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What are mathematical riddles?
Mathematical riddles are questions or puzzles that involve concepts
mathematicians and problem-solving skills to find the
correct answer. They are usually formulated in an enigmatic way and
challenging, requiring logical thinking and mathematical knowledge to
solve them.

Mathematical riddles can address a wide variety of questions or

mathematical and logical problems, such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry,
proportions, numerical sequences, among others.

Some mathematical riddles are formulated in the form of problems.

practical, while others are more theoretical or abstract.

These riddles can be a fun and challenging way to exercise the

brain and develop mathematical skills. They can also be used
as teaching tools to help students become familiar with
mathematical concepts and improve their problem-solving skills
problems.

Math riddles greatly help in the development of reasoning.

logical. Try to solve the riddles, puzzles, and math questions that
We prepare and check the explanation of all in the answer key at the end.

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Riddle 1
Walking in the late afternoon, a lady counted 20 houses on a street to her
right. On the way back, she counted 20 houses to her left. How many houses did she see?
no total?

Riddle 2
What does the mathematician's son say when he wants to go to the bathroom?

Riddle 3
A woman is going to have a baby. If it is a boy, she will only be one child short.
for the number of boys to be equal to the number of daughters. However, if the baby is
a girl, the number of daughters of the woman will be double the number of boys.
How many children does she have and what is their gender?

Riddle 4
There is a duck between two ducks, a duck behind a duck, and a duck in front of
another duck. How many ducks are we talking about?

Riddle 5
In my garden, there are 3 lettuce plants, 1 cucumber plant, and 5 carrot plants. How many plants do I have?
how many do I have in total?

Riddle 6
In the taxi I got into, there were 8 passengers. Shortly after, 3 people got off and two
they entered. How many people are in the taxi?

Riddle 7
My grandfather has 5 sons, each son has 3 children. How many cousins do I have?

Riddle 8
A small truck can carry 50 sacks of sand or 400 bricks. If there were
32 bags of sand were placed on the truck, how many bricks can it still carry?
load?

Riddle 9
There are 7 little birds on a tree branch. A boy shoots one of them,
How many little birds are left on the branch?

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Riddle 10
When I was 8 years old, my sister was half my age. Now
I am 55 years old, how old is my sister?

Riddle 11
On Tuesday afternoon, João had the brilliant idea of going hunting. On Thursday, he went hunting.
2 rabbits and in the basket, took them home, preparing and eating the rabbits with
the friends the next day. On which day of the week did João eat the rabbits with the
your friends?

Riddle 12
In which option are there three eights, three zeros?
88830
b) 3830
c) 888000
d) 383000

Riddle 13
Maria bought a flower vase for 20 reais and sold it for 25 reais.
Regretting the sale, she bought the same vase for 35 reais, but soon decided
sell it for 40 reais. In the end, how much did she profit?

Riddle 14
Ana had 5 daughters.
The first is called Second,
The second is called Tuesday,
The third is called Fourth,
The fourth is called Fifth,
What is the name of the estate?

Riddle 15
If Alice entered 5 times, how many times did she exit?

Riddle 16
What is the number in the sequence 3, 13, 30, 31, 32 ... ?

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Riddle 17
The grandmother divided 20 candies between her two granddaughters. What time is it?

a) 10:02
b) 1:50
c) 20:02
d) 8:02
e) 12:50

Riddle 18

0+7=7
1+8=16
2+9=27
5+17=?

Riddle 19
What is it that everyone has 2, you have 1, and I have none?

Riddle 20
Four friends gathered. Carlos is half the age of Matheus plus 2.
years. Henrique is 8 years old. Matheus is the same age as Henrique plus half of
his age. Paulo is half the age of Carlos plus half the age of
Henrique. Which of the friends is the oldest?

Riddle 21
What did the math book say to the Portuguese book?

Riddle 22
A house has four corners, each corner has a cat, and each cat sees three cats.
How many cats are in the house?

Riddle 23
What is shorter, the faster it is?

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Riddle 24
Discover the value of the symbols.
# + # + # = 30
$ + # + $ = 20
$ + # + % = 30

Riddle 25
In the aquarium lived seven fish. Two drowned. How many were left?

