The logic of the child must work! Do not prevail over creative activity, but be in harmony and balance with it. Therefore, like creativity, the ability to think logically needs to be developed in children.
And those logical riddles with answers that we have collected for you on this page, we hope they will help you with this. Some of these riddles are very simple, they are for swinging or for very small ones. And others are more difficult. Although, of course, not as difficult as for adult children. But the kids will still not be able to cope with them without your help and without answers. Help them, don't be too serious! 🙂
But enough talk, let's get down to business!
1) Grandmother Anya has a grandson Seryozha, a cat Fluff, a dog Bobik. How many grandchildren does the grandmother have?
Answer: (One)
2) The thermometer shows plus 15 degrees. How many degrees will two such thermometers show?
Answer:(15)
3) How to say correctly: “I don’t see a white yolk” or “I don’t see a white yolk”?
Answer: (The yolk cannot be white)
4) The truck was going to the village. On the way he met 4 cars. How many cars were going to the village?
Answer: (One)
5) My father's child is not my brother. Who is it?
Answer: (Sister)
6) There are 4 oranges in the vase. Question: how to divide these 4 oranges among four boys so that each boy gets one orange, and so that 1 orange remains in the vase?
Answer: (Leave the fourth orange in the vase)
7) Twelve brothers
They roam one after another
They don't bypass each other.
Answer: (months)
8) The famous magician says that he can put a bottle in the center of the room and crawl into it. Like this?
Answer: (Everyone can crawl into the room)
9) What kind of comb can not be combed?
Answer: (Petushin)
10) My name is Misha. My sister has only one brother. What is the name of my sister's brother?
Answer: (Misha)
11) Can it rain for two days in a row?
Answer: (No, there is night between them)
12) Which month is the shortest?
Answer: (May, since it has only three letters)
13) Say a word that contains 40 vowels.
Answer: (Forty, namely forty "A")
14) There are 8 benches in the park. Three have been painted. How many benches are there in the park?
Answer: (Eight left)
15) There are 25 coconuts in a box. The monkey stole all but 17 nuts. How many nuts are left in the box?
Answer: (17 nuts left)
16) Which hand is better to stir the tea?
Answer: (It is best to stir the tea with a spoon)
17) Each of the 5 sisters had two brothers. How many brothers were there in total?
Answer: (two brothers)
18) You beat the skier who was in second position. What position do you occupy now?
Answer: (Having overtaken the skier, you take his place, namely the second one)
19) The hostess needs to bake 6 pies. How can she cope in 15 minutes if only 4 pies are placed in the pan, and the pie should be baked for 5 minutes on each side?
Answer: (first put 4 pies and fry them for 5 minutes, then turn over 2 pies, and remove 2, then put 2 new pies and fry for another 5 minutes. After that, remove 2 ready pies, fry all the rest)
20) Where was Moses when the candle went out?
Answer: (In the dark)
21) The magician has 2 bags: one contains cards, and the other contains balls. Each of the bags is signed: one with cards is true, the other with balls is obviously false. 1 says "There are no marbles in this bag"; on 2 - "Balls and cards are here." Which card bag?
Answer: (cards in the first bag)
22) Why can't you pick it up from the floor by the tail?
Answer: (ball of thread)
23) The 12-storey building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor, from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this house is pressed more often than others?
Answer: (button on the first floor)
24) The loaf was cut into three parts. How many incisions were made?
Answer: (Two cuts)
25) Who walks sitting?
Answer: (Sitting chess player walks)
26) A pot was placed on the edge of the table, tightly closed with a lid, so that two-thirds of the pot hung from the table. After a while, the pan fell off. What was in it?
Answer: (There was ice in the pan)
27) The more you take from it, the more it becomes ... What is it?
Answer: (It's a hole)
28) Which wheel does not spin when turning right?
Answer: (Spare wheel)
29) A husband and wife, brother and sister, and brother-in-law and son-in-law were walking. How many?
Answer: (Three)
30) What does half of an orange most of all look like?
Answer: (On the second half of the orange)
31) What can be cooked but not eaten?
Answer:( Lessons)
32) Two boys played checkers for 2 hours. How long did each boy play?
Answer: (two hours)
33) What are all people on earth doing at the same time?
Answer:( getting older)
34) How can a thrown egg fly four meters and not break?
Answer:( You need to throw an egg more than four meters, then the first four meters it will fly whole)
35)
What can travel the world and stay in the same corner?
Answer:( Postage Stamp)
36)
There is a story about a little boy who, having received a New Year's gift, asked his mother: “Please take off the lid. I want to iron a gift." What is this gift?
