Brain Teasers

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

• north

• down

• when do roosters lay eggs?

• it didn't roll, it stayed on top

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

What goes up but never comes down?

• age

• clouds

• basketball

• Christmas tree

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

• one grain of dirt

• 5kg

• roughly 10 kg

• none. How is there dirt in a hole?

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

• 5

• 3

• 2

• 0

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

How many months have 28 days?

• all of them

• 1

• February

• What about leap years?

What is always coming but never comes?

• the past

• the future

• traffic

• tomorrow

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

• gold

• feathers

• they are both the same

• What if the scale is incorrect?

Tags

CCSS.3.MD.A.2

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

• 6

• 8

• 14

• none, since the rest swam away

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

• Mt Fuji

• Mt Aconcagua

• Mt Rainier

• Mt Everest

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.8

CCSS.RI.7.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.8.1

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

• meat

• 71 kg

• there's not enough information given

• 212 pounds