A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?: 9
Some months have 31 days. How many have 28?: All twelve
If you have only one match and enter a dark room with a candle, a lamp and a fireplace, what do you light first?: The match
How many times can you subtract 5 from 25?: Once, because after that it is 20, not 25
Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?: They weigh the same
A rooster lays an egg on top of a barn roof. Which way does it roll?: Roosters don't lay eggs
What is half of two plus two?: Three (half of two is 1, plus 2)
How many animals of each kind did Moses take on the ark?: None, it was Noah
Divide 30 by half and add 10. What is the answer?: 70
There are 3 apples and you take away 2. How many do you have?: 2
A bat and ball cost $1.10 total. The bat costs $1 more than the ball. How much is the ball?: 5 cents
If 5 machines make 5 widgets in 5 minutes, how long for 100 machines to make 100 widgets?: 5 minutes
What number comes next? 2, 4, 8, 16, ...: 32
What number comes next? 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ...: 13 (the Fibonacci numbers)
What number comes next? 1, 4, 9, 16, ...: 25 (square numbers)
What number comes next? 3, 6, 9, 12, ...: 15
What letter comes next? O, T, T, F, F, S, S, ...: E (One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight)
What letter comes next? J, F, M, A, M, J, ...: J (months of the year: July)
Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono, and who?: Mary
A man is looking at a photo. 'Brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father is my father's son.' Who is in the photo?: His son
You are in a race and pass the person in second place. What place are you in?: Second
Two coins add up to 30 cents and one of them is not a nickel. What are they?: A quarter and a nickel (one of them, the quarter, is not a nickel)
What can be broken without being touched?: A promise
If a red house is made of red bricks and a blue house of blue bricks, what is a greenhouse made of?: Glass
A clock strikes 6 in 5 seconds. How long to strike 12?: 11 seconds (count the gaps)
There are 3 boxes labeled apples, oranges, and both, all labeled wrong. You pick one fruit from one box. Which box?: The box labeled 'both'
A snail climbs 3 feet up a 10-foot wall each day and slips back 2 feet each night. When does it reach the top?: On day 8
If it takes 3 people 3 hours to dig 3 holes, how long for 1 person to dig 1 hole?: 3 hours
Tom's mother has 4 children: April, May, June and who?: Tom
How many two-cent stamps are in a dozen?: Twelve
What is 100 divided by 2, then plus 1, then divided by 3?: 17
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What are they?: Footsteps
How can you make the number 7 even without adding or subtracting?: Take away the S: seven becomes even
Which is bigger, 0.5 or 0.45?: 0.5
What is the next shape? circle, square, triangle, circle, square, ...: Triangle
Five people shake hands once each with every other person. How many handshakes?: 10
A father is 4 times as old as his son. In 20 years he will be twice as old. How old is the son now?: 10 years old
Which is heavier, a ton of coal or a ton of cotton?: Same
Which number is missing? 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, __, 17: 13 (prime numbers)
What are the next two letters? A, C, E, G, I, __, __: K and M
How can two girls be born to the same mother on the same day at the same time and not be twins?: They are part of triplets (or more)
Two fathers and two sons go fishing and each catch one fish, but only three fish are caught. How?: There are three people: a grandfather, father and son
What goes up when rain comes down?: An umbrella
What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary?: Wrong
What is the smallest three-digit number using different digits?: 102
If you have 3 quarters, 4 dimes and 5 nickels, how many coins do you have?: 12
Which is bigger, 1/2 or 1/3?: 1/2

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