Riddles & Brain Teasers
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Frank weighs half as much as John, and Hubert weighs three times as much as Frank. Their combined weight is 720 pounds. How much does each man weigh?
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If John weighs twice as much as Frank, and Hubert three times as much, dividing their total weight by six gives us Franks weight (think x + 2x + 3x = 720). 720 divided by 6 tells us that Frank weighs, 120 pounds, so John weighs 240 pounds and Hubert 360.
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Two planes headed towards each other, and are currently 440 miles apart. If one is going 240 miles per hour and the other 360 miles per hour, how far apart will they be four minutes before they meet?
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40 miles apart. Combining their speeds we know that they are closing the gap at 600 miles per hour, which is 10 miles per minute (600 divided by 60 minutes in an hour). Therefore they will go 40 miles in the last four minutes (4 minutes times 10 miles).
+10
In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10 ?
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4.
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How can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000? (only use addition)
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The key to this math riddle is realizing that the one place must be zero.888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =1,000
+26
Joan and Jane are sisters. Jean is Joan’s daughter and 12 years younger than her aunt. Joan is twice as old as Jean. Four years ago, Joan was the same age as Jane is now, and Jane was twice as old as her niece. How old is Jean?
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Joan is 32, Jane is 28, and Jean is 16.
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A woman has 100 yards of cloth on a single roll, and she wants to divide it into 100 lengths of 1 yard each. It takes her 3 seconds to cut each length. Working non-stop, how long will it take her to cut all 100 pieces?
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The answer is 297 seconds, not 300 as most people would suppose. This is because the 100 pieces are made in 99 cuts. The last cut made results in 2 pieces instead of only one piece.
+32
What is blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, black, and grey?
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A box of crayonst
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What did the fly say when he landed on the book?
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“I think 1 read this story before.”
+13
What did King Kong say when he saw the Statue of Liberty?
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“Are you my mother?”
+30
The alphabet goes from A to Z. What goes from Z to A?
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Zebra
+26
How can you tell when there is an elephant in your sandwich?
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When it is too heavy to lift
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How can you make a soup rich?
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Add 14 carrots (carats) to it
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Where does Valentine’s Day come after Easter?
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In the dictionary
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