Mathematics

Number riddles

Number riddles

Question: I am the first perfect number, what am I?Answer: Six Question: What number can be written as the sum of three consecutive primes?Answer: Ten Question: I am a prime ...

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Protractor riddles

Protractor riddles

Q: What tool can measure angles with grace, yet holds no power to show your face? A: A protractor. Q: What’s circular but not a wheel, and helps you measure ...

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Four riddles

Four riddles

What has four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?Answer: A human – crawling as a baby (morning), walking upright as an ...

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Stats riddles

Stats riddles

Question: What statistical measure describes the average distance between data points in a dataset? Answer: Mean deviation. Question: What statistical concept is illustrated by the point where a cumulative distribution ...

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Random riddles

Random riddles

Question: What has keys but can’t open locks?Answer: A piano. Question: What travels around the world but stays in one corner?Answer: A stamp. Question: What has a neck but no ...

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Line riddles

Line riddles

Question: What can be drawn but never erased?Answer: A line. Question: What divides without scissors?Answer: A line. Question: What’s always straight but never narrow?Answer: A line. Question: What connects two ...

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Nine riddles

Nine riddles

Question: I am the only single-digit number that, when multiplied by any other single-digit number, always results in a multiple of nine. What am I? Answer: Nine Question: I am ...

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Circumference riddles

Circumference riddles

Question: What shape is endlessly rolling yet never moves? Answer: A circle! Question: What boundary hugs every point on a perfectly round object? Answer: Its circumference! Question: What is the ...

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Algebra riddles

Algebra riddles

Question: I am an expression with no equal sign, filled with variables and coefficients. What am I? Answer: A polynomial. Question: I’m a number, when squared and added to my ...

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One riddles

One riddles

What is the only number that can be its own square root? What comes after ‘The’ in the famous trilogy? What is the loneliest number in a counting rhyme? What ...

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Pi riddles

Pi riddles

Question: What do you get when you divide the circumference of a jack-o’-lantern by its diameter? Answer: Pumpkin Pi! Question: What did the mathematician say to the overly enthusiastic circle? ...

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Matrix riddles

Matrix riddles

Question: I am a square array of numbers, rows and columns define me. What am I? Answer: A matrix Question: I am filled with elements, orderly arranged. What am I ...

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Logarithm riddles

Logarithm riddles

Question: What do you call a logarithm that loves to travel? Answer: A “logarithm-adventurer”! Question: What’s a logarithm’s favorite type of music? Answer: Logarithmic beats! Question: Why did the logarithm ...

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Math riddles

Math riddles

What did the zero say to the eight? – “Nice belt!” Why was the equal sign so humble? – It knew it wasn’t less than or greater than anyone else. ...

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Polygon riddles

Polygon riddles

I have three sides, and all of them are equal. What am I? I am a shape with five sides. What am I? Count my sides, and you’ll find eight. ...

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Cube riddles

Cube riddles

Q: I have six faces but no eyes, yet I can see in all directions. What am I? A: A cube. Q: I’m a three-dimensional puzzle, each face a different ...

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Percent riddles

Percent riddles

Question: What percent of the alphabet is in the word “percent”? Answer: 44% (7 out of 16 letters) Question: If a pie chart represents 360 degrees, what percent does each ...

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Numper riddles

Numper riddles

Question: What numper can you take away and still leave nine? Answer: The number six (IX). Question: I am a numper that’s neither odd nor even, what am I? Answer: ...

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Zero riddles

Zero riddles

What digit holds the void in its embrace, yet fills the void in equations? What number is the hero of null, standing at the beginning but never truly starting? What ...

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R riddles

R riddles

Question: What has a heart that doesn’t beat? Answer: Artichoke Question: What travels around the world but stays in a corner? Answer: A stamp Question: What has keys but can’t ...

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Order riddles

Order riddles

What comes first in a story, before the climax or the end? I’m a number that comes after three, what am I? In the alphabet, where do “A” and “Z” ...

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Calculus riddles

Calculus riddles

What do you call a polynomial that won’t break up? A commitment. Why did the tangent line break up with the curve? It found a more interesting slope. What’s a ...

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Angle riddles

Angle riddles

Question: I am formed when two rays share a common endpoint. What am I? Answer: An angle. Question: I’m like a pair of scissors in geometry, cutting through space. What ...

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Algorithm riddles

Algorithm riddles

Question: I am a methodical thinker, breaking down tasks with ease. What am I? Answer: An algorithm. Question: I’m a digital sage, guiding machines through the maze. What do they ...

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Binary riddles

Binary riddles

Question: What do you call a binary number that’s afraid of the dark? Answer: A “byte” scared of the “bit.” Question: What’s a binary number’s favorite type of music? Answer: ...

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Fraction riddles

Fraction riddles

Question: What fraction of a cake remains if you’ve eaten 3 out of 8 slices? Answer: 5/8 Question: If you have 1/4 of a pizza and your friend eats 2/4, ...

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Phi riddles

Phi riddles

Question: What shape arises when you divide a line segment into two parts so that the ratio of the whole segment to the longer part equals the ratio of the ...

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Geometry riddles

Geometry riddles

Q: I’m a polygon with three sides, sharp and precise. What am I? A: I am a triangle. Q: I have no end, no beginning, and no sharp turns. What ...

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Arithmetic riddles

Arithmetic riddles

What comes next in the sequence? 2, 4, 8, 16, ? Answer: 32 If you have 5 apples and you give away 3, how many do you have left? Answer: ...

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Octagon riddles

Octagon riddles

1. I have eight sides, but I’m not a stop sign. What am I? 2. I’m like a stop sign, but I’m not red. What shape am I? 3. What ...

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Circle riddles

Circle riddles

Q: I am a wheel without an engine, yet I spin with delight. What am I? A: A Ferris wheel. Q: I’m a geometric pastry, a delicious delight. What am ...

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Probability riddles

Probability riddles

Question: What are the odds of picking a red marble from a bag containing 5 red marbles and 3 blue marbles? Answer: 5/8 or 62.5% Question: If you flip a ...

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