Mathematical Riddles

What has to be broken before you can use it?

• Pinata
• Egg
• Glass
• Mirror

I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?

• tree
• candle
• pencil
• flower

What month of the year has 28 days?

• January
• November
• April
• February

What is full of holes but still holds water?

• sieve
• sponge
• colander
• strainer

What question can you never answer yes to?

• Do you enjoy being wrong?
• Are you a robot?
• Are you asleep?
• Do you want to fail?

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

• The truth
• The air
• The past
• The future

There’s a one-story house in which everything is yellow. Yellow walls, yellow doors, yellow furniture. What color are the stairs?

• The stairs are also yellow
• The stairs are invisible
• The stairs are in a different house
• There are no stairs in a one-story house.

What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?

• A promise
• A mirror
• A habit
• A heart

What goes up but never comes down?

• happiness
• age
• sunrise
• balloon

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

• He was holding an umbrella
• He was wearing a waterproof hat
• He was bald.
• He was inside a building