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๐งฎ Number Puzzles
I am a three-digit number. The sum of my digits is 12. My tens digit is twice my hundreds digit. My ones digit is the tens digit minus two. What number am I?
I am a three-digit number. Reverse my digits and subtract the smaller from the larger to get 297. What number am I?
Three consecutive integers add up to 177. What are they?
A shopkeeper buys an item for $60 and sells it for $70. Then he buys it back for $80 and sells it again for $90. How much profit did he make?
If 8 workers take 10 days to build a wall, how many days would 10 workers take, assuming equal efficiency?
If 3x + 5 = 26, what is 6x + 10?
A sequence goes 2, 4, 7, 11, 16. What is the next term?
The product of three consecutive integers is 990. What are they?
If the perimeter of a rectangle is 50 and the length is 15, what is the width?
I am a two-digit prime number. The sum of my digits is 10. When you reverse me, you get another prime. What number am I?
๐ More Math Challenges
A train travels 60 mph for 2 hours and 40 mph for 3 hours. What is the average speed for the entire trip?
What is the smallest positive number divisible by both 12 and 15?
If 5 cats can catch 5 mice in 5 minutes, how many cats are needed to catch 100 mice in 100 minutes?
I am a number that is the square of a prime and also the sum of two consecutive primes. What number am I?
If 2^x = 128, what is 2^(x+1)?
If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
A farmer has 17 sheep and all but 9 run away. How many are left?
How can you add eight 8s and get the number 1,000?
If you multiply me by any other number, the answer always remains the same. What number am I?
How many months have 28 days?
๐ข Logic and Patterns
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
You see me once in June, twice in November, and not at all in May. What am I?
Forward I am heavy, backward I am not. What am I?
What belongs to you but others use more than you do?
What question can you never answer yes to?
I am the whiteboard covered in equations at math club. What am I?
I am the engineering standup debating two solution paths. What am I?
I am the escape room puzzle solved with algebra. What am I?
I am the pub quiz bonus round stumping the table. What am I?
I am the aha moment when the number pattern clicks. What am I?
๐ Use these riddles for:
- Adult math club showdowns and brain-training newsletters
- Escape room prep nights and engineering standups
- Trivia or pub quiz bonus rounds
- Whiteboard debates with multiple solution paths
- Newsletter features for puzzle-loving subscribers
FAQ
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