1. There are five apples, and you take
away two. How many do you have?
Answer: 2 (apples)
2. Five monkeys can eat five bananas in
five minutes. How long does it take for ten
monkeys to eat ten bananas?
Answer: 5 minutes
3. Thomas and Steve go down to the
beach to collect seashells. They take one
bag with them. How many shells can they
put in the empty bag?
Answer: One (seashell)
4. If you were running a race, and you
passed the person in second place, what
place would you be in now?
Answer: 2nd (Place)
5. Before Mount Everest was discovered,
what was the highest mountain on Earth?
Answer: Mt. Everest
6. On my way to St. Ives I saw a family
with 7 kids. Each kid had 7 sacks. Each
sack had 7 cats. Each cat had 7 kittens.
Kittens, cats, sacks, kids. How many were
going to St. Ives?
Answer: One
7. A carpenter was in a terrible hurry. He
had to work as quickly as possible to cut
a very heavy 10-foot plank into 10 equal
sections. If it takes 1 minute per cut, how
long will it take him to get the 10 equal
pieces?
Answer: Nine minutes
8. Someone at a party introduces you to
your mother's only sister's husband's
sister in law. He has no brothers. What
do you call this lady?
Answer: Mother
9. Lee's parents came from China and
they have five children. The first four are
named La, Le, Li, and Lo. What did they
name the fifth?
Answer: Lee
10. What is the largest possible number
you can write using only 2 single-digit
numbers –just 2 numbers, no other
mathematical symbols?
Answer: 99
11. It’s freezing outside, and you have
only one match in your matchbox. You
entered a room, which contains a lamp, a
heater, and a wood burning stove. Which
one should you light first?
Answer: The match
12. What occurs once in every minute,
twice in every moment, yet never in a
thousand years?
Answer: The letter “m”
13. Two planes take off at the same exact
moment. They are flying across the
Atlantic. One leaves New York and is flying
to Paris at 500 miles per hour. The other
leaves Paris and is flying to New York at
only 450 miles per hour. Which one will
be closer to Paris when they meet?
Answer: They will be the same distance
from Paris when they meet.
14. How many squares are there in this
figure?
Answer: 14
15. How many triangles are in this figure?
Answer: 6
16. How many triangles are in this figure?
Answer: