Posts in Brain Teasers

Students would delight in calling the first 3 problems ‘trick problems’, but they’re not.  They just need some careful thinking and/or careful reading.  So HAVE FUN .[…]

Garfield and His Millionth Meal! Gotta love Garfield! Let’s have some fun.  Here are 3 related BT mini-challenges: Answers are in red: 1.  Garfield says it’s noon.[…]

1.  If a year had two consecutive months with a Friday the 13th, what two months would they have to be?  (Why?) 2.  Find four consecutive[…]

All five of today’s Brain Teasers are ‘think outside the box’ problems.  You can’t really ‘figure’ any of them out in a traditional sense (except[…]

1.  WordPlay  I am a word with six letters.  When one letter is removed, I am now 12.  What word am I?  (Sent along by subscriber[…]

Here’s another look at the Christmas Riddles – along with their ‘answers’. I’d still be willing to accept ‘better’ or ‘more creative’ answers than the[…]

1.  Three mothers have two daughters apiece.  If they all live together and all want a separate bedroom, what’s the smallest number of bedrooms that[…]

Double the time to work on these!!  You can submit answers (for recognition) until NOON on Thursday, 11/20.  Use a Contact Form, or see below[…]

1.  The beginning of eternity, the end of time and space;  the beginning of every word and the end of every place.  What is it?[…]

1.  A young tot answered the phone and asked who was calling.  “I married your mother, but I am not your father – or your[…]