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50+ Best Short Riddles to Remember (With Answers)

These short riddles are great for kids , teens, and adults to answer . A good riddle is one that challenges and elevates your critical thinking and lateral thinking skills. It’s a brain puzzle that can be a fun learning technique for kids . For example, if you’re a math teacher, you could put a math-related riddle, logic puzzle , or even a math pun at the end of a quiz to keep your kids entertained while using their brains at the same time. 

Easy Riddles 

Here are some easy short riddles . Some of these might be trick questions , but your brain will be sure to find the answers no problem!

There is a single-story yellow and pink house and everything is yellow and pink: yellow bricks , yellow doors, yellow windows, yellow walls, a pink cat, a pink fish , a pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower . What color is the staircase?

There are no stairs. It’s a one-story house .

Which will burn longer: the candles on the birthday cake of a boy or the candles on the birthday cake of a girl?

No candles burn longer–they all burn shorter. 

David’s father has three sons: Snap, Crackle and…? 

A monkey, a squirrel, and a bird are racing to the top of a coconut tree. Who gets to the banana first” the monkey, the squirrel, or the bird?

There are no bananas at the top of a coconut tree!

When does 11+3=2?

On a clock.

All 5 sisters are busy. Ann is reading a book , Rose is cooking, Katy is playing chess, and Mary is doing the laundry. What is the 5th sister doing?

She’s playing chess, of course! 

If you multiply me by any other number, the answer will always remain the same. What number am I?

A king, a queen, and two twins all lay in a large room. How are there no adults in the room?

They’re all beds!

Samuel was out for a walk when it started to rain. He did not have an umbrella and he wasn’t wearing a hat. His clothes were soaked, yet not a single hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?

Because Samuel is bald! 

Which is correct: 18 plus 19 is 36. Or 18 plus 19 are 36?

Actually, both are incorrect – 18 plus 19 is 37!

Which word is least like the others? Third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth?

Third, it is the only one not ending in “th”

What goes up and up, but never ever comes back down?

A person’s age

What has two humps and is found at the North Pole?

A lost camel!

During which month do people sleep the least?

February (There are fewer days!)

What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?

Tricky Riddles 

These are some tricky brain teasers that will force anyone to really use their brain in search of the answer . 

You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle, and a fireplace. What would you light first?

The match. 

I’m the beginning of the end and the end of time and space. I am in everything and surround every place. What am I?

The letter “E”.

What word in the English language has three consecutive double letters? ( Clue : it’s a compound word .)

Bookkeeper.

A man was found murdered on Sunday morning. His wife immediately called the police. The police went to the crime scene and question the wife and staff and got these alibis: The wife said she was sleeping, the cook was eating breakfast, the gardener was picking vegetables, the maid was getting the mail, the butler was cleaning the closet. The police instantly arrested the murderer. Who did it and how did they know?

It was the Maid. She said she was getting the mail but there’s no mail on Sundays!

I am a word of 5 letters and people eat me. If you remove the first letter , I become a form of energy. Remove the first two and I’m needed to live. Scramble the last 3 and you can drink me. What am I?

Wheat, heat, eat, tea

A man is asked what his daughters look like. He answers, “they are all blondes, but two, all brunettes, but two, and all redheads, but two.” How many daughters does he have?

Three. One is blonde, one is brunette, and one is a redhead.

A plane crashed between the border of Canada and America. Where do you bury the survivors?

They are survivors, you don’t bury them.

In a bus, there is a 26-year-old pregnant lady, a 30-year-old policeman, a 52-year-old random woman, and the driver who is 65 years old. Who is the youngest?

The baby of the pregnant lady.

What has thirteen hearts but no other organs?

A deck of cards.

I am a five letter word . I sound the same when you remove my first letter . I sound the same when you remove my 3rd letter . I sound the same when you remove my last letter , and I sound the same when you remove all three. Which word am I?

Empty, mpty, emty, emp-t, m t.

A boy and an engineer were fishing. The boy is the son of the engineer but the engineer is the father of the boy. Then who is the engineer?

The engineer is the boy’s mother. 

You always find me in the past, I can be created in the present, but the future can never taint me. What am I?

A woman is sitting in her hotel room when there is a knock at the door. She opened the door to see a man whom she had never seen before. He said, “Oh I’m sorry. I have made a mistake. I thought this was my room.” He then went down the corridor and in the elevator. The woman went back into her room and phoned security. What made the woman so suspicious of this man ?

You don’t knock on your own hotel room door! 

How can you drop a raw egg on the concrete floor without cracking it?

The egg won’t crack the concrete floor! 

A man is trapped in a room. The room has only two possible exits: two doors. Through the first door, there is a room constructed from magnifying glasses. The blazing hot sun instantly fries anything or anyone that enters. Through the second door, there is a fire-breathing dragon. How does the man escape?

He waits until night time and then goes through the first door.

Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?

A is the brother of B. B is the brother of C. C is the father of D. So how is D related to A?

A is D’s aunt.

Jeff is younger than Rodney but older than Debbie. Larry is older than Erica who is older than Jeff. Rodney is older than Larry. Who is the middle child?

You are participating in the swimming finals at the Olympics. In the final few seconds of the race, you narrowly pass the swimmer who was in third place. What place did you get?

Jimmy’s mother had three children. The first was called April, the second was called May. What was the name of the third?

Challenging Riddles 

Here are some of our favorite riddles , ones that are a lot more fun because of how challenging they are. 