Answer: (This gift turned out to be turtle)
37)
What utensils are not eaten from?
Answer: (From empty.)
38) If it rains at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect that in 72 hours there will be sunny weather?
Answer: (No, in 72 hours it will be midnight again)
39) What elephant does not have a trunk?
Answer: (The chess elephant does not have a trunk)
40) What do we eat for?
Answer: (We eat at the table)
41) Four birch trees grew, On each birch - four large branches, On each large branch - Four small branches, On each small branch - Four apples. How many apples are there?
Answer: (None, since apples cannot grow on birch trees.)
42) A grandmother was going to Moscow, three old men met her, the old men had a bag each,
and in each bag - a cat. How many went to Moscow?
Answer: (Only the grandmother went to Moscow, but the old people went the other way.)
43) When is the easiest time for a black cat to get into the house?
Answer: (It is easiest for a cat to get into the house when the door is open.)
44) What question cannot be answered with “yes”?
Answer: (Yes, you can’t answer the question “Are you sleeping?”)
45) A flock of ducks flew: two in front, two behind, one in the middle and three in a row. How many are there?
Answer: (Three ducks flew)
46) A flock of birds flew, two perched on a tree, and one tree remained; sat down one at a time - one was missing. How many birds and how many trees?
Answer: (Three trees and four birds)
47) Which road do they drive for half a year and walk for half a year?
Answer: (By the river)
48) What always increases and never decreases?
Answer: (Age of the person)
49) How to make four out of three sticks without breaking them?
Answer: (Add the number 4 from them.)
50) A grandmother was carrying a hundred eggs to the market, and the bottom fell. How many eggs are left in the basket?
Answer: (Not a single one is left: after all, the bottom has fallen)
51) They knock, they knock - they don’t tell you to be bored.
They go, they go, and everything is right there.
Answer: (clock)
52) Why do birds fly?
Answer: (Birds fly through the air.)
53) Irina dreamed of a chocolate bar, but she lacked 10 rubles to buy it. Lesha also dreamed of a chocolate bar, but he lacked only 1 ruble. The children decided to buy at least one chocolate bar for two, but they still lacked 1 ruble. What is the cost of chocolate?
Answer: (The cost of a chocolate bar is 10 rubles. Ira had no money at all)
54) What can't a magnifying glass magnify in a triangle?
Answer: (A magnifying glass in a triangle cannot magnify the angles)
55) What will happen to the crow when it is 7 years old?
Answer: (She will be in her eighth year)
56) If you only had one match and you walked into a room with a kerosene lamp, a fireplace and a gas stove, what would you light first?
Answer: (match)
57) How to say correctly: “I don’t see a white yolk” or “I don’t see a white yolk”?
Answer: (The yolk cannot be white)
58) How many peas can go into one glass?
Answer: (Not at all, because peas do not go)
59) Under the roof - four legs,
Above the roof - soup and spoons.
Answer: (table)
60) What is lighter than 1 kg of cotton wool or 1 kg of iron?
Answer: (They weigh the same)
These are such interesting logic puzzles for children. We hope you liked it. But in general, our collection is a feast for the eyes! Check it out for yourself, you won't regret it!
Riddles with a trick - riddles with a simple question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and wrong, but if you carefully read the riddle and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Trick riddles are usually not without a sense of humor. They not only develop ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking, but also bring fun. Tell riddles with a trick to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.
The same person always came to the football match. Before the start of the game, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the start of the game, the score is always 0:0
87641
More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Second (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
50234
What language is spoken silently?
Answer: sign language
143665
Why is the stopcock red on trains and blue on planes?
Answer: Many will say, "I don't know." Experienced will answer: "There is no stop valve on airplanes." In fact, the plane has a stopcock in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
33502
The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 cents
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
42033
One French writer terribly disliked the Eiffel Tower, but he constantly dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain it?
Answer: This is the only place in all the vast Paris, from where it is not visible.
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
39537
In which city did the male name and the direction of the world hide?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Julia
45773
Seven sisters are in the country, where each is busy with some business. The first sister is reading a book, the second is cooking, the third is playing chess, the fourth is doing Sudoku, the fifth is doing the laundry, the sixth is looking after the plants. And what does the seventh sister do?
Answer: plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
45297
Why do they go often, but rarely go?
Answer: stairs
182689
It goes uphill, then downhill, but remains in place.
Answer: Road
142088
Which word has 5 "e" and no other vowels?
