Riddles are no doubt, such questions that need real intelligence of a man to solve them. Actually, you can say that these are some sort of puzzles. Riddles can be presented in different languages and ways. However, riddle of math have definitely very interesting meanings and people enjoy these riddles. Among all of these riddles the most solvable are not other than math. Some math riddles are very interesting and funny. When we read the, we get them not only hilarious but also try to solve them at any cost. I think, this is the way of developing interest in riddles. Just read one such riddle, you will surely agree with me.”When do giraffes have eight feet?” The answer is that, when they are two. How simple, funny and intelligent this riddle is. So, don’t get late and read these funny riddles of math to make your time better.

• How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1,000. (Only use addition)

888 +88 +8 +8 +8 =1,000

• In a certain country ½ of 5 = 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10.

The answer is 4

• Mary has three coins of the USA currency. They are neither, quarters, dimes nor pennies but they add up to 60 cents. What are they

A 50 cent and 2 nickels

• 27 ducks are marching to the pond. 5 lose their way, 13 return and 9 of them make it to the pond. What happens to the rest of them

(27-5= 22, 22-13= 9, 9-9=0)

• If you have 6 black socks, 4 blue socks, 8 brown socks, and 2 red socks in your sock drawer, what is the minimum number of socks that you need to pull out in the dark to be sure you had a matching pair

At least 5, so that at least one color has two socks

• If a rooster laid 13 eggs and the farmer took 8 of them and then another rooster laid 12 eggs and 4 of them were rotten, how many of the eggs were left

Roosters don't lay no eggs!

• How many 9s are there between 1 and 100

Twenty 9s

• What does trigonometry have in common with a beach

Tan Gents

• If only you and dead people can read hexadecimal, how many people can read hexadecimal

51, 006 (DEAD in hexadecimal is 51, 005)

• What is the mistake in this cequence.  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

"Sequence" is spelled wrong.

• John is 12 years old, Stacy is 12 years old. After 5 years John turns 17 years old and Stacy turns 18 years. How could that be

Because Stacey is 5 days older than John!

• In a stable there are men and horses. In all there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable

14 horses and 8 men. 14x4 plus 8x2 = 72 feet.

• If the doctor gave you 3 pills to take and said to take one every half hour, how long would they last.

1 hour.

• Two children were playing draughts. They played 5 games and each child won the same number of games and there were no ties. How can this be.

They were not playing each other.

• I’ve got 2 coins that total 55p. One of the coins is not a 5p. What are the two coins.

A 50p and a 5p coin – one’s not a 5p, the other one is!

• How much soil may be removed from a hole that is 1 and a half metres deep, I metre wide and 4 metres long.

You can’t take soil from a hole!

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