Riddle 26
Discover the sequence of @ in the third column.
# ............... # ............. ###
...................# .............. #
& ............ &&& ......... &&&&&&
& ............... & ............. &&&&&
& ............. && ............... &
@ ........ @@ ................
@ ......... @@ ...............

Riddle 27
What 7-letter word, if we take away 5, leaves 11?

Riddle 28
In 2012, to enroll, Bruno needed to fill out a form with the
your data and your parents' to hand in at school. When writing the year of
your mother's birth, he reversed the last two digits. When the
the secretary saw the form and smiled, as he repeated the year he was born and,
consequently, both would be 16 years old. What is Bruno's mother's age?

Riddle 29
The stairs of a building have 25 steps. If Maria climbed 5 steps, went down 9 and then
climb six more, you saw that there were only three steps left to reach the last step of the
Which step was she on when she started counting?

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39 quick math riddles for children and teenagers:
What is greater: a quarter or half?
What is a puzzle that never ends?
What is the place where you always find the number 1, but never the number 0?
2?
What number, if you add one to it, becomes smaller?
What has legs but cannot walk?
6. What is 2+2?
7. How much is 5 times 3?
8. How much is 10 divided by 2?
What is 3 raised to the power of 2?
10. How many sides does a triangle have?
11. What is the name of the number that is between 1 and 3?
12. How many days are there in a week?
13. How many months are there in a leap year?
14. How many hours are there in a day?
15. How many fingers does a hand have?
16. What can you divide equally by two, but not by four?
17. What is greater: half or three quarters?
18. What is heavier: a kilo of feathers or a kilo of bricks?
19. How much is 100 minus 50?
What is 20 times 5?
21. What is 12 divided by 3?
22. What is 4 raised to the power of three?
23. How many sides does a hexagon have?
24. What is the name of the number that is between 9 and 11?
25. How many days are there in a non-leap year?
26. How many weeks are there in a month?
27. How many minutes are there in an hour?
28. How many feet does a person have?
What is half of a quarter?
30. What is smaller: a centimeter or a meter?
31. Which is longer: a kilometer or a mile?
32. What is 3 plus 4 times 2?
33. What is 8 divided by 2 plus 1?
34. What is 2 squared times 3?
35. What is 4 plus 6 minus 2?
36. What is 10 minus 3 times 2?
37. How much is 9 divided by 3 plus 1?
38. What is 5 plus 2 times 3?
39. How much is 7 minus 4 plus 6?

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Answer Key/Answers
The lady saw 20 houses in total, because to her right on the way there is the
to her left on the way back, that is, on both routes, she saw and told
the same houses, and not different houses.

2 - Pi-pi.

The woman has 8 children - 3 boys and 5 girls.

Thus, if there is one more boy, there will only be one more needed to have the
the same number of sons and daughters, totaling 10.
If we have one more girl, there will be a total of 6 daughters, which is double the 3.
children that she already has.

4 - 3 ducks.

5 - I, like most people, have 2 feet.

6 - Answer: There are 9 people in the taxi.

Explanation: Initially, the taxi had 9 people: 8 passengers + 1
driver. When I got in, the taxi had 10 people. With the exit
From 3, there were 7, but 2 others came in. So, in the end, there were 9.
people in the taxi: 8 passengers (including me) + the driver.

7 - I have 12 cousins (4.3 = 12), because one of my grandfather's children is the

my father, who has 3 children (me and my 2 brothers).

8 - 144 bricks, because:

1 bag of sand = 8 bricks (400 bricks / 50 bags = 8)
If the truck loaded 32 bags of sand, there is still space for 18.
bags, but instead of bags, wants to carry bricks, that is 18 . 8 = 144.

9 - None, because the other six ran away scared.

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Answer Key/Answers
10 - My sister is 51, because when I was 8 years old, she
I was half, that is, 4 years; we have a 4-year difference.

11 - On Wednesday, the day after he went hunting (Tuesday).

The farmhouse referred to in the small text is a location in the countryside,
while the basket does not pertain to the day of the week (Friday), but
yes to the object used to keep the rabbits you caught.

12 - Alternative a) 88830.
"Three eights" is the same as 888. It's different from saying "three eight."
which is the same as 38. Note that the word 'eight' is in the plural in
first option, and in singular in the second.
Similarly, saying "three zero" is the same as 30. It is different from
say "three zeros", which is the same as 000.

