Riddles and Brain Teasers

Two Tons

If you had a ton of feathers and a ton of stones which would be heavier?

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Neither. A ton is a ton, no matter what it’s made up of, and they both weigh a ton.

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Cheese Made Backwards

What cheese is made backwards?

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Edam cheese.

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Two Three Four Fifteen

What is the missing number?

2 3 4 15 12
3 4 5 28 20
4 5 6 45 30
5 6 7 66 42
6 7 8 ?? 56

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91. To get the number in the fourth column, you add the numbers in column 1 and 2, then multiply by the number in column 2. f(n,m) = (n + m) * m
For example, f(2,3) = (2 + 3) * 3 = 15. Thus f(6,7) = (6 + 7) * 7 = 91

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I Am Pronounced As One Letter But Written As Three

I am pronounced as one letter but written as three,
There are two of me, I am single, I am double,
I can be blue, brown, black or green.
I can be read from right to left or left to right and am still the same.

What am I?

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Eye.

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Jim and Wanda’s Apples

Jim and Wanda both have some apples. If Jim gives Wanda an apple, they will both have the same number of apples. However, if Wanda gives Jim an apple, Jim will have twice as many as Wanda. How many apples do Jim and Wanda each have?

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Jim has 7 apples and Wanda has 5 apples.

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Growing Tall But Never Fat

This on this.
That on that.
Growing tall,
but never fat.

What am I?

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A stack.

By Sef Daystrom

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NOAS Rebus

What does this represent?

  P
NOASE
  Y

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Pay through the nose.

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Two Three Ten Sequence

If:
2 3 = 10
7 2 = 63
6 5 = 66
8 4 = 96
9 7 = __

What is the missing number?

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f(n, m) = (n + m) × n

e.g. f(2, 3) = (2 + 3) × 2 = 10

Hence, f(9, 7) = (9 + 7) × 9 = 144

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How Can Four Be Half of Five?

How can the number 4 be half of FIVE?

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Beginning with FIVE, take away the F and E (half of the letters), leaving IV, which is the Roman numeral for four.

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Willow’s Broken Keyboard

Willow’s keyboard is acting up. The a, e, i, o and u keys don’t work and the space key is misbehaving as well. Can you decipher these common sayings they typed?

tfsghttfmnd
ctnsspkldrthnwrds
hnstysthbstplcy
sycmsyg

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Out of sight, out of mind
Actions speak louder than words
Honesty is the best policy
Easy come, easy go

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