A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms: the first is full of raging fires; the second, assassins with loaded guns, and the third, with lions who haven’t eaten in years. Which room is the safest?

The room with the lions because the lions are already dead. 

My buddies and I were inseparable mates Til one by one were we split My teacher, she gave me a smack on the pate And off in the corner I sit. Admittedly still I’m not hitting the books Though now I’m hugging a tree I guess in the end it’s not bad as it looks I went from a C to a B…

( Hint : it’s an object)

I occur twice in eternity, and I’m always within sight. What am I?

The letter “T” 

A man is found murdered in his office. The suspects are Peter, Julie, Jason, Molly, and Brian. In the office is a calendar with the numbers 6,4,9,10,11 written in blood. Who is the killer?

Jason is the killer. The numbers indicate months and the first letter of each month spells the name of the murderer, e.g. the 6th month is June and the first letter of June is J, the 4th month is April and the first letter of April is a, and so on.

When I am alive I do not speak. Anyone who wants to takes me captive and cuts off my head. They bite my bare body. I do no harm to anyone unless they cut me first. Then I soon make them cry. What am I?

Which English word is the odd one out – Stun, Ton, Evil, Letter , Mood, Bad, Snap, Straw?

Tim and Mel are long-distance lovers. Tim has just purchased an engagement ring for Mel and wants to mail it to her. Unfortunately, the only way to ensure the ring will be received is to place a lock on the package. Tim has locks and Mel has locks but neither have keys for each others’ locks. How can they ensure the ring isn’t stolen?

Tim places a lock on the package and sends it to Mel. Mel places one of her locks on the package and sends it back to Tim. Tim removes his lock and sends the package back to Mel.

The answer I give is yes, but what I mean is no. What was the question ?

“Do you mind?”

There are 3 switches outside of a room, all in the ‘off’ setting. One of them controls a lightbulb inside the room, the other two do nothing. You cannot see into the room, and once you open the door to the room, you cannot flip any of the switches any more. Before going into the room, how would you flip the switches in order to be able to tell which switch controls the light bulb?

Flip the first switch and keep it flipped for five minutes. Then unflip it, and flip the second switch. Go into the room. If the lightbulb is off but warm, the first switch controls it. If the light is on, the second switch controls it. If the light is off and cool, the third switch controls it.

The person who makes it has no need of it; the person who buys it has no use for it. The person who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What is it?

You walk into a creepy house by yourself. There is no electricity, plumbing or ventilation. Inside you notice 3 doors with numbers on them. Once you open the doors you will die a particular way. Door #1 You’ll be eaten by a lion who is hungry. Door #2 You’ll be stabbed to death. Door #3 There is an electric chair waiting for you. Which door do you pick?

Door #3, Since There Is No Electricity To Harm You.

A spider was given $28, an ant was given $21 and a chicken was given $7. How much money did the dog get?

$14 ($3.50 per leg)

A bag of onions weighs 175 lbs divided by 1/7th of its weight. How much does the bag of onions weigh?

35 lbs (1/7th of 35 is 5; 175 ÷ 5)

Never was, am always to be. No one ever saw me, nor ever will. And yet I am the confidence of all, to live and breathe on this terrestrial ball. What am I?

You throw away the outside, eat the inside, then throw away the inside. What is it?

Corn on the cob.

Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?

The number 8. On its side, it looks like the symbol for infinity and when you cut it in half, it looks like two zeroes.

Bonus Logic Riddles

Here are some bonus brainteasers that might be a bit more challenging. Test your knowledge!  

Einstein’s Hard Riddle 

Now, if you’re really up for a challenge, here is Albert Einstein’s riddle , one that is believed to be developed when he was young. The best way to find the answer to this brain teaser is through logic and deductive reasoning. 

Think you can solve it? 

Five houses painted five different colors stand in a row. One person of a different nationality lives in each house . The five homeowners all drink some type of beverage, smoke a certain cigar brand, and have a certain kind of pet. But none of the owners drink the same beverage, smoke the same type of cigar, or have the same pet.

Here are the clues:

• The Brit lives in the red house . 2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets. 3. The Dane drinks tea. 4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house . 5. The green house ‘s owner drinks coffee. 6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds. 7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill. 8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk. 9. The Norwegian lives in the first house . 10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats. 11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill. 12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer. 13. The German smokes Prince. 14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house . 15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.

Now, the question is… Who owns the fish?

Think you figured out the answer to this difficult riddle ? Well, here it is:

The German in house #4 owns the fish.

Hard Mythology Riddle  

There is a mythological story of a Sphinx, a monster with the body of a lion and the head of a woman. Apparently, the Sphinx sat on top of a rock along the road to the city of Thebes, stopping travelers and proposing to them a riddle . The Sphinx claimed that whoever failed the riddle would be killed, and evidently, not pass through to the city. 

This is the riddle : 

What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs during the day, and three legs in the evening?

Oedipus, the king of Thebes, figured out the answer to the riddle :

Man, who in childhood creeps on hands and knees, in manhood walks erect, and in old age with the aid of a staff. (Morning, day and night are representative of the stages of life.)

Here are some other fun riddles if you’re up for it: 

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January Nelson is a writer, editor, and dreamer. She writes about astrology, games, love, relationships, and entertainment. January graduated with an English and Literature degree from Columbia University.

