Are you ready to put your math skills to the ultimate test? Dive into our Math Riddles collection at Riddlor, where numbers, logic, and creativity combine to challenge and entertain you.
From clever puzzles to tricky problems, these riddles will stretch your brain and make math more exciting than ever before!
Here’s a teaser to get you started: “I’m a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit, and my hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?”
Whether you’re a math genius or just love a good challenge, these riddles are perfect for sharpening your mind.
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Easy Math Riddles for Kids
These math riddles are simple and fun, perfect for kids just starting to explore the world of numbers. Enjoy these easy puzzles that are perfect for a quick challenge!
- What has 4 sides, but isn’t a square? ➖
Answer: A rectangle. - I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I? 🔢
Answer: Seven (remove the “s” to get “even”). - What is the sum of 5 and 10? ➕
Answer: 15. - If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five? 🧮
Answer: Nine. - How many months have 28 days? 🗓️
Answer: All of them! - What comes next in the sequence: 1, 2, 4, 8, __? 🔢
Answer: 16. - What’s half of 2 plus 2? ➗
Answer: 3 (half of 2 is 1, then add 2). - How many zeros are in one hundred? 🔢
Answer: Two. - I am a number that is the same forwards and backwards. What am I? 🔄
Answer: A palindrome, like 121. - What number do you get when you multiply all the numbers on a phone’s keypad? ☎️
Answer: Zero (since any number times zero equals zero).
Fun Math Riddles for Adults
These math riddles are perfect for adults who love a good challenge. They require a bit more thinking and are a great way to sharpen your math skills!
- I am an even number. Take away one letter, and I become odd. What number am I? 🔢
Answer: Seven (remove the “s” to get “even”). - What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years? ⏳
Answer: The letter “M.” - If a dozen eggs costs $1.20, what do 6 dozen eggs cost? 🥚
Answer: $7.20. - I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I? 🧮
Answer: 194. - How many times can you subtract 5 from 25? ➗
Answer: Once, because after you subtract, it’s no longer 25. - What number is one-half of one-fourth of one-fifth of 1000? 🔢
Answer: 2.5. - What’s the next number in the series: 2, 3, 5, 8, 12, __? 🔢
Answer: 17 (each number increases by one more than the last). - What do you get when you multiply all the numbers from 1 to 10? 🔢
Answer: 3,628,800. - How many sides does a circle have? 🔵
Answer: Two—inside and outside. - What is the product of all the numbers from 1 to 9? 🔢
Answer: 362,880.
Math Riddles Involving Addition
These riddles will test your addition skills! See if you can solve these puzzles with your knowledge of adding numbers.
- I am a number, and if you add 7 to me, I become 15. What number am I? ➕
Answer: 8. - What is the sum of all numbers between 1 and 100? 🔢
Answer: 5050. - If you add 10 to me, I become 50. What number am I? ➕
Answer: 40. - What do you get when you add 9 and 10? ➕
Answer: 19. - If you add the ages of a father and his son, you get 70. If the father is 50, how old is the son? ➕
Answer: 20. - What is the sum of 100 and 300? ➕
Answer: 400. - How much is 14 + 27? ➕
Answer: 41. - I’m thinking of a number. If you add 18 to it, you get 50. What number am I thinking of? ➕
Answer: 32. - What is the sum of the first ten positive numbers? ➕
Answer: 55. - Add up the numbers 3, 6, 9, and 12. What is the sum? ➕
Answer: 30.
Math Riddles Involving Subtraction
Test your subtraction skills with these tricky puzzles. Subtraction riddles can be tricky, but fun to solve!
- I have 10 apples. I give away 3. How many apples do I have left? ➖
Answer: 7. - I am a three-digit number. My ones digit is 1. My tens digit is 2 more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is 3 less than my tens digit. What number am I? ➖
Answer: 521. - If you subtract 4 from me, I will give you 7. What number am I? ➖
Answer: 11. - What’s the difference between 1000 and 567? ➖
Answer: 433. - Subtract 15 from 100. What’s the result? ➖
Answer: 85. - If you subtract 7 from me, I become 3. What number am I? ➖
Answer: 10. - What is the difference between 25 and 13? ➖
Answer: 12. - How much is 250 – 75? ➖
Answer: 175. - Subtract 9 from 50. What’s the answer? ➖
Answer: 41. - What is the result when you subtract 30 from 80? ➖
Answer: 50.
