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Time Riddles for Kids

Looking for time riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe time riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.

43 time riddles

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RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Je

medium Age 6+ time what am i

RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Jenny. The next day she walked into the same building, looked at the same guard and said her name was Julie. What is going on?

Hint: RIDDLE ME THIS:A woman walked into an office building…

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✨ The woman has Multiple Personality Disorder. This happens when a traumatic experience causes so much pain that they make another personality to cope with the situation

L1 · what am i

RIDDLE:When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, “In 2 years I will be twice as old as I was 5 year

medium Age 9+ math math

RIDDLE:When asked how old she was, Suzie replied, “In 2 years I will be twice as old as I was 5 years ago.”How old is she?

Hint: RIDDLE:When asked how old she was…

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✨ Use some math remember in 2 yrs she's twice as old She's 12 ! 14yr / 2yr = 7yr add 5yr and get 12 years old

L2 · math

Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet

medium Age 6+ time what am i

Some try to hide, some try to cheat, but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might, to guess my name, I promise you’ll know, when you I do claim. Who am I?

Hint: Some try to hide…

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✨ Death

L1 · what am i

Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 a

hard Age 10+ time brain teaser

Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May, 1978 at 12:34 a.m. What was it?

Hint: Something very extraordinary happened on the 6th of May…

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✨ At that moment, the time and day could be written as: 12:34, 5/6/78

L3 · brain teaser

Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop

tricky Age 8+ time brain teaser

Trains travel from one town to another town all day, always on the same track, always going nonstop and at the same speed. The noon train took 80 minutes to complete the trip, but the 4 PM train took an hour and 20 minutes. Why?

Hint: Trains travel from one town to another town all day…

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✨ 80 minutes is the same as an hour and 20 minutes

L3 · brain teaser

Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, bu

medium Age 8+ time brain teaser

Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day of the same month, but they are not twins. How can this be possible?

Hint: Two girls have the same parents and were born at the same hour of the same day o…

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✨ They were not born in the same year

L2 · brain teaser

Until I am measured, I am not known

medium Age 8+ time what am i

Until I am measured, I am not known. Yet how you miss me, When I have flown. What am I?

Hint: Until I am measured…

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✨ Time

L2 · what am i

What falls but doesn't break, and what breaks but doesn't fall?

tricky Age 8+ nature brain teaser

What falls but doesn’t break, and what breaks but doesn’t fall?

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✨ Night and Day

L3 · brain teaser

What goes up and never comes down?

easy Age 6+ body what am i

What goes up and never comes down?

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✨ Your Age

L2 · what am i

What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

medium Age 8+ wordplay brain teaser

What is once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

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✨ The letter M

L3 · brain teaser

What is significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on 1st January 2001?

hard Age 10+ time math

What is significant about 3661 seconds past midnight on 1st January 2001?

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✨ The time and date will be 01:01:01 on 01/01/01

L3 · math

What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the

medium Age 8+ time brain teaser

What question can someone ask all day long, always get completely different answers, and yet all the answers could be correct?

Hint: What question can someone ask all day long…

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✨ “What time is it?“

L3 · brain teaser

What time is it on the other island?

easy Age 6+ time math

Two islands sit in the Bering Strait. One is Russian, one is American. At 23:00 on the Russian isle, what does the clock show on the American isle?

Hint: Think about the International Date Line.

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✨ 03:00

L2 · math

What time is it when the clock strikes 13?

easy Age 6+ time joke

What time is it when the clock strikes 13?

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✨ Time to get the clock fixed

L2 · joke

What time will it be after adding 6 hours?

easy Age 6+ time math

It’s almost midnight; the clock shows 11. You wait six hours. The hands spin past twelve. Where do they stop?

Hint: Clocks only go up to 12.

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✨ 5

L2 · math

When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?

medium Age 8+ time brain teaser

When can you add two to eleven and get one as the correct answer?

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✨ Look at a clock When you add two hours to eleven o'clock, you get one o'clock

L3 · brain teaser

When does 7 + 6 = 1?

easy Age 6+ time brain teaser

Start a timer at dawn. Add six hours to seven. You land on a number that seems wrong, until you check your watch.

Hint: Think about the face of a clock.

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✨ 1 o'clock

L2 · brain teaser

When does the fast train catch the slow one?

easy Age 6+ time math

Train A leaves at 15:00, going 240 km/h. Train B leaves at 16:00, going 360 km/h. Both travel the same track. What time does B meet A?

Hint: Find how far ahead the first train is.

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✨ 18:00

L2 · math

When will Uncle be four times as old as cousin?

easy Age 6+ time math

Uncle is 42, cousin is 6. Someday Uncle’s age will be exactly four times cousin’s. How many years must pass?

Hint: Make an algebra sentence.

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✨ 6

L2 · math

Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn't work at all?

hard Age 10+ time brain teaser

Which clock works best, the one that loses a minute a day, or the one that doesn’t work at all?

Hint: Which clock works best…

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✨ The one that doesn't work is best as it will always be correct twice a day, but the one that loses a minute a day will not be correct again for 720 days (losing 720 minutes or 12 hours)

L3 · brain teaser