Answer: immigrant
Radaev Evgeny, Petrozavodsk
41787
Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different shores
25 25, Vladivostok
31248
Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna have been together for 151 years. Every husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily together are 48 years old, Semyon and Natalya are together 52 years old. Who is married to whom, and how old is who? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalia (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
19244
Jackdaws flew, sat on sticks. They sit down one by one - the jackdaw is superfluous, they sit two by two - the stick is superfluous. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
26199
Where is it found that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: Chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A
36652
Which table has no legs?
Answer: Diet
Boyko Sasha, Wolf
31021
Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try to recalculate on a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
34200
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
34950
What animal do people walk on and cars pass by?
Answer: Zebra
Kostryukova Tanya, Saransk
27260
Which word "no" is used 100 times?
Answer: Groan
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
32428
What is an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Prokopyeva Xenia, Moscow
28211
Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause was a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, inspecting the scene of the murder, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard the voice of Mr. Mark. He said, “This is Mark. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. It's useless to run. I know this tape will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. Here the door opens... The assistant detective offered to arrest Jones on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turned out, he was right. Jones wasn't the killer, as was said on the tape. Question: why did the detective have suspicions?
Answer: The cassette in the voice recorder was being revised at the start. Moreover, Jones would have taken the cassette.
Katarina, Moscow
11161
Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. In tel. book, he found her husband's number. He called. He speaks:
- Urgently come here. Your wife is dead. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you?
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. It was he who killed her. Q: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address.
Tusupova Aruzhan
19349
Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” one of them said, “today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they speak?
Answer: Sunday
Piggy, Ololoshkino
14385
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are on fire. Which house will the police put out?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, firefighters put out fires
81112
On what path has no one ever walked or traveled?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktobe
23946
How many years in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maxim, Penza
29348
What kind of cork can not plug a single bottle?
Answer: road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
24427
In what word is the drink and the natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: grapes
anufrienko dasha, khabarovsk
23925
What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
21053
Without which nothing ever happens?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
24730
Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember the rivers.
Answer: i-hundred-k
nazgulichka, ufa
17173
What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
Answer: The common opinion is the language. In fact, the calf and chewing muscles.
Anonymous
18797
You can tie, but you can't untie.
Answer: conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
22919
To what mere mortal even the president takes off his hat?
Answer: hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
21603
How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into curd
Anonymous
18813
Once upon a time there was one orphan girl in the thicket, she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster that was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went for food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. Goes on, forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, her mother will die. The tunnel cannot be dug. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
14629
They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: nails
babicheva alena, moscow
15557
How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter "y", in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
21392
Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: y (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Malec Daniel
15011
Guess the riddle: who has a heel behind his nose?
Answer: Shoes
lina, Donetsk
18181
There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop, 2 people got off and 3 people got in, at the next one, 1 got off and 4 got in, at the next, 5 got off and 2 got in, at the next, 2 got off and 1 got in, at the next, 9 got off and no one got in, at the next - 2 more came out. Q: How many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This is a riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to mentally count the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, you will confuse him with a question about the number of stops.
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Husband and wife lived. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom dresser. So they lived for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to go into this room. She took the key, opened the room, turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone open the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and closed the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. This is the husband. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: The husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
12366
There were husband and wife, brother and sister, and husband and brother-in-law. How many people?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
15431
The full name is Danuta. How does it sound abbreviated?
Answer: Dana
Khanukova Danuta, Bryansk
13416
A river that "fits" in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village
positive psychology 16.01.2018
Dear readers, who among us has not solved funny riddles at holidays or other events, and everyone will surely agree that this will make everyone present laugh like nothing else. And it's not even about giving the right answer. Individual pranksters, shouting out incorrect but witty answers, thus arrange whole performances, causing even more laughter.
Although interesting logic puzzles with a trick can be not only funny and funny, but also complex and serious. You can think about such things, break your head, and test yourself for attentiveness and quick wits. And although we have long forgotten about such a pastime, why not sometimes get together with friends and look for the right answers for such logical puzzles?
In a word, riddles with a trick and logic for any occasion can be picked up to spend time both fun and useful.
Logic riddles with a trick simple with answers
Simple riddles with a trick are perfect for children's morning performances and fun walks with children on a day off.
A and B were sitting on the pipe. A went abroad, B sneezed and went to the hospital. What's left on the pipe?
(Letter B, and I went to the hospital)
How to jump from a ten-meter ladder and not crash?
(Jump off the first step)
3 birches grew.
Each birch has 7 large branches.