Math Riddles Involving Multiplication
Multiplication makes things grow fast! These multiplication riddles will really get your mind working.
- If 5 apples cost $1, how much do 25 apples cost? 🍏
Answer: $5. - Multiply 12 by 8. What do you get? ➗
Answer: 96. - How much is 15 x 2? ➗
Answer: 30. - What is the product of 9 and 7? ➗
Answer: 63. - If you multiply 50 by 4, what do you get? ➗
Answer: 200. - Multiply 6 by 6. What is the result? ➗
Answer: 36. - What do you get when you multiply 8 by 12? ➗
Answer: 96. - Multiply 5 by 11. What’s the product? ➗
Answer: 55. - What is the result when you multiply 3 by 9? ➗
Answer: 27. - How much is 7 x 8? ➗
Answer: 56.
Math Riddles Involving Division
Division might seem tricky, but these division riddles are fun to solve! Test your skills with these math challenges.
- What’s 36 divided by 6? ➗
Answer: 6. - If you divide 56 by 7, what do you get? ➗
Answer: 8. - Divide 100 by 4. What’s the answer? ➗
Answer: 25. - What is 81 divided by 9? ➗
Answer: 9. - If I divide a number by 2 and get 15, what was the original number? ➗
Answer: 30. - What’s 50 divided by 10? ➗
Answer: 5. - If I divide 24 by 8, what’s the result? ➗
Answer: 3. - Divide 90 by 5. What do you get? ➗
Answer: 18. - What is 144 divided by 12? ➗
Answer: 12. - What’s 72 divided by 8? ➗
Answer: 9.
Math Riddles with Fractions
Fractions are part of everyday life, and these riddles will help you understand them better. See if you can solve these fraction-based puzzles!
- What is half of 1/2? ➗
Answer: 1/4. - If I divide a pizza into 8 slices and eat 3, what fraction is left? 🍕
Answer: 5/8. - What is 1/2 of 1/3? ➗
Answer: 1/6. - If you have 3/4 of a chocolate bar, and you eat 1/2 of it, how much is left? 🍫
Answer: 1/4. - What is the sum of 1/2 and 1/3? ➗
Answer: 5/6. - If you divide 1/2 by 1/4, what is the result? ➗
Answer: 2. - How much is 3/5 of 25? ➗
Answer: 15. - What’s 7/10 of 100? ➗
Answer: 70. - If you subtract 2/3 from 5/6, what do you get? ➗
Answer: 1/6. - What is 1/4 of 16? ➗
Answer: 4.
Math Riddles with Wordplay
These math riddles involve a bit of wordplay and are great for sharpening both your math and language skills. See if you can solve these puzzles!
- What is the next number in this series: 3, 6, 9, 12, __? 🔢
Answer: 15. - What is 2 + 3 times 4? ➕
Answer: 14. - What’s the square root of 81? ➗
Answer: 9. - How many letters are in the word “hundred”? 🔠
Answer: 7. - What do you get if you subtract 7 from 49 and then add 3? ➗
Answer: 45. - How many days are in 5 weeks? 🗓️
Answer: 35. - What is 3 times 5, plus 2? ➕
Answer: 17. - What is 2 squared plus 4? ➕
Answer: 8. - How many months are in a year? 🗓️
Answer: 12. - If a dozen eggs cost $1.20, how much does a single egg cost? 🥚
Answer: $0.10.
Conclusion
Math riddles are a fun way to sharpen your brain and test your math skills. Whether you’re solving simple addition problems or tackling tricky fractions, there’s a riddle here for everyone.
Share these with your friends and family for some fun challenges, and keep practicing to become a math whiz!