Free Printable Brain Puzzles

1.

a)

20

b)

37

c)

36

d)

22

2.

a)

20

b)

37

c)

36

d)

22

3.

a)

10

b)

9

c)

7

d)

6

4.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

5.

What is the following number? 18, 21, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, ______________

a)

38

b)

40

c)

37

d)

39

6.

Hari had 6 siblings who were born all born 2 years apart. The youngest is Richa who is only 7 years old while Hari is the oldest. What is Hari’s age?

a)

19

b)

18

c)

17

d)

21

7.

Last weekend, Jack went to play in the park near his house. He rode the new bicycle gifted by his grandma on his birthday. After reaching the park, Jack saw that there were 14 tricycles and bicycles. If there were totally 38 wheels, how many tricycles were there in the park?

a)

8

b)

9

c)

10

d)

11

8.

What weighs more – A kilo of apples or a kilo of feathers?

a)

a kilo of apples

b)

a kilo of feathers

c)

both same

9.

A man on a park bench is looking at a small portrait. You ask him '' who is that in the picture''? the man says ''brothers and sisters, I have none, but that man's father, is my father's son.'' Can you tell what person is in the picture?

a)

his father

b)

his son

c)

his grandfather

d)

his grandson

10.

a)

20

b)

30

c)

40

d)

50

11.

A baker makes 164 cupcakes. To complete the order, he needs 36 more cupcakes. He packs the cupcakes in a box that can hold 9 cupcakes. How many boxes will the baker need to pack the whole order?

a)

24

b)

22

c)

21

d)

23

12.

which figure have exactly two lines of symmetry

a)

b)

c)

d)

13.

a)

b)

c)

d)

14.

a)

$7^4$

b)

$7^2$

c)

$7^{-2}$

d)

$7^{-4}$

15.

a)

2x - 3

b)

4x - 3

c)

$2x^{2\ }-\ 3$

d)

$2x^2-3x$

16.

a)

9

b)

27

c)

3

d)

30

17.

A rooster laid an egg on the top of a roof. Which way did it roll?

a)

north

b)

down

c)

when do roosters lay eggs?

d)

it didn't roll, it stayed on top

18.

What goes up but never comes down?

a)

age

b)

clouds

c)

basketball

d)

Christmas tree

19.

How much dirt is there in a hole 3 feet deep, 6 feet long and 4 feet wide?

a)

one grain of dirt

b)

5kg

c)

roughly 10 kg

d)

none. How is there dirt in a hole?

20.

There are 5 apples and you take 3. How many apples do you have?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

2

d)

0

21.

How many months have 28 days?

a)

all of them

b)

1

c)

February

d)

What about leap years?

22.

What is always coming but never comes?

a)

the past

b)

the future

c)

traffic

d)

tomorrow

23.

What is heavier 100kg of gold or 100 kg of feathers?

a)

gold

b)

feathers

c)

they are both the same

d)

What if the scale is incorrect?

24.

There are 14 fish and 8 drown, how many fish are there?

a)

6

b)

8

c)

14

d)

none, since the rest swam away

25.

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

a)

Mt Fuji

b)

Mt Aconcagua

c)

Mt Rainier

d)

Mt Everest

26.

A clerk at a butcher is 161.8cm tall and wears size 13 sneakers. What does he weigh?

a)

meat

b)

71 kg

c)

there's not enough information given

d)

212 pounds

27.

If you throw a red stone into a blue sea, what will it become?

a)

its still a red stone

b)

a sea with a stone

c)

purple

d)

wet

28.

What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?

a)

towel

b)

water

c)

sea

d)

wind

29.

Imagine you are locked in a dark room with no windows. How do you escape?

a)

call for help

b)

search for a hidden message

c)

do a barrel roll

d)

stop imagining

30.

What gets broken without being held?

a)

a promise

b)

a vase

c)

silence

d)

air

31.

How many of each species did Moses take on the arc with him?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

0

d)

a male and a female

32.

If you take off my skin I won't cry, but you will. What am I?

a)

a bandaid

b)

an animal

c)

a human

d)

an onion

33.

There are 10 lit candles on a cake, you blow out 3. How many candles are on the cake?

a)

10

b)

3

c)

7

d)

13

34.

How many months have 28 days ?

a)

6

b)

12

c)

1

35.

What is at the end of a rainbow ?

a)

The letter W

b)

a pot of gold

c)

leprechaun

36.

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

a)

A candle

b)

A child

c)

A tree

37.

If there are 3 apples and you take away 2, how many do you have ?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

1

38.

Using only addition, how do you add eight 8's and get the number 1000 ?

a)

888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8

b)

88 + 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+ 88+

c)

88 + 888 + 88

39.

What goes up and never goes down ?

a)

water

b)

your age

c)

growing tree

40.

Which is heavier, a pound of bricks or a pound of feathers?

a)

bricks

b)

feathers

c)

the same

41.

What gets sharper the more you use it?

a)

your brain

b)

knife

c)

pepper

42.

What can you hold without ever touching or using your hands?

a)

feather

b)

your breath

c)

water

Brain Puzzles

Total questions: 42

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