Each large branch has 7 small branches.
On each small branch - 3 apples.
How many apples are there?
(None. Apples do not grow on birch trees)
The train travels at a speed of 70 km/h. In which direction will the smoke fly?
(The train has no smoke)
Can an ostrich call itself a bird?
(No, ostriches don't talk)
What dishes can not be eaten?
(From empty)
Where was the potato first discovered?
(In the ground)
Name five days, without calling them by numbers and by the names of the days of the week.
(The day before yesterday, yesterday, today, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow)
Without which nothing ever happens?
(Untitled)
What is always said in the future tense?
(About tomorrow)
How can you bow your head without lowering it down?
(by cases)
What does a father always give to his children and what a mother can never give them?
(Middle name)
The more you take from it, the more it becomes.
(Pit)
Difficult logic riddles with a trick with answers
To guess which answer is correct, you need to be able to look at the familiar from an unusual angle. And this is a good exercise and a test of the ability to expand the boundaries of thinking.
When you see everything, you don't see it. And when you don't see anything, you see it.
(Darkness)
One brother eats and starves, and the other goes and disappears.
(Fire and smoke)
I am water and I swim on water. Who am I?
(floe)
What can not be held for ten minutes, although it is lighter than a feather?
(Breath)
There are roads - you can’t go, there is land - you can’t plow, there are meadows - you can’t mow, there is no water in rivers, seas. What's this?
(Geographic map)
What can't a magnifying glass magnify in a triangle?
(corners)
From birth, all dumb and crooked.
Get in line - talk!
(Letters)
It is light and heavy, but weighs nothing.
It happens fast and slow, but does not walk, does not run, does not fly.
What is this?
(Music)
Lies on the back - no one needs.
Lean against the wall - it will come in handy.
(Stairs)
The more of them, the less weight. What's this?
(holes)
How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
(turn it into curd)
The same person always came to the football match. Before the start of the game, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
(Before the start of the game, the score is always 0:0)
To start using it, you need to break it.
(Egg. It is used for cooking)
She can age in just a couple of hours. She benefits people while killing herself. Wind and water can save her from death. What it is?
(Candle)
Difficult and big riddles on logic with a trick
These riddles are like whole stories, but the answers to them are quite simple and logical, you just have to catch their essence.
One woman lived in a twelve-room apartment. She had a clock in every room. One Saturday evening at the end of October, she changed all her clocks to winter time and went to bed. When she woke up the next morning, she found that only two dials showed the correct time. Explain.
(Ten of the twelve clocks were electronic. There was a power surge during the night and the clock was off. And only two clocks were mechanical, so they showed the correct time the next morning)
There are two cities in a certain country. In one of them live only people who always tell the truth, in the other - only those who always lie. They all visit each other, that is, in any of these two cities you can meet both an honest person and a liar.
Suppose you are in one of these cities. How, by asking a single question to the first person you meet, determine which city you are in - the city of honest people or the city of liars?
(“Are you in your city?” The answer “yes” will always mean that you are in the city of honest people, no matter who you get)
According to some information received by the police of the city of San Francisco, it could be concluded that the theft of the jewelry of the wife of a millionaire, Mrs. Anderson, was being prepared. Mrs. Anderson lived in one of the first-class hotels. Apparently, the criminal who planned the crime also lived here. A detective was on duty in Mrs. Anderson's room for several days, hoping to catch the scoundrel, but to no avail. Mrs. Anderson had already begun to play a trick on him, when suddenly the following happened. In the evening, someone knocked on the door of the room. Then the door opened and a man peered into the room. Seeing Mrs. Anderson, he apologized, saying that he had taken the wrong door.
“I was absolutely certain that this was my room,” he said, embarrassed. “After all, all the doors are so similar to one another.
Then the detective stepped out of the ambush and arrested the stranger. What could convince the detective that he was facing an intruder?
(The man knocked. So he was not going to his room)
The traveler did not sleep for a whole day. Finally he got to the hotel and took a room.
“Be so kind as to wake me up at seven sharp,” he asked the porter.
"Don't worry," the porter reassured him. - I will certainly wake you up, just do not forget to call me, and I will immediately come and knock on your door.
“I would be very grateful to you,” the traveler thanked him. “You'll get twice as much in the morning,” he added, handing the porter a tip.
Find the error in this story.
(To call the porter, the traveler will have to wake up first)
A skyscraper with 230 floors was built in Murom. The higher the floor, the more residents. At the very top (230th floor) there are 230 people. Only one lives on the ground floor. Name the most pressed elevator button.
