1. I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
2. A man stands on one side of a river, his dog on the other. The man calls his dog, who immediately crosses the river without getting wet and without using a bridge or a boat. How did the dog do it?
3. Turn me on my side and I am everything. Cut me in half and I am nothing. What am I?
4. No matter how little or how much you use me, you change me every month. What am I?
5. What has cities, but no houses; forests, but no trees; and water, but no fish?
6. There is a word in the English language in which the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four signify a great man, and the whole word, a great woman. What is the word?
7. I have a big mouth and I am also quite loud! I am NOT a gossip but I do get involved with everyone’s dirty business. What am I?
8. Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet you miss me, when I have flown. What am I?
9. My life is often a volume of grief, your help is needed to turn a new leaf. Stiff is my spine and my body is pale, but I’m always ready to tell a tale. What am I?
10. In 1990, a person was 15 years old. In 1995, that same person was 10 years old. How can this be?
Now some Maths Puzzle!
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For answers scroll down!
Teasers
1. Pencil lead
2. The river was frozen
3. The number 8
4. A calendar
5. A map
6. Heroine
7. A vacuum cleaner
8. Time
9. A book
10. The person was born in 2005 B.C.
Maths Puzzles
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7 x 1 = 7 , 7 x 2 = 14, 14 x 3 = 42, 42 x 4 = 168, 168 x 5 = 840
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