Math Riddles - Page 7

How many squares are in a chessboard ?
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You are right next to a river and have a 5 gallon container and a 3 gallon container. You need to measure out 1 gallon of water. How do you do it?
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What kind of pliers do you use in arithmetic?
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What are ten things you can always count on?
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What did the circle say to the tangent line?
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What do you have to know to get top grades in geometry?
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What kind of tree does a math teacher climb?
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How will a mathematician win a war easily?
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How does a Mathematician support himself?
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Why is math a violent subject?
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Who invented fractions?
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What chart is appropriate is at a baker’s convention?
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What does a statistician use to measure the weight of trees?
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If it takes twenty minutes to hard-boil one goose egg, how long will it take to hard-boil four goose eggs?
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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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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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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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How can you add eight 8’s to get the number 1,000? (only use addition)
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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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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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