(First floor button)
Eight twin brothers escaped to a country house for the weekend, and each found something to his liking. The first one is busy picking apples, the second one goes fishing, the third one heats the sauna, the fourth one plays chess, the fifth one cooks dinner, the sixth one watches series about cops on a laptop all day, the seventh one discovers the artist in himself and paints the surrounding landscapes. What is the eighth brother doing at this time?
(Plays chess with the fourth brother)
There was a literary worker in France who couldn't stand the Eiffel Tower, especially how awful it looked. At the same time, when hungry, he always visited a catering company located on the first floor of this architectural symbol of Paris. How is this behavior explained?
(Only in this restaurant, looking out the window, he did not see the Eiffel Tower)
The very famous English writer Bernard Shaw once visited a restaurant with his colleague. They talked to each other and did not want anyone to disturb them. Here the conductor of the orchestra comes up to Shaw and asks him: “What to play in your honor?”
The show didn't want any music, of course, and responded very witty, he said: "I would be very grateful to you if you would play..."
What do you think, what did Bernard Shaw offer to play the conductor of the orchestra?
(He invited the conductor to play a game of chess)
Tricky riddles with a trick and answers
Listen carefully or read the tricky riddles yourself. Indeed, in some of them the answers lie right on the surface.
Hanging pear - you can not eat. Not a light bulb.
(It's someone else's pear)
What is a Diet Egg?
(This is an egg laid by a dieting hen)
Imagine that you are sailing on the sea in a boat. Suddenly the boat begins to sink, you find yourself in the water, sharks swim up to you. What to do to escape sharks?
(Stop imagining it)
Olga Nikolaevna's dream finally came true: she bought herself a new bright red car. The next day, going to work, Olga Nikolaevna, moving on the left side of the road, turned left at a red light, ignoring the sign "No Turn" and, to top it all, she did not fasten her seat belt.
All this was seen by the sentry standing at the crossroads, but he did not even stop Olga Nikolaevna to at least check her driver's license. Why?
(Because she went to work on foot)
A crow sits on a bough. What should be done to saw off the bough without disturbing the crow?
(Wait for her to leave)
When the ram is eight years old, what will happen?
(The ninth will go)
A wild boar climbed a pine tree with four paws and descended with three. How can this be?
(Boars can't climb trees)
A child was born in a Negro family in the Congo: all white, even the teeth were snow-white. What's wrong here?
(Children are born without teeth)
You are sitting in an airplane, a horse is in front of you, a car is behind you. Where are you?
(On the carousel)
Given a four-letter word, it can also be written with three letters.
It can usually be written with six letters and then with five letters.
Spawning contained eight letters, and occasionally consists of seven letters.
(“Given”, “it”, “usually”, “then”, “spawning”, “occasionally”)
The hunter walked past the clock tower. He took out a gun and fired. Where did he get to?
(To the police)
Which hand should you stir the tea with?
(Tea should be stirred with a spoon, not by hand)
What does a watchman do when a sparrow sits on his head?
(asleep)
What is the fear of Santa Claus called?
(Claustrophobia)
What is not in a women's handbag?
(order)
New Year's Eve dinner is being prepared. The hostess prepares food. What does she throw into the pot before putting food in?
(Sight)
3 turtles are crawling.
The first turtle says: "Two turtles are crawling behind me."
The second tortoise says: “One tortoise is crawling behind me and one tortoise is crawling in front of me.”
And the third turtle: “Two turtles are crawling in front of me and one turtle is crawling behind me.”
How can this be?
(Turtles crawl in circles)
Math riddles with a trick and with answers
And this section contains riddles for those who love and respect mathematics. Be careful!
How right? Five plus seven is "eleven" or "eleven"?
(Twelve)
There were 3 rabbits in the cage. Three girls asked for one rabbit each. Each girl was given a rabbit. And yet there was only one rabbit left in the cage. How did it happen?
(One girl was given a rabbit along with a cage)
Alice wrote the number 86 on a piece of paper and asked her friend Irishka: “Can you increase this number by 12 and show me the answer without crossing out or adding anything?” Iris did it. Can you?
(Turn the paper over and see 98)
There are 70 sheets of paper on the table. For every 10 seconds, 10 sheets can be counted.
How many seconds does it take to count 50 sheets?
(20 seconds: 70 - 10 - 10 = 50)
A man bought apples for 5 rubles apiece, but sold them for 3 rubles apiece. After some time, he became a millionaire. How did he do it?
