No. 41Ages 5 to 7
Count the legs on a cat. Then add the legs on a duck. What number do you get?
6
A cat has 4 legs and a duck has 2, and 4 + 2 = 6.
Math riddles
Counting for the little ones, number puzzles for the older ones. Every answer worked out.
Ages 5 to 7Kindergarten to 2nd grade
No. 42Ages 5 to 7
A bicycle and a tricycle are parked side by side. How many wheels do they have together?
5 wheels
A bicycle has 2 wheels and a tricycle has 3, and 2 + 3 = 5.
No. 43Ages 5 to 7
I come right after nine when you count. I'm written with a one and a zero. What number am I?
10
No. 44Ages 5 to 7
You have 5 apples. A friend gives you 4 more. Then you eat 2. How many apples do you have now?
7 apples
5 + 4 = 9, and 9 - 2 = 7.
No. 45Ages 5 to 7
I'm a shape with three straight sides and three pointy corners. What am I?
a triangle
No. 46Ages 5 to 7
One spider has 8 legs. How many legs do 2 spiders have?
16 legs
8 + 8 = 16.
No. 47Ages 5 to 7
I'm bigger than 5 and smaller than 9. Turn me upside down and I look exactly the same. What number am I?
8
Of 6, 7 and 8, only 8 looks the same upside down (6 turns into 9).
No. 48Ages 5 to 7
A week has 7 days. How many days are there in two weeks?
14 days
7 + 7 = 14.
Ages 8 to 103rd to 5th grade
No. 49Ages 8 to 10
I'm an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
seven
Take the S away from seven and you get even.
No. 50Ages 8 to 10
A cake is cut into 8 equal slices. You eat 2 slices and your friend eats 2. What fraction of the cake is left?
one half
4 of the 8 slices are left, and 4/8 is the same as 1/2.
No. 51Ages 8 to 10
A pencil costs 35 cents and an eraser costs 25 cents. You pay for both with one dollar. How much change do you get back?
40 cents
35 + 25 = 60 cents, and 100 - 60 = 40 cents.
No. 52Ages 8 to 10
In the kitchen there are 4 chairs and 1 table, and each of them has 4 legs. How many legs is that in all? Don't count your own!
20 legs
There are 5 pieces of furniture, and 5 x 4 = 20.
No. 53Ages 8 to 10
I'm a number between 1 and 10. Multiply me by myself and you get 81. What number am I?
9
9 x 9 = 81.
No. 54Ages 8 to 10
Cut me in half, then cut that in half again, and you get 3. What number am I?
12
Half of 12 is 6, and half of 6 is 3.
No. 55Ages 8 to 10
A pizza is cut into 8 equal slices. You eat a quarter of it, then your friend eats half of what is left. How many slices are left now?
3 slices
A quarter of 8 is 2, which leaves 6; half of 6 is 3, so 3 are left.
Ages 11 to 126th grade and middle school
No. 56Ages 11 to 12
A snail is at the bottom of a well 10 feet deep. Every day it climbs up 3 feet, and every night it slides back down 2 feet. On which day does it reach the top?
on day 8
After 7 days and 7 nights it is 7 feet up, and on day 8 it climbs the last 3 feet before it can slide back.
No. 57Ages 11 to 12
What number comes next: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...?
13
Each number is the sum of the two before it, and 5 + 8 = 13.
No. 58Ages 11 to 12
I'm a two-digit number. My digits add up to 9. Swap my digits around and the new number is 27 bigger than me. What number am I?
36
3 + 6 = 9, and 63 - 36 = 27.
No. 59Ages 11 to 12
A brick weighs one pound plus half a brick. How much does a whole brick weigh?
2 pounds
If one pound is half the brick, the whole brick is two pounds.
No. 60Ages 11 to 12
A farmer has only chickens and cows. Together they have 10 heads and 28 legs. How many cows are there?
4 cows
4 cows have 16 legs and 6 chickens have 12 legs: 10 heads and 28 legs in all.
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