The Everything Kids' Giant Book of Jokes, Riddles, and Brain Teasers - Michael Dahl [48]
Either 3 medium tables and 1 small; or 1 large, 1 medium, and 2 small
During recess, Alexia and her friends like to make up codes. Her favorite code uses the letter of the alphabet that comes right after the letter that it actually stands for. Using her code, can you figure out what she wrote in this message?
J MPWF CSBJO UFBTFST
I LOVE BRAIN TEASERS
FUN FACT
BRAIN POWER
The brain is a mass of tissue located inside your head. Your brain serves as central command control. It's the center of your nervous system and regulates your thoughts, emotions, and the functions of your body.
Why why did did the the history history teacher teacher say say every every thing thing twice twice?
Because history repeats itself.
What is a snake's favorite part of school?
Recessssssss!
Do you know why the chalk was always yawning?
It was “board.”
What will you never find at the end of class?
The head of the class.
Which insect does the best in English class?
The spelling bee.
What do you call a group of strange numbers?
Odd.
There are 30 students in Jake's class. Fifteen of the students have brown hair, 10 of them are blond, and 5 have red hair. If all of the brown-haired students and half of the blonde-haired students have brown eyes, and all of the rest of them have green eyes, how many more students have brown eyes than green?
Ten more
“Well,” said Mrs. Ray. “I see 5 people wore ponytails to school today.” “Don't you mean 4, Mrs. Ray?” asked Hannah. Why does Hannah think there are only 4?
She has forgotten to count herself
Toby likes to climb up the slide at recess. Every time he climbs up 5 feet, he slides back down 2. How many times does he need to climb up for him to reach 9 feet?
3 times
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Rhyme — No Reason
Do you know how many letters in the alphabet rhyme with the letter B? Eight — C, D, E, G, P, T, V, and Z. Now try making a list of words for your family or friends to try to find a rhyme for. If you want to try an experiment on them, give them 2 sets of lists to try to memorize. One set has 8 words that rhyme, while the other has 8 that do not. Which list will be easier for them to remember?
Bad Band
Begin by writing as many answers as you can under the clues. Then, enter each letter into its numbered box in the answer grid (one has been done for you). Continue working back and forth between the clues and the grid. When you are finished, you will have the answer to the following riddle:
On the playground, Travis sees an amazing swing set with 20 swings. While he watches his friends swing, he realizes that as the first swing swings forward, the second one swings back, the third one swings forward, and so on. Which way is the eleventh one swinging?
Forward
For Erin's birthday, her mother brought cookies to school. Erin's class has 17 students and 1 teacher, but 3 children were sick that day and 1 went to the dentist. If her mother brought 30 cookies, how many cookies did everyone receive?
2 (2 for each child, 2 for the teacher, and 2 for Erin's mother)
What's am I?
It's my job to ask the puzzling questions, and it's the contestant's job to pick the right answers and win the million dollars. Sometimes, the contestant chooses to phone a friend.
Who am I?
The host of Who Wants to Bea Millionaire?
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Writing Riddles and Brain Teasers
You can write brain teasers and riddles backward, by taking the punchline, or answer, and adding a question to the beginning of it. For example, using the phrase “This is the pits!” you can add the question, “What did one cherry say to the other when he knew it was the end?”
Shelby has a box of 32 crayons. All of her friends have boxes of 8 crayons. If she shares her crayons so that she and all 5 of her friends have an equal number of colors, how many crayons will she