(He was a billionaire)
The professor decided to treat his friends to his signature vegetable salad. For this, he needed 3 peppers and the same number of tomatoes; fewer cucumbers than tomatoes, but more than radishes.
How many different vegetables did the professor use in the salad?
(9)
There were 12 chickens, 3 rabbits, 5 puppies, 2 cats, 1 rooster and 2 hens in the room.
The owner came in with his dog. How many legs are in the room?
(Two legs of the owner - animals have paws)
The geese went to the watering hole in single file (one after the other). One goose looked ahead - there are 17 goals in front of him. He looked back - he had 42 paws behind him. How many geese went to the watering place?
(39: 17 in front, 21 behind, plus the goose that turned its head)
Experienced players Kolya and Seryozha played chess, but in five games played, each of them blew exactly five times. How did it happen?
(Kolya and Seryozha played with a third person. Another option is to draw 5 times)
Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
(5000? Incorrect. The correct answer is 4100. Try to count on a calculator)
How to divide the number l88 in half so as to get one?
(In order to get one from the number l88, you need to write this number on paper, then draw a straight line exactly in the middle of this number, so that it divides the number into upper and lower parts. You get a fraction: 100 / 100. When divided, this fraction gives unit)
A wealthy merchant, dying, left his sons a herd of 17 cows as an inheritance. In total, the merchant had 3 sons. In the will it is specified to distribute the inheritance as follows: the eldest son receives half of the entire herd, the middle son must receive a third of all the cows from the herd, the youngest son must receive a ninth of the herd. How can the brothers divide the flock among themselves according to the terms of the will?
(Very simple, you need to take another cow from relatives, then the eldest son will receive nine cows, the middle son six and the youngest two cows. So - 9 + 6 + 2 = 17. The remaining cow must be returned to relatives)
Simple and complex logic puzzles with a trick will cheer you up and help you have fun in any adult company.
What should you do when you see a green man?
(Cross the street)
Not ice, but melting, not a boat, but sailing away.
(Salary)
How many programmers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
(One)
These three TV stars have been on the screen for a long time. One is called Stepan, the second is Philip. What is the name of the third?
(Piggy)
What is the difference between a priest and a Volga?
(Pop is a father, and Volga is a mother)
Why did Lenin walk in boots, and Stalin in boots?
(On the ground)
He may not have children, but he is still a dad. How is this possible?
(This is the Pope)
What is the difference between a women's hostel and a male hostel?
(In the women's dormitory, the dishes are washed after meals, and in the men's dormitory, before)
Before calling a woman a bunny, what should a man check?
(Make sure he has enough "kale")
Husband going to work
“Honey, brush my jacket.
Wife:
- I've already cleaned it.
- What about trousers?
- Cleaned up too.
- What about boots?
What did the wife say?
(Do boots have pockets?)
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are on fire. Which house will the police put out?
Police do not put out fires, firefighters put out fires
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Sleep at night
You enter a dark kitchen. It contains a candle, a kerosene lamp and a gas stove. What will you light first?
A girl is sitting, and you cannot sit in her place, even if she gets up and leaves. Where is she sitting?
She sits on your lap
You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall are three light bulbs in the off state. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which light bulb each switch belongs to.
First you need to turn on two switches. After a while one of them will turn off. Enter the room. One bulb will be hot from the switch on, the second - warm from the off, the third - cold, from the untouched switch
It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit, which has less weight than the rest of the coins. How to determine a counterfeit coin using a weighing pan in two weighings?
1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. The counterfeit coin is in the pile that weighs the least. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: Any 2 coins from the pile with the lowest weight are compared. If they are equal, then the fake is the remaining coin.
Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How?
They were on different shores
Two fathers, two sons found three oranges and divided them. Each got a whole orange. How can this be?
The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope, and walked 300 meters. How did she do it?
The rope was not tied to anything.
How can a thrown egg fly three meters and not break?
You need to throw an egg four meters, then the first three meters it will fly by
The man was driving a large truck. The lights on the car were not on. There was also no moon. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see her?
It was a bright sunny day
If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take for one cat to catch one mouse?
Five minutes
Can you light a match underwater?
You can, if you pour water into some kind of container, for example, into a glass, and keep the match below the glass
The boat is rocking on the water. A ladder has been thrown out from it along the side. Before high tide, water covered only the bottom step. How long will it take for the water to cover the 3rd step from the bottom, if at high tide the water rises by 20 cm per hour, and the distance between the steps is 30 cm?
