Riddles for 8 Year Olds — Page 6

How many times can you subtract the number 5 from 25?

You start with 20. Take 4 out. Now you have 16. Can you still subtract from 20?

Hint: After the first time, you’re working with a new number.

• Aidan has some turtles and tanks.
• One per tank leaves an extra turtle.
• Two per tank leaves an extra tank.
• The numbers are small.
• Can you find both?

Hint: Try guessing small numbers like 2, 3, or 4 turtles.

• Prices seem random: a tie is $15, a shirt $25.
• A skirt is also $25, and trousers are $40.
• The owner uses a secret rule for pricing.
• It’s not based on fabric or style.
• Figure out the pattern, then find the coat’s price.

Hint: Count the letters in each word.

Two friends pool their money. Together they have 100 dollars. One has 40 dollars more than the other. What is the smaller amount?

Hint: Split the total and half the difference.

I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. What am I?

Hint: I am a box that holds keys without locks…

I am a fathers child and a mothers child, yet I am not a son. Who am I?

I am a shoe with a special row of wheels lined up in a straight single file. I love smooth concrete and bike paths. What am I?

I am always hungry, I must always be fed, The finger I lick Will soon turn red.

I am large as a castle, yet lighter than air. 100 men and their horses cannot move me. What am I?

Hint: I am large as a castle…

I am like day, you can find me near the river any day, and you can make almost anything out of me. who am I?

Hint: I am like day…

I am made of gingerbread with gumdrop buttons and frosting. What am I?

I am only useful When I am full, Yet I am always Full of holes.

I am served at a table, In gatherings of two or four; Served small, white and round. You’ll love some, And that’s part of the fun. What am I?

Hint: I am served at a table…

I am six letters. When you take one away I am twelve. What am I?

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.

Hint: I am taken from a mine…

I am the beginning of sorrow, and the end of sickness. You cannot express happiness without me, yet I am in the midst of crosses. I am always in risk, yet never in danger. You may find me in the sun, but I am never out of darkness.

Hint: I am the beginning of sorrow…

I am the shortest complete sentence in the English language. What am I?

I am thin, tall and I cannot walk but I have a tilted head . What am I!?

I am thought to be everywhere, and I only have one rival. He hides within himself, and stays wherever I cannot reach. Who am I? and Who is my rival??

Hint: I am thought to be everywhere…