Pair with math riddles for third graders, riddles for math centers, and new year math warmup riddles for classrooms.
Morning Number Warm-Ups
I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
When you multiply me by any number, the answer stays the same. What number am I?
My hundreds digit is 5, my tens digit is double my ones digit, and my ones digit is 2. What number am I?
A rectangle has perimeter 20. If its length is 6, what is its width?
Name a fraction equal to one half with even numerator and denominator.
Skip-count by fours starting at 8. What is the fifth number?
Add me to myself, multiply by three, divide by six, and I return. What am I?
There are 24 crayons. If each student gets 6, how many students share?
I have four equal sides and four right angles. What am I?
A bookshelf has four shelves with nine books each. How many books?
Bell Ringer Practice
I am the time when the short hand is on 3 and long hand is on 12. What am I?
I am a coin worth ten cents. How many of me make a dollar?
I measure flour for cookies and sit in the kitchen drawer. What am I?
What number is 100 less than 752?
There are 18 apples and six baskets. How many apples per basket?
What is 8 times 4?
What is 72 minus 9?
What is ten more than 405?
What number comes before 1,000?
What is one third of 15?
Center and Exit Ticket Extras
I am the answer to 6 groups of 5. What am I?
What is the missing number in 7 plus blank equals 15?
What shape has exactly three angles?
How many centimeters are in a meter?
What is double 14?
What is half of 50?
What is 9 more than 36?
A pattern goes 5, 10, 20, 40. What comes next?
What math sign tells you to share equally?
I am the quick problem that wakes up math brains. What am I?
FAQ
Are answers included?
Yes. Every riddle includes the answer.
How long should these take?
Most are short enough for 3 to 5 minute warm-ups.
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