Table Of ContentMath Riddles For Smart Kids:
Over 400 Challenging Math Riddles, Trick
Questions And Brain Teasers That Kids And
Family Will Love To Solve
Miranda Stewart
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Chapter 1.
Chapter 2.Easy Math Riddles
Chapter 3.Intermediate Math Riddles
Chapter 4.Moderate Math Riddles
Chapter 5.Medium Riddles
Chapter 6.Hard Level Riddles
Chapter 7.Challenging Math Riddles
Chapter 8.For Fun
Chapter 9.More Math Riddles
Chapter 10.Bonus Riddle
Chapter 11.Simple Math Riddles Answers
Chapter 12.Easy Math Riddles Answers
Chapter 13.Intermediate Riddles Answers
Chapter 14.Moderate Math Riddles
Chapter 15.Medium Riddles Answers
Chapter 16.Hard Level Riddles Answers
Chapter 17. Challenging Math Riddles Answers
Chapter 18.For Fun Answer
Chapter 19.More Math Riddles Answer
Chapter 20.Bonus Riddle Answers
Conclusion
Introduction
R iddles turn math into a fun game for your child to latch onto. Puzzling out
the solution allows your child to combine math with other important
skills like reasoning and persistence.
Getting children to enjoy and fully engage in learning new concepts can be a
tricky task. While all kids desire to learn more about the world around them,
many of them are alienated by traditional teaching methods that make lessons
feel too much like work. Math in particular suffers from lesson plans that go
no further than handing out worksheets without any attempt to show children
how relevant math really is in their daily lives. In these cases, the best option
is to combine work with play. If learning resembles a game, presents a
meaningful yet fair challenge, and allows children to flex their critical
thinking muscles, children will often find themselves engaged in their
education with little trouble.
Math riddles bridge the gap between study and recreation. They combine key
principles of giving kids a challenge they can work towards and find intrinsic
rewards in completing with the development of arithmetic, pattern
recognition, and other mathematical skills. Completing math problems does
not have to mean finishing a series of endless equations. Utilizing riddles
turns this process into a game that children will naturally want to become
better at. In doing so, they will begin to find the value in learning math and
similar subjects that may have initially disinterested them. Math riddles can
also be a good way for kids more familiar with math concepts to challenge
themselves, helping them to receive additional practice and education outside
of the classroom. Math riddles have the added benefit of encouraging the
whole family to work together to support a child’s education no matter their
current proficiency.
The math riddles will provide hours of thought provoking and challenging
fun for smart kids looking to expand their math knowledge and get ahead in
their studies. To understand the power math riddles have and the surprising
amount of fun they are to complete, you must first understand what math
riddles are and how you can use them to support your child’s growth and
development.
Whether your kid is a math whiz or they are looking to build their skills, it
will allow them to show off their math muscles and establish a strong
foundation of mathematical knowledge that will support them through all
stages of life.
Chapter 1 Simple Math Riddles
1. If two’s company, and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?
(Answer)
2. Which is heavier: a ton of bricks or a ton of feathers? (Answer)
3. The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24.
When is my birthday? (Answer)
4. Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
(Answer)
5. How many months have 28 days? (Answer)
6. What do the numbers 11, 69, and 88 all have in common?
(Answer)
7. Is an older one-hundred-dollar bill worth more than a newer
one? (Answer)
8. If it rains at midnight today, in the next 72 hours, will you see
the sunshine? (Answer)
9. A tailor has a piece of cloth that is 16 feet long and he will cut
the fabric by 2 feet per piece every day. In summary, how many
days will he spend? Even if the last piece of cloth is cut
(Answer)
10. If there are 5 sewing machines in the factory,
can cut 5 T-shirts by using 5 minutes. If there are 100 sewing
machines, cut 100 T-shirts. It will take a couple of minutes.
