INNOVATIVE WORK RIDDLES Introduction A riddle is a

INNOVATIVE WORK

RIDDLES

Introduction A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundrum, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer

Procedure �If you take 3 apples from a group of 5, how many do you have? Answer: Three - you just took them yourself! �Why should you never mention the number 288 in front of anyone? Answer: Because 288 is too gross (2*144 = two gross)! �What weighs more - a pound of iron or a pound of feathers? Answer: Both would weigh the same - come on, a pound remains a pound, irrespective of the object!

�How many eggs can you put in an empty basket one foot in diameter? Answer: Only one egg, because after that the basket doesn't remain empty any more! �If you can purchase 8 eggs for 26 cents, how many can you buy for a cent and a quarter? Answer: Eight �How many 9's are there between 1 and 100? Answer: Twenty 9's �Which has more value - 1 pound of $20 gold coins or half a pound of $40 gold coins? Answer: Twice of half a pound is one pound - figured it out yet?

� Why is the longest human nose on record is only 11 inches long? Answer: Because then it wouldn't be a nose any more; it would become a foot! (12 inches and above - easy!) � 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? Answer: Roosters don't lay no eggs! � I am an odd number; take away an alphabet and I become even. What number am I? Answer: 7 (SEVEN-S=EVEN) � So you think you're good at math? Complete the sequence: 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5, 9=4, 10=3, 11=? , 12=? Answer: 6. That is the number of letters in the spelling of each number!

�You have a barrel of beer and you need to measure out just one gallon. How do you do this if you only have a three-gallon container and a five-gallon container? Answer: Fill the 3 -gallon container with beer and pour it into the 5 -gallon container. Then fill the 3 -gallon container again and keep pouring it into the 5 -gallon container till the latter is full to the brim. One gallon will be left in the 3 -gallon container. �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? Answer: At least 5, so that at least one color has two socks!

Conclution Riddles are always a great way to have fun with friends, as well as to kill time when alone! However, here you would be teasing your brains and pitching your wits against some frustratingly elusive as well as unbelievably easy (the kind which looks difficult but the simplicity of the solution puts you to shame!) math riddles and see how we fare! These math riddles with answers are of different levels of difficulty and require some amount of concentration and clear, logical reasoning to crack them. And hey - no peeking!