Mind-Boggling Puzzles and Teasers for Kids

Jeremy loves to order pizza from the same local joint every Friday. He has ordered so many pizzas there that they have set up a special account for him. The account earns him $1 for every purchase of $20 or more.Jeremy orders the exact same thing every week, two large pizzas with anchovies and bacon.

Anders and Gabby went to the Big Six convenience store to shop. Anders had twice as much money as Gabby. He spent all but $ .05. He got two pieces of gum and one of each other item listed in the table. Gabby got two different things from the list.Ice Pop: $ .50Gum: $ .15Apple

At the end of 2005 Walter was half as old as his grandmother. The sum of the years in which they were born is 3860. How old will Walter be at the end of 2006? AnswerThe sum of the ages of Walter and his grandmother at the end of 2005 is 2*2005-3860=150. Since Walter was

The owner of a motel with 100 rooms wants the room doors numbered in order from 1 to 100. She asks you to buy numbers and hang them on the doors. Now you must go to the store and buy all the digits you need to make the numbers.How many of each digit, 0 to

Sally likes soda very much. At the local convenience store, for 5 empty soda bottles she receives a full bottle. As part of the Girl Guide’s recycling initiative, she manages to collect 77 empty bottles. How many bottles of soda will she be able to drink in total? Answer19 bottlesFrom the initial 77 bottles, she

You have two 8 oz. cups in front of you. One is filled with Root Beer and one is full of Club Soda. You take one tablespoonful of Root Beer and pour it into the Club Soda. Stir well. Now, you take a tablespoonful of the mixture you just stirred, and pour it into the

A van travels a maximum of 100 km/h. Its speed decreases in proportion with the number of passengers. The van can carry a maximum of seven people. Given that the van can travel 88 km/h with 3 people in the van, what will be the speed of the van when 6 people are on board?

Amy was eating a pizza, and the pizza is cut into 8 pieces. Because this is mathematics, and mathematics is exact, we will say that eating a1/8 of a pizza takes exactly 2 minutes. Now, Amy starts eating, but 2 minutes later, Barney comes, and he wants pizza too. So, they both eat some more

Heather, Ankit, Margaret, Kareem and Roger are each reading the same book for a school book report. The 12 chapters of the book are each 11 pages long. Clues: Heather planned to read half the book in 2 days. Now she’s halfway towards that goal. Ankit has read 4 chapters so far. Margaret has read

Joe Schmo has an appointment in Kalamazoo at 2:00 pm. If he leaves home and travels at 15 miles per hour, he will arrive at 1:00 pm; if he travels at 10 miles per hour, he will not arrive until 3:00 pm. How far is it from his home to his appointment in Kalamazoo? Answer60

Frogger the magic frog can jump 10 feet using his magical magic jump, but his magic loses its power by a half each time, so his next jump only goes as far as 5 feet. The next jump will take him 2.5 feet, and so on. How many jumps does it take to make it

There is a cage at the zoo that contains both peacocks and pigs. If there is a total of 30 eyes and 44 feet, how many of each are there in the cage? Answer7 pigs8 peacocks

Tobin is thinking of joining a video club. He received this offer in the mail:“Buy 7 videos for just 1 penny apiece! (You must follow either Plan A or Plan B.)Plan A: Buy 2 more videos for $6.95 each with your initial order. Then buy only 3 more videos over the next 3 years at

If it takes a man one hour to dig a hole two metres long, two metres wide, and two metres deep, how long would it take the same man to dig a hole four metres long, four metres wide, and four metres deep, assuming he digs at the same rate of speed? AnswerEight hours. It