13 - 10 reais.
A simple way to understand how much Maria earned with the
transactions are summing up on one side your expenses and on the other side, the
your earnings and subtract them.
Thus, Maria spent 20 reais and then another 35, which totals 55 reais.
In turn, Maria first received 25 reais and then another 40.
adding 65 reais. 65 - 55 = 10 reais.

14 - If you answered that the name of the fifth daughter is Sixth, you are
wrong.
It seems very logical, but the fifth daughter is named Qual, just like
it is written in the last sentence, where this statement is included. Notice
that the last sentence is not a question.

15 - entered 1, exited 1, entered 2, exited 2, entered 3, exited 3, entered 4, exited 4,

entered 5.
If Alice doesn't have to leave the last time she entered, she has left 4 times.
However, if in the place where she entered, she had to leave, the number
the same for entries and exits, that is, 5.

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Answer Key/Responses
16 - 33. The sequence is related to the numbers that start
with the letter 't': three, thirteen, thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty and
three, thirty-four, and so on.

17 - Alternative b) 13:50.
If the grandmother divided 20 candies between the two grandchildren, each grandchild received 10.

It's ten to two (1:50 PM).

18 - This riddle allows for two answers: 49 or 102.

The result 49 is obtained when you add the result of the line of
top with the bottom line account:

The result 102 is obtained in the following way:

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Answer Key/Answers
19 - The letter 'o' of the words.

20 - Henrique is 8 years old.

Matheus is the age of Henrique, 8, plus half of his age, which is
4. Logo, 8 + 4 = 12 years.
Carlos has half of 12, which is 6, plus 2. We have that 6 + 2 = 8. Carlos
It's been 8 years.

Paulo is half the age of Carlos, who is 4, plus half of the

Henrique's age, which is also 4. So Paulo is 8.
Therefore, Matheus is the oldest at 12 years old. All the others
friends are 8 years old each.

21 - Stop telling me little stories because I'm already fed up with them.
problems.

22 - Four cats, one in each corner.

23 - The time.

24 - # = 10
$=5
% = 15

25 - Seven, because fish do not drown.

26 - Answer: 8@
From one column to the next on the right, there is a multiplication by 2.
For the #
From the first to the second column, # x 2 = ##. From the second to the
third, ## x 2 = ####.
For the &
From the first to the second column, 3& x 2 = 6&. From the second to the
third, 6 & x 2 = 12 &.
For the @
From the first to the second column, 2@ x 2 = 4@. From the second to the
third, 4@ x 2 = 8@.
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27 - Pineapple. If we take away 'abaca', we are left with 'XI', which in Roman numerals

it is 11.

28 - Correct answer: 43 years.

If the year is 2012 and Bruno is 16 years old, then he was born in 1996, because
2012 - 16 = 1996
Inverting the last two digits, we find that the year that the
Bruno's mother was born in 1969.
If the year is 2012, we subtract the year of Bruno's mother's birth and
we found your age.
2012 - 1969 = 43.
Therefore, Bruno's mother is 43 years old.

29 - Correct answer: Maria was on the twentieth step.

When making her last move, Maria climbed 6 steps and saw that only
three were missing to complete the 25, that is, Maria reached step 22.
25 - 3 = 22

As she climbed 6 steps to reach step 22, then she left.

from step 16.
22 - 6 = 16

To reach step 16, Maria had to descend 9 steps.

Therefore, to find the step from where she started, just add 16.
to number 9.
16 + 9 = 25

As she began her movements, Maria had to climb 5 steps to

reach step 25. Therefore, Maria was on step 20 when
started to count.
25 - 5 = 20.

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Answer Key/Responses
Answers to the 39 quick math riddles

half
2.a math puzzle
3. on a clock
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5.a chair
6.4
7.15
8.5
9.9
10.3
11.2
12.7
13.12
14.24
15.5
16. a square
three quarters
they have the same weight
19.50
20.100
21.4
22.64
23.6
24.10
25.365
26. approximately 4
27.60
28.2
29. an eighth
30.1 centimeter
31. one mile
32.11
33.5
34.12
35.8
36.4
37.4
38.11
39.9
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