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ENGLISH RIDDLES CATEGORIES

Welcome to our English Riddles category! Here you will find a variety of riddles with answers to challenge your brain and improve your problem-solving skills. From maths riddles to detective riddles , we have something for everyone. And if you're feeling extra tricky, try your hand at our matchstick riddles – they may seem simple, but they can be deceptively challenging. Whatever type of riddle you're in the mood for, we have you covered! Let’s Enjoy it!

English Riddles with Answers

Welcome to our Riddles with Answers category! Here you will find a variety of brain teasers and hard riddles to challenge your problem-solving skills. We have riddles with answers for both kids and adults, so there's something for everyone. If you're looking for a little bit of fun, check out our funny riddles . And if you're feeling stumped, try your hand at our "what am i" riddles – they may seem simple, but they can be deceptively tricky. Whatever type of riddle you're in the mood for, we have you covered. Our riddles categories are as follows -

English Detective Riddles

Welcome to our Detective Riddles with Answers category! Here you will find a variety of riddles inspired by the famous detective duo of Sherlock Holmes and Detective Mehul. These riddles will challenge your problem-solving skills as you try to figure out "who is the killer" in a variety of scenarios. From hard detective riddles to short murder mysteries, we have something for everyone. If you're feeling particularly tricky, try your hand at our tricky detective riddles – they may seem simple, but they can be deceptively challenging. Whatever type of detective riddle you're in the mood for, we have you covered. Our Detective Riddles categories are as follows

Math Riddles

Welcome to our Math Riddles with Answers category! Here you will find a variety of math riddles and puzzles to challenge your mathematical skills. From tricky maths puzzles to picture math puzzles, we have something for everyone. These math puzzles are not only fun to solve, but they can also help improve your problem-solving skills and logical thinking. So why not give them a try? Whatever type of math riddle you're in the mood for, we have you covered!

Matchstick Puzzles

Welcome to our Matchstick Puzzles category! Here you will find a variety of puzzles that use matchsticks to create equations or solve problems. From puzzles that require you to move just one matchstick to those that require you to move two, we have something for every skill level. These puzzles may seem simple, but they can be deceptively challenging – perfect for testing your problem-solving skills and logical thinking. So why not give them a try? Whatever type of matchstick puzzle you're in the mood for, we have you covered!

20 Tough Riddles for Adults That Will Have You Scratching Your Head

Put your logic and math skills to the test. No cheating!

So go grab a pencil and a piece of scratch paper and prepare to rip your hair out (and we really do mean that in the best way possible). When you think you’ve got the right answer, click the link at the bottom of each riddle to find the solution. Got it wrong? No worries, you have 19 other riddles to test out.

Navigate Through Our Riddles:

Puzzmo / The King’s Orders / How Many Eggs? / The Gold Chain / Pickleball / Circuit Breaker / Two Trains, Two Grandmas / Ant Math / Peppermint Patty / Great American Rail Trail / A Cruel SAT Problem / Movie Stars Cross a River / Tribute to a Math Genius / One Belt, One Earth / Elbow Tapping / Whiskey Problem / Doodle Problem / Stumping Scientists / What ’ s On Her Forehead? / Keanu for President / Who Opened the Lockers?

Riddle No. 1: The King’s Orders Make for One Hell of a Brain Teaser

Difficulty: easy.

King Nupe of the kingdom Catan dotes on his two daughters so much that he decides the kingdom would be better off with more girls than boys, and he makes the following decree: All child-bearing couples must continue to bear children until they have a daughter!

But to avoid overpopulation, he makes an additional decree: All child-bearing couples will stop having children once they have a daughter! His subjects immediately begin following his orders.

After many years, what’s the expected ratio of girls to boys in Catan?

The likelihood of each baby born being a girl is, of course, 50 percent.

Ready for the solution? Click here to see if you’re right .

Riddle No. 2: How Many Eggs Does This Hen Lay?

This problem is in honor of my dad, Harold Feiveson. It’s due to him that I love math puzzles, and this is one of the first problems (of many) that he gave me when I was growing up.

A hen and a half lays an egg and a half in a day and a half. How many eggs does one hen lay in one day?

Riddle No. 3: The Gold Chain Math Problem Is Deceptively Simple

Difficulty: moderate.

You’re rummaging around your great grandmother’s attic when you find five short chains each made of four gold links. It occurs to you that if you combined them all into one big loop of 20 links, you’d have an incredible necklace. So you bring it into a jeweler, who tells you the cost of making the necklace will be $10 for each gold link that she has to break and then reseal.

How much will it cost?

Riddle No. 4: Try to Solve This Pickleball Puzzle

Difficulty: 🚨hard🚨.

Kenny, Abby, and Ned got together for a round-robin pickleball tournament, where, as usual, the winner stays on after each game to play the person who sat out that game. At the end of their pickleball afternoon, Abby is exhausted, having played the last seven straight games. Kenny, who is less winded, tallies up the games played:

Kenny played eight games

Abby played 12 games

Ned played 14 games

Who won the fourth game against whom?

How many total games were played?

Riddle No. 5: Our Circuit Breaker Riddle Is Pure Evil. Sorry.

The circuit breaker box in your new house is in an inconvenient corner of your basement. To your chagrin, you discover none of the 100 circuit breakers is labeled, and you face the daunting prospect of matching each circuit breaker to its respective light. (Suppose each circuit breaker maps to only one light.)

To start with, you switch all 100 lights in the house to “on,” and then you head down to your basement to begin the onerous mapping process. On every trip to your basement, you can switch any number of circuit breakers on or off. You can then roam the hallways of your house to discover which lights are on and which are off.

