Math Riddles

 

Question: Joe deals himself and his friend John some cards from a deck of cards (not the same amount). If John gives Joe some cards Joe will have 4 times as many cards as John. If Joe gives John the same number of cards he will have 3 times as many cards as John.

How many cards does each man have and how many cards do they trade?


Question: You find me behind the stars; or in a sixth, seventh, or third.
It takes something round, a computer, and me to make pie.
I am bigger than anything you can think of.

What am I?

Question: On a clock, how many times a day do the minute and hour hand overlap?

Question: There are 100 passengers boarding a 100 passenger airplane. When passenger 1 gets onto the plane, he is dissoriented, so he randomly picks a seat. Each of the remaining passengers (2, 3, 4, etc.) get onto the plane and take their seat if it is available or picks one of the remaining seats at random if it is not.

What is the chance that the last passenger (passenger 100) will get his seat?

Question: A mother is 21 years older than her child. In 6 years the mother will be 5 times older than her baby.

Where is the father?