classic riddels | math riddles | what am I? |
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silence
what disappears once you say its name
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do you want to hear my problems?
What did one math book say to the other math book?
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a piano
what has keys but no lock?
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yesterday, today, and tomorrow
Can you name three consecutive days without using the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday?
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on a clock 11 am if you add 6 hours it will be 5 pm
add 6 to 11 and you get 5, why is this correct?
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a map
I have cities but no houses, I have mountains but no trees, I have water but no fish, what am I?
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the letter "m"
What comes once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
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888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000
Can you write down eight eights so that they add up to one thousand?
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a fire
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
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