Winter Brain Teasers with Answers

Three plows take 60, 45, and 30 minutes alone. Together, about how long?

A cocoa machine pours 8 ounces in 40 seconds. How long for three mugs?

Icicles double each hour. If hour six has 64, what did hour four have?

Skiers go 6 mph and 4 mph for two hours in the same direction. How far apart?

A 32-inch snowman halves each hour. When is it under 2 inches?

Runs cost $3 or a $10 pass. When is the pass better?

Twelve clues are worth 5 points. What is two-thirds solved worth?

A drawer has three mitten colors. How many pulls guarantee a pair?

Ice is 8 inches after four nights. How thick after six at the same rate?

A snow globe collection doubles yearly. If now 256, how many three years ago?

Forty percent of 120 carnival tickets are skating. How many?

A 20-foot tree casts a 20-foot shadow. A snowman shadow is 5 feet. How tall?

A ski train goes 180 miles in 3 hours. How long for 540 miles?

Wreaths need 6 pinecones. How many wreaths from 156?

The third Tuesday can be earliest on what date?

A snow fort gains 3 blocks per round for 7 rounds. How many blocks?

Five friends split 25 marshmallows evenly. How many each?

A sled race has 4 heats with 6 racers. How many racers total?

A scarf is 60 inches and grows 5 inches daily. How long after 4 days?

A cabin has 8 mugs and twice as many mittens. How many mittens?

Two snowballs become four, then eight. What comes next?

A rink opens at 2 and closes at 6. How many hours?

A snowflake has 6 points. How many points on 9 snowflakes?

Three cocoa packets serve 12 people. How many people per packet?

A winter puzzle has 100 pieces and 25 are edge pieces. How many inside pieces?

A bus leaves at 8:15 and arrives at 9:00. How long is the trip?

A snow trail is 2 miles out and 2 miles back. How far total?

A class reads 10 pages daily for 5 days. How many pages?

What warms up thinking on cold days?

What answer melts confusion but not snow?