18 Easy Math Riddles for Kids With Answers

18 Easy Math Riddles for Kids With Answers


1.Which month has 28 days?

Answer

All of them


2.What number goes up and doesn’t come back down?

Answer

Your age


3.If there are 4 apples and you take away 3, how many do you have?

Answer

Three apples


4.If eggs are $0.12 a dozen, how many eggs can you get for a dollar?

Answer

100 eggs, at one penny each


5.How did the soccer fan know before the game that the score would be 0-0?

Answer

The score is always 0-0 before the game.


6.How many sides does a circle have?

Answer

Two – the inside and the outside


7.If you buy a rooster for the purpose of laying eggs and you expect to get three eggs each day for breakfast, how many eggs will you have after three weeks?

Answer

None, because roosters do not lay eggs.


8.If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five?

Answer

9


9.If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?

Answer

Zero


10.If it took 6 people 9 hours to build a barn, how long would it take 12 people to build the same barn?

Answer

None, because the barn is already built.


11.What is the next number in the series? 7,645 5,764 4,576

Answer

6,457 because the last number is moved to the front to make the next number in the series.


12.Tom was asked to paint the apartment number on plates for 100 apartments which means he will have to paint numbers 1 through 100. How many times will he paint the number 8?

Answer

20 times (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 98)


13.A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 die. How many are left?

Answer

Nine


14.What weighs more, a pound of iron or a pound of feathers?

Answer

Both would weigh the same.


15.If you can purchase 8 eggs for 26 cents, how many can you buy for a cent and a quarter?

Answer

Eight


16.What did one math book say to the other math book?

Answer

Do you want to hear my problems?


17.What did the triangle say to the circle?

Answer

You’re pointless.


18.What is the maximum possible number of times you can subtract number 5 from number 25?

Answer

Only once, is because when you subtract 5 from 25, it becomes number 20, then 15, etc. 

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