Never, as the boat rises with the water
How to divide five apples among five girls so that each girl gets an apple and at the same time one of the apples remains in the basket?
Give one girl an apple with a basket
One and a half pike perch cost one and a half rubles. How much are 13 zanders worth?
Merchants and potters. In one city, all the people were merchants or potters. Merchants have always told lies, and potters have always told the truth. When all the people gathered in the square, each of those gathered said to the others: “You are all merchants!” How many potters were there in this city?
The potter was alone, because:
- If there were no potters, then the merchants would have to tell the truth that all other merchants, and this contradicts the condition of the problem.
- If there were more than one potter, then each potter would have to lie that the rest were merchants.
There are two coins on the table, in total they give 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What are these coins?
1 and 2 rubles
The satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the other in 100 minutes. How can it be?
100 minutes is 1 hour 40 minutes
As you know, all Russian female names end either in the letter “a” or in the letter “ya”: Anna, Maria, Irina, Natalya, Olga, etc. However, there is one single female name that ends in a different letter. Name it.
What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?
Time, temperature
If it rains at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect that in 72 hours it will be sunny?
No, because in 72 hours it will be night
Seven brothers have a sister. How many sisters are there?
One yacht goes from Nice to San Remo, the other from San Remo to Nice. They left the harbors at the same time. The first hour of the yacht's movement went at the same speed (60 km/h), but then the first yacht increased its speed to 80 km/h. Which of the yachts will be closer to Nice at the time of their meeting?
At the time of their meeting, they will be at the same distance from Nice
A woman was walking to Moscow, and three men were walking towards her. Everyone has a bag, in each bag there is a cat. How many creatures were sent to Moscow?
Only the woman went to Moscow, the rest went the other way
There were 10 birds perched on a tree. A hunter came and shot one bird. How many birds are left on the tree?
None - the rest of the birds flew away
The train runs from east to west, and the wind blows from north to south. In which direction is the smoke coming from the chimney?
You are running a marathon and you overtook the second runner. What is your current position?
Second. If you answered that you are now first, then this is wrong: you overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position
You are running a marathon and you overtook the last runner. What is your current position?
If you answered that the penultimate one, you were mistaken again :). Think about how you can overtake the last runner? If you run after him, then he is not the last. The correct answer is it's impossible, you can't overtake the last runner
There were three cucumbers and four apples on the table. The child took one apple from the table. How many fruits are left on the table?
3 fruits and cucumbers are vegetables
The product first rose in price by 10%, and then fell in price by 10%. What is its value now relative to the original?
99%: after a rise in price, 10% was added to 100% - it turned out to be 110%; 10% of 110% = 11%; then subtract 11% from 110% and get 99%
How many times does the number 4 appear in integers from 1 to 50?
15 times: 4, 14, 24, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 - twice, 45, 46. 47, 48, 49
You drove the car two thirds of the way. At the beginning of the journey, the gas tank of the car was full, and now it is one-quarter full. Will there be enough gasoline until the end of the journey (at a similar consumption)?
No, since 1/4< 1/3
Mary's father has 5 daughters: Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
A deaf and dumb man went into an office supply store to buy a pencil sharpener. He stuck a finger in his left ear and with the fist of his other hand made a rotational movement near his right ear. The seller immediately understood what he was being asked for. Then a blind man entered the same store. How did he explain to the salesperson that he wanted to buy scissors?
Just said he's blind but not dumb
A rooster flew to the border of Russia and China. He sat right on the border, absolutely in the middle. Took an egg. It fell exactly across: the border divides it in the middle. What country does the egg belong to?
Roosters don't lay eggs!
One morning, a soldier who had previously been on night guard approached the centurion and said that that night he had dreamed that the barbarians would attack the fortress that evening from the north. The centurion did not really believe in this dream, but nevertheless he took measures. That same evening, the barbarians really attacked the fortress, but thanks to the measures taken, their attack was repulsed. After the battle, the centurion thanked the soldier for the warning and then ordered him to be taken into custody. Why?
For sleeping on duty
There are ten fingers on the hands. How many fingers are on ten hands?
The plane with English tourists flew from Holland to Spain. It crashed in France. Where should the surviving (injured) tourists be buried?
The survivors do not need to be buried! :)
You drove a bus with 42 passengers from Boston to Washington. At each of the six stops, 3 people got out of it, and at every second - four. What was the name of the driver when the driver arrived in Washington 10 hours later?
How about you, because in the beginning it was said that you drove the bus
What can you find in minutes, seconds and days, but not in years, decades and centuries?
How many times can 3 be subtracted from 25?
