THE 3-DIGIT NUMBER RIDDLE COLLECTION
20 Deductive Math and Logic Challenges
Worksheet Overview: Solve each of the 20 unique riddles below. Every puzzle provides exactly 5 distinct criteria to
pinpoint a specific 3-digit number.
Riddle 1
• I am a 3-digit number.
• All three of my digits are identical.
• The sum of my digits is 15.
• I am an odd number.
• The product of my digits is 125.
Answer: 555
Riddle 2
• I am a 3-digit number.
• I am a perfect square.
• The sum of my digits is 9.
• My tens digit is exactly 2.
• My hundreds digit is exactly 1 less than my ones digit.
Answer: 324
Riddle 3
• I am a 3-digit number.
• The product of my digits is 0.
• The sum of my digits is 13.
• My hundreds digit is a perfect cube (greater than 1).
• The difference between my first and last digit is 3.
Answer: 805
Riddle 4
• I am a 3-digit number.
• My digits are consecutive numbers in strictly increasing order.
• The sum of my digits is 6.
• I am an odd number.
• My hundreds digit is the smallest non-zero digit.
Answer: 123
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Riddle 5
• I am a 3-digit number.
• I am a palindrome (reads the same forward and backward).
• The sum of my digits is 14.
• The product of my digits is 0.
• My hundreds digit is a prime number.
Answer: 707
Riddle 6
• I am a 3-digit number.
• All of my digits are even, consecutive numbers increasing by 2.
• The sum of my digits is 18.
• I am a multiple of 4.
• My hundreds digit is a perfect square.
Answer: 468
Riddle 7
• I am a 3-digit number.
• All of my digits are odd.
• My digits are in strictly decreasing order.
• The sum of my digits is 15.
• My hundreds digit is the largest single digit possible (9).
Answer: 951
Riddle 8
• I am a 3-digit number.
• The sum of my digits is 12.
• The product of my digits is 48.
• My hundreds digit is exactly three times my tens digit.
• My ones digit is exactly double my tens digit.
Answer: 624
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Riddle 9
• I am a 3-digit number.
• I am the smallest possible 3-digit whole number.
• I am both a perfect square and a perfect cube.
• The sum of my digits is 1.
• My tens digit and ones digit are equal.
Answer: 100
Riddle 10
• I am a 3-digit number.
• I am the largest possible 3-digit whole number.
• The sum of my digits is 27.
• The product of my digits is 729.
• All three of my digits are identical numbers.
Answer: 999
Riddle 11
• I am a 3-digit number.
• I am a perfect square.
• The sum of my digits is 13.
• My ones digit is exactly three times my hundreds digit.
• My tens digit is a prime number (5).
Answer: 256
Riddle 12
• I am a 3-digit number.
• I am a perfect square.
• I am a palindrome.
• The sum of my digits is 9.
• My hundreds digit is equal to my tens digit.
Answer: 441
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Riddle 13
• I am a 3-digit number.
• All of my digits are consecutive odd numbers in increasing order.
• The sum of my digits is 9.
• I am a multiple of 5.
• My hundreds digit is 1.
Answer: 135
Riddle 14
• I am a 3-digit number.
• Each of my digits is exactly half of the digit to its left.
• The sum of my digits is 14.
• The product of my digits is 64.
• I am an even number.
Answer: 842
Riddle 15
• I am a 3-digit number.
• My digits increase by 3 from left to right.
• The sum of my digits is 18.
• I am a multiple of 9.
• My tens digit is 6.
Answer: 369
Riddle 16
• I am a 3-digit number.
• The sum of my digits is 14.
• My hundreds digit and my ones digit are prime numbers.
• My digits are in strictly decreasing order.
• I am an odd number.
Answer: 743
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Riddle 17
• I am a 3-digit number.
• The sum of my digits is 6.
• The product of my digits is 0.
• I am a multiple of 4.
• My hundreds digit is exactly half of my ones digit.
Answer: 204
Riddle 18
• I am a 3-digit number.
• The sum of my digits is 20.
• The product of my digits is 256.
• My hundreds digit and tens digit are identical.
• I am a multiple of 4.
Answer: 884
Riddle 19
• I am a 3-digit number.
• My digits consist of the first three non-zero perfect squares (1, 4, 9) in order.
• The sum of my digits is 14.
• I am an odd number.
• My ones digit is 9.
Answer: 149
Riddle 20
• I am a 3-digit number.
• The sum of my digits is 11.
• The product of my digits is 21.
• My hundreds digit is a prime number greater than 5.
• My tens digit is the number 1.
Answer: 713
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