🧠 Logic riddles for kids with answers
Logic riddles reward careful reading. Slow down, check every word, and don't trust your first guess.
A man looks at a photo and says: "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photo?
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Who is "my father's son" if he has no brothers?
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His son. "My father's son" is the man himself (he has no brothers), so the man in the photo is his son.
Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono... What is the fifth daughter's name?
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Read the first two words again.
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Mary
There are three apples on the table and you take away two. How many apples do you have?
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The question asks what you have, not what is left.
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Two - the ones you took.
A rooster lays an egg on the very top of a barn roof. Which way does the egg roll?
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Who lays eggs on a farm?
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Neither way - roosters don't lay eggs.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
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Does a mountain grow when someone finds it?
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Mount Everest. It was still the highest; people just didn't know it yet.
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each of her brothers has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are in the family?
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Nobody counts themselves.
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4 girls and 3 boys. Each girl has 3 sisters and 3 brothers. Each boy has 2 brothers and 4 sisters.
You're running a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?
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You took their spot, not first place.
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Second place
Which weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
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Read the amount, not the material.
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Neither. They both weigh one pound.
A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many sheep are left?
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"All but 9" means 9 stayed.
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9
Two fathers and two sons go fishing. Each of them catches one fish, but they bring home only three fish. How?
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Can one person be a father and a son?
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There are only three people: a grandfather, his son and his grandson. The middle one is both a father and a son.
You walk into a dark cabin with only one match. There is a candle, an oil lamp and a fireplace. What do you light first?
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What do you need before lighting anything else?
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The match
Tom is taller than Sam. Sam is taller than Joe. Who is the shortest?
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Put them in a line from tallest to shortest.
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Joe
Quick answers
A man looks at a photo and says: "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the photo?
His son. "My father's son" is the man himself (he has no brothers), so the man in the photo is his son.
Mary's father has five daughters: Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono... What is the fifth daughter's name?
Mary
There are three apples on the table and you take away two. How many apples do you have?
Two - the ones you took.
A rooster lays an egg on the very top of a barn roof. Which way does the egg roll?
Neither way - roosters don't lay eggs.
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?
Mount Everest. It was still the highest; people just didn't know it yet.