Riddles & Brain Teasers

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What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone’s number pad?
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What 3 positive numbers give the same result when multiplied and added together?
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If 1/2 of 5 is 3, then what is 1/3 of 10?
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2 men catch 2 fish in 2 minutes. At this rate, how many men could catch 500 fish in 500 minutes?
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Use the numbers 2, 3, 4 and 5 and the symbols + and = to make a true equation.

Note: Each must be used exactly once and no other numbers or symbols can be used.
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John has been hired to paint the numbers 1 through 100 on 100 apartments.

How many times with he have to paint 8?
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What is 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 10,000?
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You have a large number of friends coming over and they all get thirsty. Your first friend asks for 1/2 a cup of water. Your second friend asks for 1/4 a cup of water. Your third friend asks for 1/8 a cup of water, etc.

How many cups of water do you need to serve your friends?
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As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives,
Each wife had seven sacks,
Each sack had seven cats,
Each cat had seven kits:
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
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If you have 30 white socks, 22 black socks, and 14 blue socks scattered across the floor in the dark, how many would you have to grab to get a matching pair?
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Which is correct, 9 and 5 is 13 or 9 plus 5 is 13?
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farmer has three fields. One of them has 3 bundles of hay, another has 4, and the last has 5. How many would he have in the first field if he combined all of them in that field?
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If you have a cake, how many pieces of cake can you form with 3 straight cuts?
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Mr. Smith has 4 daughters. Each of his daughters has a brother.

How many children does Mr. Smith have?
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Every time a man lies his nose grows to 150 percent of its size. Every time he tells the truth it shrinks to 50 percent of its size.

What will happen if he alternates between lies and the truth?
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Two men find an old gold coin and want to have a coin toss with it to decide who gets it. The only problem is the coin is heavier on one side so it comes up heads more than tails. What is a fair way for the men to toss the coin and decide who gets the coin?
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If a mountain climber climbed up a mountain one day from midnight to midnight the next day and does the same thing the following day when coming down the mountain, would there be a time at which he was at the same position on the mountain both day?
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What temperature is twice as hot as 0 degrees Celsius?
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You have two books. One of them is upside-down and the other is rotated so the top of the book is facing you.

What is the sum of the first page in each book?
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If you have two twins, three triplets and four quadruplets; how many people do you have?
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