🧮 Math Brain Teasers (Answers Below)
I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?
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194
If 7 students share 28 apples equally, how many apples does each student get?
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4
Add me to myself and multiply by four. Divide me by eight and you’ll have me once more. What number am I?
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Any number
I’m an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Seven
A rectangle has a perimeter of 30 units. If the length is 11, what is the width?
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4
Two fathers and two sons went fishing. They each caught a fish, but only three fish were in the bucket. How is that possible?
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They are grandfather, father, and son.
A pizza has eight slices. If you eat half the pizza, how many slices remain?
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Four
A number is multiplied by 2, then increased by 10, and the result is 34. What is the number?
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12
If you add eight hours to 5 o’clock, what time do you get?
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1 o’clock
You have three coins that add up to 35 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What coins are they?
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A quarter and two nickels.
Which weighs more: a pound of quarters or a pound of dimes?
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Neither, they both weigh one pound.
A snail climbs a 10-foot wall. Every day it climbs 3 feet but slides back 2 feet each night. How many days to reach the top?
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Eight days
What three positive numbers give the same result when multiplied as when added?
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1, 2, and 3
If five cats can catch five mice in five minutes, how long will it take one cat to catch one mouse?
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Five minutes
How many 2-cent stamps are in a dozen?
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Twelve
A train 120 meters long crosses a bridge 180 meters long at 30 meters per second. How many seconds until the train clears the bridge?
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10 seconds
You have a cube made of smaller cubes arranged 3×3×3. If you paint the outside and split it apart, how many small cubes have exactly one face painted?
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6
What is the smallest whole number that is equal to seven times the sum of its digits?
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21
If 6 workers can build a wall in 6 days, how long will it take 3 workers working at the same pace?
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12 days
A number divided by 3 leaves a remainder of 2. When the same number is divided by 5, the remainder is 3. What is the smallest such number?
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8
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