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Math Riddles with answers: Test Your Genius IQ with These Challenges!


Welcome to the world of math riddles with answers! Are you ready to put your brain to the test and have some fun? These puzzles will challenge you, but don't worry, we've got the solutions too. Whether you're a math whiz or just enjoy a good challenge, these riddles are for you. Let's dive in and see if you can crack the code!

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1. Riddle:  A word I know, six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remains. What is it?

Answer: Dozens.

 

2. Riddle: I am a word of letters three; add two and fewer there will be. What word am I?

Answer: Few.

 

3. Riddle: The day before yesterday I was 21, and next year I will be 24. When is my birthday?

Answer: December 31; today is January 1.

 

4. Riddle: What three numbers, none of which is zero, give the same result whether they’re added or multiplied?

Answer: One, two and three.

 

5. Riddle: If it is two hours later, then it will take half as much time till it’s midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it?

Answer: 9:00 PM.

 

6. Riddle: What does one math textbook say to another?

Answer: “I have so many problems.”

 

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7. Riddle: What can you put between seven and eight so that the answer is greater than seven but less than eight?

Answer: A decimal point.

 

8. Riddle: Can a mathematical symbol be added between 55555 to make it equal 500?

Answer: 555 – 55 = 500

 

9. Riddle: Which two numbers make a one-digit number when they are multiplied but a two-digit number when they are added together?

Answer: One and nine.

 

10. Riddle: 16 players enter into a basketball shootout tournament. How many games must be played before there is a winner?

Answer: Fifteen.

 

11. Riddle: Can you arrange four nines to make it equal to 100?

Answer: 99 + 9 / 9 = 100

 

12. Riddle: If you were born in an odd-numbered year, will you celebrate your 50th birthday in an odd or even year?

Answer: Odd.

 

13. Riddle: When does 11 + 3 = 2?

Answer: On a clock.

 

14. Riddle: A baker carries a bag of flour that weighs 15 pounds. He takes half of the flour out but finds that the bag weighs nine pounds. How heavy is the empty bag?

Answer: Three pounds.

 

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15. Riddle: Divide 110 into two parts so that one will be 150 percent of the other. What are the 2 numbers?

Answer: 44 and 66.

 

16  Riddle: Mary has four daughters, and each of her daughters has a brother — how many children does Mary have? 

Answer: Five.

 

18. Riddle: If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?

Answer: Two dozen

 

19. Riddle: If four men can build four tables in four hours, how many can eight men build in eight hours?

Answer: 16 tables

 

20. Riddle: There is an empty box, and it has a diameter of one foot. How many oranges can be put in this empty box?

Answer: One

 

21. Riddle: It starts with G and ends with H, and shows mathematical data. What is it?

Answer: Graph.

 

22. Riddle: What can we call a polygon with 3 sides and 3 vertices?

Answer: Triangle.

 

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23.  Riddle: This shape has six sides and can be found in a beehive? What shape is it?

Answer: Hexagon.

 

24. Riddle: It has no angles but is not a circle. It looks like an egg. What shape is it?

Answer: Oval shape.

 

25. Riddle: This shape has 4 equal angles and 4 equal sides. What is it?

Answer: Square.

 

26. Riddle: What can be put between 7 and 8 to get the result of more than 7, but less than 8?

Answer: A decimal point, as you get 7.8.

 

27.Riddle: This shape looks like a kite or a diamond. What is it?

Answer: Rhombus.

 

28.Riddle: This shape has two equal opposite parallel sides, but it is not always a rectangle. What is it?

Answer: A parallelogram.

 

29. Riddle: It starts with an H and ends with an E; it is the longest side of a triangle. What is it?

Answer: The hypotenuse.

 

30. Riddle: When Anna was 50 years old, her daughter Mary was half her age. If Anna is 60 years old today, how old is Mary?

Answer: Mary is 35 now.

 


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