Riddles for 10 Year Olds — Page 23

You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock

You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock. This one loses exactly 24 minutes every hour. It is now showing 3:00am and you know that is was correct at midnight, when you set it. The clock stopped 1 hour ago, what is the correct time now?

Hint: You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock…

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✨ 6:00am: since the clock is losing 24 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the clock will only show 36 minutes

L3 · math

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You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match

easy object brain teaser

You have three stoves: a gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?

Hint: You have three stoves: a gas stove…

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✨ The match!

L2 · brain teaser

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You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue

medium object what am i

You hear it speak, for it has a hard tongue. But it cannot breathe, for it has not a lung. What is it?

Hint: You hear it speak…

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✨ A Bell

L2 · what am i

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You heard me before, Yet you hear me again, Then I die, 'Till you call me again

easy nature what am i

You heard me before, Yet you hear me again, Then I die, ‘Till you call me again.

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✨ Hello...Hello...Hello I am an echo

L2 · what am i

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People kiss under me at Christmas. I am a small plant hung in doorways. What am I?

medium nature what am i

People kiss under me at Christmas. I am a small plant hung in doorways. What am I?

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✨ Mistletoe

L2 · what am i

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You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“

easy building brain teaser

You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“. What color would the stairs be?

Hint: You live in a one story house made “entirely of redwood“…

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✨ What stairs? You live in a one story house

L2 · brain teaser

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You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers

tricky body brain teaser

You must keep this thing, its loss will affect your brothers. For once yours is lost, it will soon be lost by others.

Hint: You must keep this thing…

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✨ Your Temper

L3 · brain teaser

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You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the insi

easy food what am i

You pick it, You peel the outside, You cook the inside, You eat the outside, And throw away the inside. What am I?

Hint: You pick it…

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✨ Corn

L1 · what am i

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You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

medium wordplay impossible

You see me once in June, twice in November, but not at all in May. What am I?

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✨ The letter E

L2 · impossible

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You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows

easy object what am i

You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it?

Hint: You use it between your head and your toes…

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✨ A Bar of Soap

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You want to send a valuable object to a friend

tricky object logic

You want to send a valuable object to a friend. You have a box which is more than large enough to contain the object. You have several locks with keys. The box has a locking ring which is more than large enough to have a lock attached. But your friend does not have the key to any lock that you have. How do you do it? Note that you cannot send a key in an unlocked box, since it might be copied.

Hint: You want to send a valuable object to a friend…

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✨ Attach a lock to the ring. Send it to her. She attaches her own lock and sends it back. You remove your lock and send it back to her. She removes her lock

L3 · logic

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You won't find any rubber on my bottom — just shiny steel. I am useless on grass, but I fly like the wind when it freezes outside. What am I?

easy sports skate

You won’t find any rubber on my bottom — just shiny steel. I am useless on grass, but I fly like the wind when it freezes outside. What am I?

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✨ Ice Skates

L1 · skate

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