What is the minimum number of trips you need to make to the basement to map every circuit breaker to every light?

The solution does not involve either switching on or off the light switches in your house or feeling how hot the lightbulbs are. You might want to try solving for the case of 10 unlabeled circuit breakers first.

Riddle No. 6: Two Trains. Two Grandmas. Can You Solve This Tricky Math Riddle?

Jesse’s two grandmothers want to see him every weekend, but they live on opposite sides of town. As a compromise, he tells them that every Sunday, he’ll head to the subway station nearest to his apartment at a random time of the day and will hop on the next train that arrives.

If it happens to be the train traveling north, he’ll visit his Grandma Erica uptown, and if it happens to be the train traveling south, he’ll visit his Grandma Cara downtown. Both of his grandmothers are okay with this plan, since they know both the northbound and southbound trains run every 20 minutes.

But after a few months of doing this, Grandma Cara complains that she sees him only one out of five Sundays. Jesse promises he’s indeed heading to the station at a random time each day. How can this be?

The trains always arrive at their scheduled times.

Riddle No. 7: Here’s a Really F@*#ing Hard Math Problem About Ants

Max and Rose are ant siblings. They love to race each other, but always tie, since they actually crawl at the exact same speed. So they decide to create a race where one of them (hopefully) will win.

For this race, each of them will start at the bottom corner of a cuboid, and then crawl as fast as they can to reach a crumb at the opposite corner. The measurements of their cuboids are as pictured:

If they both take the shortest possible route to reach their crumb, who will reach their crumb first? (Don’t forget they’re ants, so of course they can climb anywhere on the edges or surface of the cuboid.)

Remember: Think outside the box.

Riddle No. 8: This Peppermint Patty Riddle Is Practically Impossible

You’re facing your friend, Caryn, in a “candy-off,” which works as follows: There’s a pile of 100 caramels and one peppermint patty. You and Caryn will go back and forth taking at least one and no more than five caramels from the candy pile in each turn. The person who removes the last caramel will also get the peppermint patty. And you love peppermint patties.

Suppose Caryn lets you decide who goes first. Who should you choose in order to make sure you win the peppermint patty?

First, solve for a pile of 10 caramels.

Riddle No. 9: Can You Solve the Great American Rail-Trail Riddle?

This problem was suggested by the physicist P. Jeffrey Ungar.

Finally, the Great American Rail-Trail across the whole country is complete! Go ahead, pat yourself on the back—you’ve just installed the longest handrail in the history of the world, with 4,000 miles from beginning to end. But just after the opening ceremony, your assistant reminds you that the metal you used for the handrail expands slightly in summer, so that its length will increase by one inch in total.

“Ha!” you say, “One inch in a 4,000 mile handrail? That’s nothing!” But … are you right?

Let’s suppose when the handrail expands, it buckles upward at its weakest point, which is in the center. How much higher will pedestrians in the middle of the country have to reach in summer to grab the handrail? That is, in the figure below, what is h ? (For the purposes of this question, ignore the curvature of the Earth and assume the trail is a straight line.)

Pythagoras is a fascinating historical figure.

Riddle No. 10: This Riddle Is Like an Especially Cruel SAT Problem. Can You Find the Answer?

Amanda lives with her teenage son, Matt, in the countryside—a car ride away from Matt’s school. Every afternoon, Amanda leaves the house at the same time, drives to the school at a constant speed, picks Matt up exactly when his chess club ends at 5 p.m., and then they immediately return home together at the same constant speed. But one day, Matt isn’t feeling well, so he leaves chess practice early and starts to head home on his portable scooter.

After Matt has been scooting for an hour, Amanda comes across him in her car (on her usual route to pick him up), and they return together, arriving home 40 minutes earlier than they usually do. How much chess practice did Matt miss?

Consider the case where Amanda meets Matt exactly as she’s leaving their house.

Riddle No. 11: Can You Get These 3 Movie Stars Across the River?

Three movie stars, Chloe, Lexa, and Jon, are filming a movie in the Amazon. They’re very famous and very high-maintenance, so their agents are always with them. One day, after filming a scene deep in the rainforest, the three actors and their agents decide to head back to home base by foot. Suddenly, they come to a large river.

On the riverbank, they find a small rowboat, but it’s only big enough to hold two of them at one time. The catch? None of the agents are comfortable leaving their movie star with any other agents if they’re not there as well. They don’t trust that the other agents won’t try to poach their star.

For example, Chloe’s agent is okay if Chloe and Lexa are alone in the boat or on one of the riverbanks, but definitely not okay if Lexa’s agent is also with them. So how can they all get across the river?

There isn’t just one way to solve this problem.

Riddle No. 12: This Ludicrously Hard Riddle Is Our Tribute to a Late Math Genius. Can You Figure It Out?

On April 11, John Horton Conway , a brilliant mathematician who had an intense and playful love of puzzles and games, died of complications from COVID-19. Conway is the inventor of one of my favorite legendary problems (not for the faint of heart) and, famously, the Game of Life . I created this problem in his honor.

Carol was creating a family tree, but had trouble tracking down her mother’s birthdate. The only clue she found was a letter written from her grandfather to her grandmother on the day her mother was born. Unfortunately, some of the characters were smudged out, represented here with a “___” . (The length of the line does not reflect the number of smudged characters.)

“Dear Virginia,

Little did I know when I headed to work this Monday morning, that by evening we would have a beautiful baby girl. And on our wedding anniversary, no less! It makes me think back to that incredible weekend day, J___ 27th, 19___ , when we first shared our vow to create a family together, and, well, here we are! Happy eighth anniversary, my love.

