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Amusing Algebraic Riddles

written by: bobby

Let's see how good you are at algebra and math riddles. These are definitely fun!

Question 1:

A peasant took to the market 2 baskets with 30 eggs each. In one of the baskets the eggs were smaller and he decided to sell 3 of these legs for $1 and 2 of the other eggs (which were bigger) for $1. However, when he reached he market he changed his mind, mixed all the eggs and started selling 5 eggs for $2. Should he have changed his mind. Was this new arrangement more profitable?

Yes
No

Question 2:

We have two bottles of wine. In the first bottle there is white wine and in the second - red wine. We pour one drop of red wine into the bottle with the white wine and then we pour one drop from the new mixture into the bottle with the red wine. When done pouring, only one of these four statements will be true.

The white wine in the bottle originally with red wine is equal to the red wine in the bottle originally with white wine.
None of these is correct
The white wine in the bottle originally with red wine is more than the red wine in the bottle originally with white wine.
The red wine in the bottle originally with white wine is more than the white wine in the bottle originally with red wine.

Question 3:

Three men went to a barbershop. After the barber was done with the first one he told him to open the drawer, put there as much money as he finds in the drawer and take $2. He said that to the other two men as well but when they left it turned out in the drawer there was no money. How much money was there in the drawer before the three men came in? (place mouse pointer over ? icon to view hints or answer requirements)

Question 4:

Jessie asked her grandparent how old he was. Here is his answer, 'If you reduce my age 6 times and subtract 6 from the new number you will get 6.' How old was Jessie's grandparent?

72
48
36
54

Question 5:

A farmer possesses hens and roosters. The number of the roosters is 40 and is equal to 1/2 of 1/4 of the number of hens. How many hens does this farmer have?

160
320
240
80

Question 6:

The local disco has 2 dance floors. If a person from the first dance floor moves to the second floor then the number of people on both floors will be the same. However, if a person from the second floor moves to the first floor, then the number of people on the first floor will be twice as many as the number of people on the second floor. How many people were dancing on the first and on the second floors?

5 and 3
6 and 4
4 and 2
7 and 5

Question 7:

Some donkeys were resting on a meadow. Several boys came and each of them jumped on a donkey, but one boy remained without a donkey. Then the boys got on the donkeys in pairs and a donkey remained without a boy. How many were the donkeys and the boys?

2 donkeys and 3 boys
3 donkeys and 4 boys
3 donkeys and 2 boys
4 donkeys and 3 boys

Question 8:

On a meadow there were some horses and several kids. If we count the total number of legs on the meadow we get 74 and if we count the heads we get 22. How many were the boys and the horses on that meadow?

15 kids and 7 horses
7 kids and 15 horses
12 kids and 10 horses
10 kids and 12 horses

Question 9:

You can bake 2 slices of bread at a time. It takes you 1/2 minute to bake one of the two sides of the slices. What is the least time you need to bake 3 slices of bread on both sides?

1.5 minute
2.5 minutes
1 minutes
3 minutes

Question 10:

A peasant has 4 geese - one of them leads three more behind, another follows three in front and two of them walk in the middle. The total number of geese is 8.

False
True

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