Riddle :
1.“I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five
more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is
eight less than my tens digit. Who am I?”
(Answer: 194)
2.I am an odd number. Take away one letter and
I become even.
Answer: seven (remove the “s” → even)
3.I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five
more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is
eight less than my tens digit. Who am I?
Answer: 194
4.What 3 consecutive integers add up to 60?
Answer: 19, 20, 21 (19+20+21 = 60)
5.I am a number that when you multiply me by
any other number, the answer will always be
the same as adding that other number to itself
that many times. I am neither 0 nor 1. What am
I?
Answer: 2 (multiplication by 2 = adding twice)
6.I am a two-digit number. If you reverse my
digits and subtract the smaller from the larger
you get 27. The digits add up to 9. What
number am I?
Answer: 63 (reverse 36; 63−36 = 27; 6+3 = 9)
7.A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs
$1.00 more than the ball. How much does the
ball cost?
Answer: $0.05 (ball 5c, bat $1.05; difference
$1.00)
8.I have keys but no locks. I have space but no
room. You can enter but you can’t go outside.
What am I?
Answer: keyboard
9.Using only addition, how can you add eight 8’s
to get the number 1,000?
Answer: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1,000
10. You measure a rectangular garden 10
steps long and 6 steps wide (one step ≈ 1
meter). How many steps will it take to walk
around the outside once?
Answer: Perimeter = 2(10+6) = 32 steps
11. I am a number. If you multiply me by 3
then add 6, you get 27. What number am I?
Answer: 7 (3×7 + 6 = 27)
12. I am a triangular number and a square
number. I am greater than 1 and less than 100.
What number am I?
Answer: 36 (6×6 square; triangle number T8 =
36)
13. What is the next number in the sequence:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?
Answer: 21 (Fibonacci sequence)
14. You have two ropes that each burn for
exactly 60 minutes but not uniformly. How can
you measure 45 minutes?
Answer: Light Rope A at both ends and Rope
B at one end. When Rope A finishes (30
minutes), light the other end of Rope B; it will
take 15 more minutes → total 45 minutes.
15. A number is doubled, then increased by 6,
giving 38. What was the original number?
Answer: 16 (2×16 + 6 = 38)
16. I have three boxes labeled A, B and C.
One label says “Prize,” one says “Try again,”
one says “Better luck next time.” Only one label
is correct. Where is the prize?
Answer: Box C.
17. What 2 numbers have the same answer
whether you add them or multiply them?
Answer: 2 and 2 (2+2 = 4; 2×2 = 4) — also 0
and 0 (0+0 = 0 and 0×0 = 0)
18. I am thinking of a number. If you add all
the integers from 1 to 20 inclusive, what is the
sum?
Answer: 210 (n(n+1)/2 = 20×21/2 = 210)
