Math Riddles

A collection of Math Riddles for fun and pleasure! Tease your brain with these riddles, then click to show or hide the answer. (Note: You may need to enable JavaScript on your browser for the answers to show properly.)

1. Why should you never mention the number 288 in front of anyone? Because it is too gross (2 x 144 - two gross).
2. Which weighs more?  A pound of gold or a pound of feathers? Both weigh the same.
3. How is the moon like a dollar? They both have 4 quarters.
4. What is alive and has only 1 foot? A leg.
5. When do giraffes have 8 feet? When there's two of them.
6. How many eggs can you put in an empty basket? Only one, after that the basket is not empty.

 

 

7. What coin doubles in value when half is deducted? A half dollar.
8. What is the difference between a new penny and an old quarter? 24 cents.
9. If you can buy eight eggs for 26 cents, how many can you buy for a cent and a quarter? 8.
10. Where can you buy a ruler that is 3 feet long? At a yard sale.
11. If there were 9 cats on a bridge and one jumped over the edge, how many would be left? None - they are copycats.
12. If you take three apples from five apples, how many do you have? You have three apples.

 

 

13. What has 4 legs and only 1 foot? A bed.
14. How many times can you subtract 6 from 30? Once; after that it is no longer 30 (Don't try this in a test!)
15. If one nickel is worth five cents, how much is half of one half of a nickel worth? $0.0125
16. How many 9's between 1 and 100? 20.
17. Which is more valuable - one pound of $10 gold coins or half a pound of $20 gold coins? One pound is twice of half pound.
18. It happens once in a minute, twice in a week, and once in a year. What is it? The letter 'e'.
19. How can half of 12 be 7? Cut XII into two halves horizontally. You get VII on the top half.
20. When things go wrong, what can you always count on? Your fingers.

 

 

21. Why are diapers like 100 dollar bills? They need to be changed.
22. A street that is 40 yards long has a tree every 10 yards on both sides. How many total trees on the entire street? 10, 5 on each side.
23. What goes up and never comes down? Your age.
24. What did one math book say to the other math book? Wow, have I got problems!
25. Why is the longest human nose on record only 11 inches long? Otherwise it would be a foot.

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