I'm tall when I'm young and short when I'm old. What am I?
Hint: I glow on birthday cakes.
Answer
A candle
Candles get shorter as they burn.
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I go up and down all day, but I never actually move. What am I?
Hint: Take me one step at a time.
Answer
Stairs
People go up and down stairs, but the stairs stay put.
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I have hands but I can't clap, and a face but I can't smile. What am I?
Hint: I'm always ticking.
Answer
A clock
Clocks have hands and a face but no way to clap or smile.
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The more I dry, the wetter I get. What am I?
Hint: Find me in the bathroom.
Answer
A towel
A towel gets wetter as it dries you off.
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Divide 30 by half and add 10. What do you get?
Hint: Dividing by half isn't the same as halving.
Answer
70
Dividing 30 by 1/2 gives 60, and 60 + 10 = 70.
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If two's company and three's a crowd, what are four and five?
Hint: Don't overthink it.
Answer
Nine
Four plus five is nine.
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A farmer has 17 sheep. All but 9 run away. How many are left?
Hint: "All but" is the key.
Answer
Nine
"All but 9" means every sheep except nine ran off, so nine are left.
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How can you add eight 8s together to get exactly 1,000?
Hint: Some of the 8s can team up.
Answer
888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8
888 + 88 = 976, and adding three more 8s gives 1,000. That's eight 8s in total.
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Which three positive whole numbers give the same answer whether you add them or multiply them?
Hint: Start counting from one.
Answer
1, 2 and 3
1 + 2 + 3 = 6 and 1 × 2 × 3 = 6.
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A bat and a ball cost $1.10 together. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost?
Answer
5 cents
If the ball is $0.05, the bat is $1.05, and together they make $1.10.
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There are three apples and you take away two. How many apples do you have?
Hint: Who's holding them?
Answer
Two
You took two apples, so you have two.
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I'm an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
Hint: Spell the numbers out.
Answer
Seven
Remove the S from "seven" and you get "even."
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