{"id":2685,"date":"2015-03-04T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/?p=2685"},"modified":"2021-12-01T13:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T12:52:01","slug":"60-brain-teasers-for-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buzznigeria.com\/60-brain-teasers-for-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"60 Brain Teasers for Kids with Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brain teasers are not just for fun, they serve a bigger purpose than just fun. It is one sure way to buzz the mind of a kid to think faster, it makes a child sharp and smart at any given time. A child with lesser brain cells tend to be slow in thinking but a child with more brain cells thinks faster and smarter. That’s exactly where the brain teasers come in; it helps to boost the brain cells of a child, hence making the child smarter than other kids with lower brain cells. Here are some good examples of brain teasers for kids, they usually come in the form of questions and answers. Take a look…<\/p>\n
1. Q: Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
\nA: Neither, they both weigh one pound.<\/p>\n
2. Q: How many months have 28 days?
\nA: All 12 months.<\/p>\n
3. Q: Name four days of the week that start with the letter \u201ct\u201d?
\nA: Tuesday, Thursday, today, and tomorrow.<\/p>\n
4. Q: What word looks the same backwards and upside down?
\nA: SWIMS.<\/p>\n
5. Q: A boy fell off a 30-meter ladder but did not get hurt. Why not?
\nA: He fell off the bottom step.<\/p>\n
6. Q: Using only addition, how do you add eight 8\u2019s and get the number 1000?
\nA: 888 + 88 + 8 + 8 + 8 = 1000.<\/p>\n\n
7. Q: Beth\u2019s mother has three daughters. One is called Lara, the other one is Sara. What is the name of the third daughter?
\nA: Beth.<\/p>\n
8. Q: You have a 5-gallon bucket and a 3-gallon bucket with as much water as you need, but no other measuring devices. Fill the 5-gallon bucket with exactly 4 gallons of water.
\nA: Fill the 5-gallon bucket all the way up. Pour it into the 3-gallon bucket until it is full. Empty the 3-gallon bucket. Pour the remaining 2 gallons into the 3-gallon bucket. Fill the 5-gallon bucket all the way up. Finish filling the 3-gallon bucket.<\/p>\n
9. Q: What\u2019s full of holes but still holds water?
\nA: A sponge.<\/p>\n
10. Q: How do dog catchers get paid?
\nA: By the pound.<\/p>\n
11. Q: A girl is sitting in a house at night that has no lights on at all. There is no lamp, no candle, nothing. Yet she is reading. How?
\nA: The woman is blind and is reading braille.<\/p>\n
12. Q: A train leaves from Halifax, Nova Scotia heading towards Vancouver, British Columbia at 120 km\/h. Three hours later, a train leaves Vancouver heading towards Halifax at 180 km\/h. Assume there are exactly 6000 kilometres between Vancouver and Halifax. When they meet, which train is closer to Halifax?
\nA: Both trains would be at the same spot when they meet therefore they are both equally close to Halifax.<\/p>\n
13. Q: If an electric train is going east at 60 miles an hour and there is a strong westerly wind, which way does the smoke from the train drift?
\nA: There is no smoke coming from electric trains.<\/p>\n
14. Q: Say Racecar backwards.
\nA: \u2018Racecar backwards\u2019<\/p>\n
15. Q: I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?
\nA: Seven (take away the \u2018s\u2019 and it becomes \u2018even\u2019).<\/p>\n
16. Q: What can run but can\u2019t walk?
\nA: A drop of water.<\/p>\n
17. Q: How far can a dog run into the woods?
\nA: The dog can run into the woods only to the half of the wood \u2013 than it would run out of the woods.<\/p>\n
18. Q: I have a large money box, 48 centimetres square and 42 centimetres tall. Roughly how many coins can I place in my empty money box?
\nA: Just one, after which it will no longer be empty.<\/p>\n
19. Q: What does this mean? I RIGHT I
\nA: Right between the eyes.<\/p>\n
20. Q: What 5-letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
\nA: Shorter.<\/p>\n