Love, Edwin”

The question: When was Carol’s mother born?

This problem is inspired by Conway’s Doomsday Rule .

Riddle No. 13: To Solve This Twisty Math Riddle, You Just Need One Belt and One Earth

Imagine you have a very long belt. Well, extremely long, really … in fact, it’s just long enough that it can wrap snugly around the circumference of our entire planet. (For the sake of simplicity, let’s suppose Earth is perfectly round, with no mountains, oceans, or other barriers in the way of the belt.)

Naturally, you’re very proud of your belt. But then your brother, Peter, shows up—and to your disgruntlement, he produces a belt that’s just a bit longer than yours. He brags his belt is longer by exactly his height: 6 feet.

If Peter were also to wrap his belt around the circumference of Earth, how far above the surface could he suspend the belt if he pulled it tautly and uniformly?

Earth’s circumference is about 25,000 miles, or 130 million feet … but you don’t need to know that to solve this problem.

Riddle No. 14: This Elbow Tapping Riddle Is Diabolical. Good Luck Solving It.

In some future time, when the shelter-in-place bans are lifted, a married couple, Florian and Julia, head over to a bar to celebrate their newfound freedom.

They find four other couples there who had the same idea.

Eager for social contact, every person in the five couples enthusiastically taps elbows (the new handshake) with each person they haven’t yet met .

It actually turns out many of the people had known each other prior, so when Julia asks everyone how many elbows they each tapped, she remarkably gets nine different answers!

The question: How many elbows did Florian tap?

What nine answers did Julia hear?

Riddle No. 15: You’ll Need a Drink After Trying to Solve This Whisky Riddle

Alan and Claire live by the old Scottish saying, “Never have whisky without water, nor water without whisky!” So one day, when Alan has in front of him a glass of whisky, and Claire has in front of her a same-sized glass of water, Alan takes a spoonful of his whisky and puts it in Claire’s water. Claire stirs her whisky-tinted water, and then puts a spoonful of this mixture back into Alan’s whisky to make sure they have exactly the same amount to drink.

So: Is there more water in Alan’s whisky, or more whisky in Claire’s water? And does it matter how well Claire stirred?

The size of the spoon does not matter.

Riddle No. 16: The Doodle Problem Is a Lot Harder Than It Looks. Can You Solve It?

This week’s riddle is relatively simple—but sinister all the same.

The question: Can you make 100 by interspersing any number of pluses and minuses within the string of digits 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1? You can’t change the order of the digits! So what’s the least number of pluses and minuses needed to make 100?

For instance, 98 - 7 - 6 + 54 - 32 shows one way of interspersing pluses and minuses, but since it equals 107, it’s not a solution.

I call this a “doodle problem”: one that’s best worked on during meetings where you might be doodling otherwise.

You might want to start looking for solutions that use a total of seven pluses and minuses (although there are ways to use fewer).

Ready for the solution? Click here to see if you’re right.

Riddle No. 17: This Math Puzzle Stumped Every Scientist but One. Think You Can Crack It?

Difficulty: hard.

In honor of Freeman Dyson, the renowned physicist who died last month , here’s a legendary tale demonstrating his quick wit and incredible brain power.

One day, in a gathering of top scientists, one of them wondered out loud whether there exists an integer that you could exactly double by moving its last digit to its front. For instance, 265 would satisfy this if 526 were its exact double—which it isn’t.

After apparently just five seconds , Dyson responded, “Of course there is, but the smallest such number has 18 digits.”

This left some of the smartest scientists in the world puzzling over how he could have figured this out so quickly.

So given Dyson’s hint, what is the smallest such number?

My second grader has recently learned how to add a 3-digit number to itself using the classic vertical method:

18-digit numbers, of course, can be added in the same way.

Riddle No. 18: Figure Out What’s on Her Forehead

Cecilia loves testing the logic of her very logical friends Jaya, Julian, and Levi, so she announces:

“I’ll write a positive number on each of your foreheads. None of the numbers are the same, and two of the numbers add up to the third.”

She scribbles the numbers on their heads, then turns to Jaya and asks her what her number is. Jaya sees Julian has 20 on his forehead, and Levi has 30 on his. She thinks for a moment and then says, “I don’t know what my number is.” Julian pipes in, “I also don’t know my number,” and then Levi exclaims, “Me neither!” Cecilia gleefully says, “I’ve finally stumped you guys!”

“Not so fast!” Jaya says. “Now I know my number!”

What is Jaya’s number?

Jaya could be one of two numbers, but only one of those numbers would lead to Julian and Levi both not knowing their numbers. Why?

Riddle No. 19: Can You Get Keanu Reeves Elected As President?

It’s 2024, and there are five candidates running in the democratic primary: Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Mark Cuban, Keanu Reeves, and Dwayne Johnson. (Hey, it could happen.) As usual, the first primary is in Iowa.

In an effort to overcome its embarrassment after the 2020 caucus debacle , the Iowa Democratic Party has just announced a new, foolproof way of finding the best candidate: there will be four consecutive elections.

First, candidate 1 will run against candidate 2. Next, the winner of that will run against candidate 3, then that winner will run against candidate 4, and finally the winner of that election will run against the final candidate. By the transitive property, the winner of this last election must be the best candidate ... so says the Iowa Democratic Party.