(Answer)
11. There are 3 stalks on the table. How can you
change the middle match to another position without touching
it? (Answer)
12. The balloon is being blown away by the wind
in the south. Do you know that Flags attached to the basket of
balloons In which direction to wave? (Answer)
13. What question did you ever answer the word
"No" once? (Answer)
14. What symbols should we place between 4 and
5 to make the answer more than 4 but less than 5? (Answer)
15. A man sitting Even though he stood up You
can't compete with him. In conclusion, what is he sitting on?
(Answer)
16. “ 1? 17? 3 = 9? 6 “ Put a “ + “ and “ - “ sign
instead of the mark? To get the correct answer By not changing
the position of numbers (Answer)
17. Why is six afraid of seven? (Answer)
18. There are a certain number of books on my
bookshelf. I took a book which is 6th from the right and 4th
from the left. Can you find out the number of books on my
shelf? (Answer)
19. Two fathers, two sons, and a grandfather went
to the movies together. Each person bought one movie ticket.
How many tickets did they buy in total? (Answer)
20. A duck had $9; a spider had $36, a bee had
$27. Considering this information, how much money would a
cat have? (Answer)
21. If you purchase a rooster to lay eggs and you
expect to get two eggs per day for, how many eggs will you
have after two weeks? (Answer)
22. I have a tail and a head, yet I have no legs and
body. What am I? (Answer)
23. The price of eggs is $0.12 a dozen. How many
can you purchase for one dollar? (Answer)
24. A rabbit sees six elephants while he is going to
the river. Each elephant sees two monkeys that are going to the
river. Each monkey is holding one parrot. How many animals
are going to the river? (Answer)
25. On a faraway planet, half of 10 is 6. With those
proportions, what is 1/6th of 30 on this planet? (Answer)
26. Multiplying this number by any other number,
the answer will always be the same. What number is it?
(Answer)
27. If you take Betti's age and multiply it by one
and a half times, you get 24. How old is Betti? (Answer)
28. Saturday, Silvia and Jane went out to lunch.
The check was $12 and was divided equally among friends.
Silvia paid $4, and Jane paid $4. Who paid the rest? (Answer)
29. Five friends are in a room and the sum of their
ages is 48. Ten years from now, what will the sum of their ages
be? (Answer)
30. A snail is trying to get to the top of a 5-yard
pole. During the day the snail goes up 3-yards and at nigh time
he goes down 2-yards. How long will it take for him to get to the
top of the pole? (Answer)
31. How many times can you steal a cookie from a
jar with 100 cookies inside? (Answer)
Chapter 2 Easy Math Riddles
These riddles are relatively easy while still keeping your mind hard at
work. Starting easy and working your way up to more difficult questions
will help you build the confidence and problem-solving skills you will
need for later riddles. Flex your math muscles with the following questions.
1. An aquarium has 300 fish. They are looking to remove 45 of
their fish and add 80 new ones. How many fish will they have
after this? (Answer)
2. James’ dad is three times older than he is. If James is 14, how
old is his dad? (Answer)
3. Greg has a brother named Phil and a sister named Daphne. Phil
is seven years old; Daphne is 15 years old, and Greg’s age is
exactly in between the two of them. What is Greg’s age?
(Answer)
4. Harry and his friend Tina go apple picking together at an
orchard. Harry picks six apples. Tina picks her apples much
faster and ends up with double the number of apples. How
many apples did Tina pick? (Answer)
5. The Birchwood family decides to have a big family gathering.
While inviting everyone, they notice that their family has three
times as many girls as it does boys. If there are nine boys, how
many girls are there? (Answer)
6. Jamar invited three of his friends to his house. He wants to split
his toys up into equal amounts for each of his friends and
himself. If he has 16 toys with him, how many toys should each
person get? (Answer)
7. What number comes next in this pattern? 1, 2, 2, 4, 8, 32, _
(Answer)
8. Janet made $80 mowing lawns over the weekend. She spends
half on new shoes on Monday. On Tuesday, she spends $12 on