Once, because after the first subtraction, the number "25" will change to "22"
All of Mrs. Taylor's bungalows are finished in pink with pink lamps, pink walls, pink carpets and a pink ceiling. What color are the stairs in this bungalow?
There are no stairs in the bungalow
In the ancient castle where the prison was located, there were 4 round towers in which prisoners were imprisoned. One of the prisoners decided to escape. And then one day he hid in a corner, and when a guard came in, he stunned him with a blow to the head, and he ran away, changing into other clothes. Could this be?
No, because the towers were round and there were no corners
The 12-storey building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor, from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this house is pressed more often than others?
Regardless of the distribution of residents by floors - button "1"
A pair of horses ran 20 kilometers. Question: how many kilometers did each horse run individually?
20 kilometers
What can stand and walk, hang and stand, walk and lie down at the same time?
Is it possible to predict the score of a football match before it starts, and if so, how?
The score of any match before it starts is always 0:0
What in a person can increase in diameter by 7 times in a few seconds?
Pupil. When moving from bright light to dark, the diameter can change from 1.1 to 8 mm; everything else either almost does not increase, or increases in diameter by no more than 2-3 times
A seller in the market sells a hat that costs 10 rubles. A buyer comes up and wants to buy it, but he has only 25 rubles. The seller sends the boy with these 25 rubles. exchange for a neighbor. The boy comes running and gives 10 + 10 + 5 rubles. The seller gives a hat and change of 15 rubles, and 10 rubles. leaves to himself. After a while, a neighbor comes and says that 25 rubles. fake, demands to give her money. The seller returns her money. How much money was deceived by the seller?
The seller was deceived by fake 25 rubles.
How many animals did Moses take on his ark?
Animals were taken to the ark not by Moses, but by Noah
2 people walked in at the same time. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other has an apartment on the 9th. How many times will the first person get there faster than the second? Note: they simultaneously pressed the buttons in 2 elevators moving at the same speed.
Usual answer: 3 times. Correct answer: 4 times. Elevators usually go from the 1st floor. The first one will pass 3-1=2 floors, and the second one 9-1=8 floors, i.e. 4 times more
This riddle is often offered to children. But sometimes adults can rack their brains for a long time to guess how to solve such a problem, so you can arrange a competition: invite everyone to try to solve the problem. Whoever guesses, regardless of age, deserves a prize. Here is the task:
6589 = 4; 5893 = 3; 1236 = 1; 1234 = 0; 0000 = 4; 5794 = 1; 1111 = 0; 4444 = 0; 7268 = 3; 1679 = 2; 3697 = 2
2793 = 1; 4895 = 3
The main thing is to look at the problem in a childish way, then you will understand that the answer is 3 (three circles in the numbers)
Two jigits competed: whose horse will come to the finish line last. However, things did not go well, both stood still. Then they turned to the sage for advice, and after that both galloped at full speed.
The sage advised the jigits to exchange horses
One student tells another: “Yesterday our college basketball team won the basketball game 76:40. At the same time, not a single basketball player scored a single ball in this match.
Women's teams played
A man enters a store, buys sausage and asks to cut it, but not across, but along. The saleswoman asks: "Are you a fireman?" - "Yes". How did she guess?
The man was in uniform
The lady did not have a driver's license with her. She did not stop at the railroad crossing even though the barrier was lowered, then, ignoring the "brick", she moved along the one-way street against the traffic and stopped only after passing three blocks. All this happened in front of the traffic police officer, who for some reason did not consider it necessary to intervene.
The lady was walking
There were three tailor shops on one Odessa street. The first tailor advertised himself like this: “The best workshop in Odessa!” The second - "The best workshop in the world!" The third "surpassed" them both.
“The best workshop on this street!”
The two brothers were drinking at a bar. Suddenly, one of them began to argue with the bartender, and then he pulled out a knife and, ignoring his brother's attempts to stop him, hit the bartender. At his trial, he was found guilty of murder. At the end of the trial, the judge said: "You are found guilty of murder, but I have no choice but to let you go." Why did the judge have to do this?
The culprit was one of the Siamese twins. A judge couldn't send a guilty person to jail without putting an innocent one in there too.
Baba Yaga, the Serpent Gorynych, the stupid ensign and the smart ensign were traveling in the same compartment. There was a bottle of beer on the table. The train entered the tunnel, it became dark. When the train left the tunnel, the bottle was empty. Who drank beer?
The stupid ensign drank the beer, since the rest of the creatures are unreal and do not occur in life!)
