ EIGHT= ONE
So, TWO+ EIGHT+NINE= TEN
27. Using 5 4’s make 55.
Answer: 44+44/4=55
28. Using 5 2’s, make 28.
Answer: 2+2+2+22 = 28
29. Using four 9s, make 20.
Answer: 9+99/9 = 20
30. How can you get 100 using four sevens and a one?
Answer: (7+7) * (7+ (1/7)) = 100
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