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Math Riddles With Answers

Number, calculation and mathematical-pattern riddles. Try each clue before revealing the answer and explanation.

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How many months have 28 days?

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All 12 months

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There are three apples. You take away two. How many apples do you have?

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Two apples

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Which number becomes bigger when you turn it upside down?

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Six

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

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They are a grandfather, a father and a son

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How can you add five to nine and get two?

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On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock

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Which digit can look the same in a mirror when written in a simple symmetrical style?

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8

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What number looks like it is sleeping when you turn it on its side?

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Eight

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Why did the math teacher cut their sandwich in half?

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To make it a fraction

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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?

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Three

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

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33

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I may look awkward as 48 over 64, but the more you break me down by common factors, the clearer I become. What am I?

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A fraction

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A sunflower head, a pine cone spiral and the numbers 1, 1, 2, 3, 5 all point to me. What am I?

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The Fibonacci sequence

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Move me one place in an invoice and ten pounds becomes a hundred; I look tiny, but I can empty a budget. What am I?

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A misplaced decimal point

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You can count along me, divide me, make me negative, and still never reach my final member. What am I?

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The number line

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

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37

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

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36

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

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125

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

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63

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

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162

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

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21

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

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16

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

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10

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

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65

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

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54

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Math riddle FAQ

All 12 months

Two apples

Six

They are a grandfather, a father and a son

On a clock: 9 o’clock plus 5 hours is 2 o’clock

8

Eight

To make it a fraction

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