If you multiply this number by any other number, the answer will always be the same. What number is this?
Zero
I add five to nine, and get two. The answer is correct, but how?
When it is 9 AM, add 5 hours to it and you will get 2PM.
If there are four apples and you take away three, how many do you have?
You took three apples so obviously you will have three.
You are given a telephone and asked to multiply all the numbers on the device’s number pad. What will be the answer?
Zero (As the number pad contains number 0 and when you multiply any number by zero, the answer will be zero).
What mathematical symbol can be added between 5 and 9 to get a number greater that 5 and smaller than 9?
5.9
This equation is wrong : 26 - 63 = 1. How can you correct this by just adding or moving one symbol?
2^6 - 63 = 1
Deepak was 6 years old when he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. Five years later, Deepak returned to see how much higher it was. If the tree grew by 10 inches each year, then how high would the nail be?
The nail would be at the same height as the tree grows from the top.
Can you arrange four 9s to make it equal to 100? (Hint - Use two mathemaical signs)
99 + 9/9 = 100
Mary has 7 daughters and each of them has a brother. Can you figure out the total number of kids Mary have?
8 kids because the sisters have just one brother in common.
How can you add eight 4s together so that the total adds up to 500?
444 + 44 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 500
Tom was asked to paint the number of plates on 100 apartments which means he will have to paint numbers 1 through 100. Can you figure out the number of times he will have to paint the number 8?
20 times. (8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 98)
If you buy a rooster for the purpose of laying eggs and you expect to get three eggs each day for breakfast, how many eggs will you have after three weeks?
Zero, roosters do not lay eggs
A grandfather, two fathers and two sons went to the movie theater together and everyone bought one movie ticket each. How many tickets did they buy in total?
3 (the grandfather is also a father and the father is also a son)
Where do fish keep their money?
In the river bank.
How do you make the number 7 an even number without addition, subtraction, multiplication or division?
Remove “S” in the Spelling Seven.
How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?
Only once because after you subtract it is not going to be 25 anymore.