Candidate Keanu has been feeling pretty low, as he knows he is ranked near the bottom by most voters, and at the top by none. In fact, he knows the Iowa population is divided into five equal groups, and that their preferences are as follows:

Keanu is childhood friends with Bill S. Preston, Esq., the new head of the Iowa Democratic Party. Preston, confident that the order of the candidates doesn’t matter for the outcome, tells Keanu he can choose the voting order of the candidates.

So what order should Keanu choose?

How would Keanu fare in one-to-one races against each candidate?

Riddle No. 20: Who Opened All These Damn Lockers?

There are 100 lockers that line the main hallway of Chelm High School. Every night, the school principal makes sure all the lockers are closed so that there will be an orderly start to the next day. One day, 100 mischievous students decide that they will play a prank.

The students all meet before school starts and line up. The first student then walks down the hallway, and opens every locker. The next student follows by closing every other locker (starting at the second locker). Student 3 then goes to every third locker (starting with the third) and opens it if it’s closed, and closes it if it’s open. Student 4 follows by opening every fourth locker if it’s closed and closing it if it’s open. This goes on and on until Student 100 finally goes to the hundredth locker. When the principal arrives later in the morning, which lockers does she find open?

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38 Hard Math Riddles (With Answers) For Future Geniuses

Stump the mathletes of the family with these extra-tricky math riddles and puzzles.

No one’s indifferent to the long-form math word problem with the opening lines, “There are 67 people on a train traveling west at 45 miles an hour.” Those verbal equations tend to either thrill us or fill us with dread. While we all tumble effortlessly through daily encounters with simple arithmetic, sometimes math riddles and word problems stop us in our tracks. They’re often a thorny and delightful combination of the abstract and the real world, which is why they’re perfect for kids.

To solve a math riddle, kids must convert a few sentences about a real-life scenario into the right combination of mathematical equations. Using logic, creative problem solving, and common sense, children can crack any code, including math riddles. Although tough, the harder ones especially offer a gratifying challenge to kids (and, let’s be frank, adults).

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Fortunately, shrouding a difficult equation behind a fun and engaging riddle is the best way to get your kid interested in math well before they face the great divide in eighth grade caused by the quadratic formula. These tricky math riddles keep kids entertained while quietly sharpening their logic and math skills. Odds are, you’ll learn something, too.

Basic Math Riddles For Kids

1. Riddle: If there are four apples and you take away three, how many do you have? / Answer: You took three apples, so you have three!

2. Riddle : A grandmother, two mothers, and two daughters went to a baseball game together and bought one ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total? / Answer : Three tickets / Explanation: The grandmother is also a mother, and the mother is also a daughter.

3. Riddle: Eggs are 12 cents a dozen. How many eggs can you get for a dollar? / Answer: 100 eggs for a penny each

4. Riddle: How can you add eight fours together so the total adds up to 500? / Answer: 444 + 44 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 500

5. Riddle: If seven people meet each other and each shake hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes happened? / Answer: 21

Middle School Math Riddles

1. Riddle: A 300 ft. train is traveling 300 ft. per minute must travel through a 300 ft. long tunnel. How long will it take the train to travel through the tunnel?

Answer: Two minutes. It takes the front of the train one minute, and the rest of the train will take two minutes to clear the tunnel.

2. Riddle: A cellphone and a phone case cost $110 in total. The cell phone costs $100 more than the phone case. How much was the cellphone?

Answer: $105 (not $110)

3. Riddle: Robert and David played several golf matches against each other in a week. They played for a pizza at each match, but no pizzas were purchased until the end of the week. If Robert and David had the same number of wins at any time, those pizzas were canceled. Robert won four matches (but no pizzas), and David won three pizzas. How many rounds of golf were played? /

Explanation: David won seven matches — four to cancel out Robert’s four wins and three more to win the pizzas.

4. Riddle: I am a three-digit number. My second digit is four times bigger than the third digit. My first digit is three less than my second digit. Who am I?

Answer: 141

5. Riddle: I add five to nine and get two. The answer is correct, but how?

Answer: When it is 9 a.m., add five hours to it, and you will get to 2 p.m.

6. Riddle: A half is a third of it. What is it?

Answer: 1 1/2

7. Riddle: When Miguel was 6 years old, his little sister, Leila, was half his age. If Miguel is 40 years old today, how old is Leila?

Answer: She is 37 years old.

8. Riddle: Tom was asked to paint numbers outside 100 apartments, which means he will have to paint numbers one through 100. How many times will he have to paint the number eight?

Answer: 20 times / Explanation: (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 98)

9. Riddle: What can you put between a seven and an eight so that the result is greater than a seven but less than an eight?

Answer: A decimal because 7.8 is greater than seven but less than eight.

10. Riddle: “How much is this bag of potatoes?” asked the man. “Thirty-two pounds divided by half of its own weight,” said the grocer. How much did the potatoes weigh?

Answer: 8 lbs

11. Riddle: When Lisa was 6 years old, her sister Lucy was half her age. If Lisa is 40 years old today, how old is Lucy?

Explanation: Lucy is three years younger than Lisa.

12. Riddle: You are given three positive numbers. You can add these numbers and multiply them together. The result you get will be the same. What are the numbers?

Answer: One, two, and three.

Animal Math Riddles

1. Riddle: There are 100 pairs of dogs in a zoo; a pair of babies are born for each dog. Unfortunately, 23 of the dogs have not survived. How many dogs are left in total?

