Math Riddles

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Math riddles created by intermediate students in Mrs. Henson's classroom.

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1. As I was going to the fair, I saw a man with golden hair. He had 3 sons each with another one. How many people were going to the fair? What's the answer?

2. A queen bee was buzzing, a worker bee was buzzing, a honey bee was buzzing, and a killer bee was buzzing. How many bees were in buzzing? Answer

3.What did you wear the day after yesterday?

4. Twenty seven ducks are going to the pond. Five of them got lost, thirteen of them are staying home, nine of them are at the pond. Where are the rest of them?

5. Tara has $29.00 dollars. She bought 4 coloring books that cost $3.00 each, 4 boxes of crayola crayons that cost $2.00 each. She spend the rest of her money on markers. How much money did she spend on markers?

6. There is a pink single story house and everything in it is pink. The doors are pink, the windows are pink and the TV is pink. What color are the stairs?

7. If you have one pound of rocks and one pound of feathers, which one will weigh more?

8. I have three USA coins. They are not a quarter, nor a dime, or a penny. It adds up to 60 cents. What are the coins?

9. There is a pink house made of bricks, a blue house made of bricks, an orange house made of bricks. What color bricks is a greenhouse made of?

10. If a rooster laid 11 eggs and the farmer took 5 of them and another rooster laid 14 eggs and 5 of them were rotten, how many eggs were left?

Answers

1. One. Just me because I met the others on the way to the fair. back

2. One. There is only one b in the word buzzing. back

3. What I am wearing today. back

4. There aren't any anywhere else.back

5. $9.00 on markers. back

6. There are no stairs in a single story house.back

7. They both weigh a pound.back

8. A 50 cent piece and 2 nickels.back

9. A greenhouse is made of glass or plastic, not bricks.back

10. 0. Roosters don't lay eggs.back

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