Brain teasers for kids

Brain teasers for kids
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As kids grow they don’t just need to exercise their bodies, but also their brains. Get them excited about learning with these brain teasers for kids that are much more fun to solve than maths problems in school. See how many they can get right—without cheating!

Five letter word

Five letter word
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What five-letter word gets shorter when you add two letters to it?

Answer: Shorter.

More is less

More is less
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The more there is, the less you see. What is it?

Answer: Fog.

In the light

In the light
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I exist only when there is light, but direct light kills me. What am I?

Answer: A shadow.

Face and hands

Face and hands
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What has a face and two hands but no arms or legs?

Answer: A clock.

While it dries

While it dries
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What gets wetter while it dries?

Answer: A towel.

Hold water

Hold water
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I am full of holes, but I can still hold a lot of water. What am I?

Answer: A sponge.

Around the world

Around the world
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What can travel around the world but stays in the same corner?

Answer: A stamp.

Broken first

Broken first
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What has to be broken before you can use it?

Answer: An egg.

In the planets

In the planets
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You can find it in Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn, but not in Venus or Neptune. What is it?

Answer: The letter “R.”

Breaks without fall

Breaks without fall
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What breaks but never falls, and what falls but never breaks?

Answer: Morning and night.

Do not water

Do not water
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I am always hungry and will die if not fed, but if you water me, I’ll die. What am I?

Answer: A fire.

Meeting directions

Meeting directions
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A woman is a bit confused about where her meeting is. Starting on the fourth floor, she climbs up five storeys, down seven storeys, up six storeys, down three storeys, and up four storeys again. What floor is she on?

Answer: The ninth floor.

The city bus

The city bus
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You’re driving a city bus. At the first stop, five women get on. At the second stop, one woman gets off and two men get on. At the third stop, three children get on. The bus is white and it’s raining outside in March. What colour is the bus driver’s hair?

Answer: Whatever colour your hair is. You’re the bus driver.

Mount Everest

Mount Everest
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Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

Answer: Mount Everest.

Once a minute

Once a minute
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What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

Answer: The letter “M.”

Always in front

Always in front
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What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?

Answer: The future.

Five fingers

Five fingers
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I’m not alive but I have five fingers, what am I?

Answer: A glove. Try out these fun car games you’ve never thought to play with your kids.

Every day of the week

Every day of the week
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What letters are easily found in every single day of the week?

Answer: D, A, and Y. If your brain is a little sluggish, try these brain games to boost your brain power.

Make, save, change, raise

Make, save, change, raise
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People make me, save me, change me, raise me. What am I?

Answer: Money.

Wrong word

Wrong word
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Which word is written incorrectly in the dictionary?

Answer: The word “incorrectly.” These are the hardest riddles ever. Can you solve them?

Day before yesterday

Day before yesterday
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If tomorrow I said “the day before yesterday was Saturday,” which day is today?

Answer: Sunday.

Letter teaser

Letter teaser
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How many letters are there in the English alphabet?

Answer: 18. 3 in ‘the,’ 7 in ‘English,’ and 8 in ‘alphabet.’

Never eaten

Never eaten
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People buy me to eat, but never eat me. What am I?

Answer: A plate.

Down and up

Down and up
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I come down, but I never go up. What am I?

Answer: Rain.

Moving while seated

Moving while seated
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Who makes moves while sitting down?

Answer: A chess player.

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