Answer: 977 dogs

Explanation: 100 x 2 = 200; 200 + 800 = 1,000; 1,000 – 23 = 977

2. Riddle: If a hen and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, how many eggs will half a dozen hens lay in half a dozen days?

Answer: Two dozen

3. Riddle: Leon works at the aquarium. When he tries to put each turtle in its own tank, he has one turtle too many. But if he puts two turtles per tank, he has one tank too many. How many turtles and how many tanks does Leon have?

Answer: He has three tanks and four turtles.

4. Riddle: A duck was given $9, a spider was given $36, and a bee was given $27. Based on this information, how much money would be given to a cat?

Answer: $18 ($4.50 per leg)

5. Riddle: If you buy a rooster to lay eggs and you expect to get three eggs each day for breakfast, how many eggs will you have after three weeks?

Answer: None. Roosters don’t lay eggs.

6. Riddle: A farmer has 19 sheep on his land. One day, a big storm hits, and all but seven run away. How many sheep does the farmer have left?

Answer: Seven. All but seven ran away.

Fun Math Riddles

1. Riddle: A group of students were standing in the blazing sun facing due west on a march past event. The leader shouted at them: Right turn! About turn! Left turn! At the end of these commands, which direction are the students facing now?

Answer: East

Explanation: They will turn 90 degrees in a right turn and then 180 degrees in an about-turn, and finally turn 90 degrees in a left turn. Therefore, the students are now facing east.

2. Riddle: Which weighs more, 16 ounces of soda or a pound of solid gold?

Answer: Neither. They both weigh the same!

3. Riddle: At the time of shipping, Tom can place 10 small boxes or eight large boxes into a carton. A total of 96 boxes were sent in one shipment. The number of small boxes was less than the large boxes. What is the total number of cartons he shipped?

Answer: 11 cartons

Explanation: Four small boxes (410 = 40 boxes) + seven large boxes (78 = 56 boxes). So, 96 boxes and 11 total cartons.

4. Riddle: What’s the maximum number of times you can subtract five from 25?

Answer: Only once. This is because when you subtract five the first time, 25 becomes 20, then 15, and so on.

5. Riddle: The total cost of a pair of shoes and a hoodie is $150. The hoodie cost $100 more than the pair of shoes. How much does each item cost?

Answer: The hoodie costs $125, and the shoes cost $25.

6. Riddle: You have two U.S. coins with a total value of 30 cents. One of them is not a nickel. What are the two coins?

Answer: One is a quarter, and one is a nickel.

7. Riddle: I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is six more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?

Answer: 193

8. Riddle: A man is twice as old as his little sister. He is also half as old as his dad. Over a period of 50 years, his sister’s age will become half of their dad’s age. What is the age of the man now?

Answer: 50 years old

8. Riddle: If four men can build four tables in four hours, how many can eight men build in eight hours?

Answer : 16 tables

9. Riddle : There is a clothing store in Dallas. The owner has made his own method of pricing items. A vest costs $20, socks cost $25, a tie costs $15, and a blouse costs $30. Using the method, how much would a pair of underwear cost?

Answer: $45

Explanation: The pricing method consists of charging $5 for each letter required to spell the item.

10. Riddle: If you go to the movies and you’re paying, is it cheaper to take one friend to the movies twice or two friends to the movies at the same time?

Answer: It’s cheaper to take two friends at the same time.

Explanation: In this case, you would only be buying three tickets, whereas if you take the same friend twice, you are purchasing four tickets.

11. Riddle: A little boy goes shopping and purchases 12 tomatoes. On the way home, all but nine get mushed and ruined. How many tomatoes are left in good condition?

Answer: Nine tomatoes.

12. Riddle: What occurs twice a week, once a year but never in a day?

Answer: The letter E.

13. Riddle: What 4 days of the week start with the letter T?

Answer: Tuesday, Thursday, Today, and Tomorrow.

14. Riddle: What occurs once every minute, twice in every moment, and yet never in a thousand years?

Answer: The letter M.

15. Riddle: How did the soccer fan know before the game that the score would be 0-0?

Answer: The score is always 0-0 before the game.

Editor’s note: All of these mind-boggling math riddles are in the public domain. However, we spotted a few of these on Kids Math Games Online , Get Riddles , Riddles.com , Everything Mom , Mash Up Math , and Greeting Card Poet , which we can’t recommend strongly enough.

This article was originally published on Feb. 26, 2021

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Opportunities in software engineering are everywhere, thanks to rapidly developing technologies and computing innovations around the globe. With a high demand for tech-savvy professionals who can drive their industries forward, a degree in software engineering is more valuable than ever.

As one of the nation’s top undergraduate engineering schools, Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University  offers advanced programs in-person or online. The Daytona Beach, Florida,  and Prescott, Arizona,  campuses allow for hands-on experience in the classroom, while the Worldwide Campus  gives students the flexibility to earn their degree at home (or anywhere with internet access) and on their own time.

“Our program allows participants to tackle practical, real-world problems from day one. They work independently and collaboratively, adhering to industry standards, significantly enhancing their appeal to top-tier employers upon graduation," says Colin Doyle, program coordinator and assistant professor of the Practice in Software Engineering at the Worldwide Campus.

With a Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering , students are prepared to excel in their careers upon graduation and beyond. Leaning on expertise and a dedication to ensuring student success, we’ve compiled our tips and tricks for finding success as a software engineer.

What is your plan?

Do you have a clear vision for your future? Are you still undecided on which engineering field is right for you? No problem – ask yourself these questions to ensure your plans will take you where you want to go. 

