Riddles for Middle Schoolers

I speak without a mouth and answer without ears. I have no body, but repeat what you say. What am I?

I have cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish. What am I?

What begins with E, ends with E, and contains one letter?

How many months have 28 days?

I am an odd number. Remove one letter and I become even. What number am I?

Two fathers and two sons share three cookies so everyone gets one. How is that possible?

How can you add five to nine and get two?

I travel faster than anything else and help your eyes see. What am I?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?

What appears once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand years?

I form a ring without making a sound, and people look up when I appear. What am I?

What bridge can carry a friendship but not a footstep?

What can reflect the past in your mind but never show you the future?

What shadow can arrive before the object that makes it?

What ladder helps you rise but has no rungs?

What room gets smaller every time more people enter it?

What lamp makes a room darker when you turn it on?

What chair makes you stand the moment you use it?

What button starts an argument without being pressed?

What fish lives in a browser and catches your attention?

What ladder goes sideways instead of up?

What flag never flies but can still warn you?

What pocket cannot hold money but can trap air underwater?

What chair can seat a whole meeting but is only one person?

I arrive before the party guests and tell them where to go. What am I?

Two doors have two guards. One guard always lies, the other always tells the truth, and one door leads out. You may ask either guard one question. What do you ask?

Three cups sit in a row. The first two are full and the third is empty. How can you make them alternate full, empty, full by touching only one cup?

You have 6 blue socks and 6 red socks in a dark drawer. What is the fewest socks you must pull out to guarantee a matching pair?

A room has no windows and no doors. Inside are a table and a mirror. How do you get out?

What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a day?

What is the next number: 2, 3, 5, 9, 17, ?

What comes next: 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?

What comes next: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ?

What comes next: 1, 8, 27, 64, ?

What comes next: 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ?

What comes next: 2, 6, 18, 54, ?

What comes next: 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, ?

What comes next: 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ?

What comes next: 160, 80, 40, 20, ?

What comes next: 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, ?

What comes next: 4, 10, 18, 28, 40, ?

What comes next: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, ?

What comes next: 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, ?

What comes next: 100, 91, 83, 76, 70, ?

What comes next: 1A, 2B, 4D, 8H, ?

What comes next: 12, 21, 13, 31, 14, ?

If A=1, B=2, C=3, what is CAT worth?

If A=1, B=2, C=3, what is DOG worth?

If A=1, B=2, C=3, what is BRAIN worth?

If A=1, B=2, C=3, what is RIDDLE worth?

If A=1, B=2, C=3, what is PLAY worth?

What letter is 5 places after M?

What letter is 4 places before T?

What comes next: A, D, G, J, ?

What comes next: Z, W, T, Q, ?

What comes next: AZ, BY, CX, DW, ?

One brick weighs 1 kg plus half a brick. How much does one brick weigh?

A parent is 36 and a child is 9. In how many years will the parent be three times the child's age?

Two numbers add to 20. One number is 6 more than the other. What are the numbers?

You have 8 coins made of 10p and 20p coins. The total is £1.20. How many 20p coins are there?

I am a number. Double me and add 6 to get 30. What number am I?

A cube is painted on all sides and cut into 27 equal smaller cubes. How many small cubes have paint on exactly one face?

What is the maximum number of pieces from 3 straight cuts across a round cake, if each cut crosses all previous cuts inside the cake?

How many sides do 5 separate triangles have altogether?

How many corners do 6 separate squares have altogether?

How many faces do 4 cubes have altogether if they are separate?

A drawer has black socks and white socks. How many socks must you take in the dark to guarantee a matching pair?

Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each catches one fish, but only three fish are caught. How is that possible?

You have a 5-litre jug and a 3-litre jug. How can you measure exactly 4 litres?

A bag has red, blue, and green balls. How many must you take to guarantee two of the same colour?

You face north. Turn right, turn around, then turn left. Which way are you facing?

Why did the banana go to the doctor?

Why did the computer want a snack?

Why was the maths book worried?

Why are fish clever?

What is a cow's favourite music?

Why did the tomato turn red?

Why should you not tell an egg a joke?

Why could the bicycle not stand up?

Why are calendars popular?

Why did the ocean say hello?

Why did the clock get hungry?

What do you call a broken drum?

When is a door not a door?

Where does a keyboard sleep?

Why did the tree use the computer?

Why was the potato a good detective?

What did the grape do when it got stepped on?

How do astronauts organise a party?

Why was the moon cafe dull?

Why did the lamp win an award?

Why did the window win the argument?

Why did the glue have lots of friends?

Why was the ruler confident?

Why did the crayon become famous?

Why did the paper win the race?

Why did the shoe go to school?

Why did the cloud stay home?

What do snowmen eat for breakfast?

What does a ghost eat for lunch?

Why did the skeleton not play music?

What did the duck say at the shop?

What is a pirate's favourite letter?

Where do bees get a haircut?

Where do robots go on holiday?

Why did the apple stop running?

Why did the sandwich go to the gym?

Why was the star invited to every party?

Why did the mirror get in trouble?

Why did the dictionary never get lost?

Why did the toothbrush feel important?

Why was the sofa so relaxed?

Why was the ocean good at homework?

Why did the mountain get promoted?

Why was the river good at chatting?

Why did the pencil go to the party?

Why did the book visit the doctor?

Why did the camera feel confident?

Why did the phone need a nap?

Why did the paint feel left out?

Why did the puzzle smile?