Math Riddles

 

Question: 1. A bat and a ball cast $1.10 cents in total. The bat costs one dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? 2. If five machines made five gadgets in five minutes, how much time would it take for 100 machines to make 100 gadgets? 3. The was a lake, it was full with lily pads, each day the lily pads doubled in size, it took 48 days for the lily pads to cover all of the lake how long would it take for the lily pads to cover half of the lake?


Question: How is 2+2 four, 3+3 eight, and 7+7 triangle?

Question: When I was 2 years old, my brother was half my age. Now I am 100 years old, how old is my brother?

Number Series (medium)

Question: Which is the missing number in the below Number Series? 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ?, 19

Rat maze (medium)

Question: A rat is placed at the beginning of a maze and must make it to the end. There are four paths at the start that he has an equal chance of taking: path A takes 5 minutes and leads to the end, path B takes 8 minutes and leads to the start, path C takes 3 minutes and leads to the end, and path D takes 2 minutes and leads to the start.

What is the expected amount of time it will take for the rat to finish the maze?