• Which engineering field aligns with my interests and strengths? 
• What are my short-term and long-term career goals? 
• What degree path best matches these goals?

What is software engineering?

Software engineering facilitates and supports the design and implementation of software systems. Software engineering plays a role in nearly every industry, from aviation and aerospace to medicine and more. Software engineering covers the design, implementation and testing of software projects – from concept to completion.

Professor Ed Post, chair of the Computer, Electrical and Software Engineering Department on the Prescott Campus, gave his own thoughts on defining the field of software engineering:

"Software engineering is the perfect discipline for people who are creative problem solvers. Unlike the limits imposed on the physical world, in the digital world, the only limit is the imagination. I like to see how excited students become as they apply the knowledge and skills they have learned in their program to solve challenging real-world problems.” 

Software engineers are problem solvers, innovators and critical thinkers. They are able to look at software with a systems-level approach – meaning that they can view how the different pieces of a software application work together to form a cohesive and functional whole.

Software engineering students, especially those in Embry-Riddle's B.S. in Software Engineering, learn to work within real-time, safety-critical systems that are crucial to the functions of everyday life. Ensuring high-quality software is essential in industries like transportation and medicine, where people rely on advanced software systems for their safety and success.

What does it take to become a software engineer?

Software engineers are crucial to developing technological advancements and ensuring our current systems operate smoothly. Because of the continuous rise in technological capability and the implementation of software systems in emerging fields, the demand for software expertise is rapidly increasing.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , the typical entry-level education for software developers, quality assurance analysts and testers is a bachelor’s degree – meaning that opportunities will be plentiful after graduation.

Embry-Riddle's Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering  places career readiness at the forefront of its teachings, aiming to produce students who “hit the ground running” in their careers after graduation. Students learn to:

• Identify, formulate and solve complex engineering problems.
• Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs.
• Consider public health, safety and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental and economic factors in their work.
• Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering to make informed judgments.
• Function effectively on a team to provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks and meet objectives.
• Conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.

Courses within this program include Digital Circuit Design, Computing Theory, Information and Computer Security, Software Construction, Organization of Programming Languages and more, all designed to allow students to grow into expert engineers.

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“Effective communication and teamwork are crucial for the success of these projects. At Embry-Riddle, students are required to work as part of a team starting in their first semester. This makes our graduates very attractive to top employers.”

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Making the decision to attend Embry‑Riddle to become an engineer is a wise choice. Roles in software engineering are vast and exciting – and graduates have found success in organizations such as The Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, Google, Microsoft, Phillips Medical and more.

Software engineers may find work in roles such as:

• Cloud Solutions Architect: Designs and manages scalable and reliable cloud infrastructure, helping companies leverage cloud computing technologies.
• Embedded Systems Engineer: Designs and implements software for embedded devices, which are computers integrated into other machines and systems.
• IoT Engineer: Develops solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT), integrating various devices and systems to work seamlessly together.
• System Analyst: Bridges the gap between business requirements and technological solutions, ensuring that software systems meet organizational needs.
• Quality Assurance Engineer: Ensure software products are reliable, functional and free of defects by conducting rigorous testing and quality assessments.

Other roles in software engineering include Mobile Application Developer, Data Engineer, Game Developer, IT Project Manager, DevOps Engineer and more.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 25% job growth for software developers, quality assurance analysts and testers through the next decade – a growth rate that is reported as much faster than the average across all occupations. Partnered with this growth, which adds up to about 153,900 new jobs per year, the median annual salary for these roles is reported as $130,160.

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Earning a degree in Software Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University can set you on a path to success and lifelong learning after graduation. 

Renowned for excellence in engineering, Embry‑Riddle offers unmatched resources and opportunities that can provide you with the knowledge, skills and experience necessary for success after graduation. Join a community of innovators and help shape the future of engineering and technology.

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As ambassador to Israel in the Clinton administration and as a special envoy under Barack Obama, he was skeptical of Israeli settlements.

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Mark Landler covered the Middle East peace process as a diplomatic correspondent and White House correspondent.

Martin S. Indyk, a diplomat, author and foreign-policy thinker who spent decades trying to solve the riddle of Middle East peace, twice as the United States ambassador to Israel and later as a special envoy for President Barack Obama, died on Thursday at his home in New Fairfield, Conn. He was 73.

The cause was complications of esophageal cancer, his wife, Gahl Hodges Burt, said.

An Australian-bred academic with a quick wit, blunt manner and pro-Israel pedigree, Mr. Indyk cut an unconventional figure in the State Department of the 1990s. But he propelled himself to the heart of America’s efforts to make peace between the Israelis and Palestinians.

In 2013, he shuttled from one side to the other as Mr. Obama’s emissary. Fifteen years earlier, he helped craft an agreement between them at the Wye Plantation in Maryland on behalf of President Bill Clinton.

Mr. Indyk balanced a fervent commitment to Israel, rooted in his time as a graduate student in Jerusalem during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, with an abiding skepticism of Jewish settlements. He saw them as blighting the prospect of a two-state solution, which would allow Israelis and Palestinians to end decades of bloody conflict.

In his final months, he watched in dismay as Hamas fighters attacked Israeli citizens, prompting a ferocious Israeli military retaliation in the Gaza Strip. For Mr. Indyk, the violence carried a tragic echo of what he had referred to in an interview with the journal Foreign Affairs as Israel’s “hubris” before the Yom Kippur War.

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