Grade 6 Math Riddles Challenge

A fun and challenging worksheet featuring math riddles designed for 6th-grade students to practice problem-solving and critical thinking skills.

Grade 6 Math Math PuzzlesMath Riddles

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3 Short AnswerFill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / False

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.EE.B.6CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.NS.B.3CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.6.RP.A.3

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math riddlesgrade 6problem solvingcritical thinkingmath puzzles

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Read each math riddle carefully and solve it. Show your work or explain your reasoning for each answer.

1. I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

2. What has a head and a tail, but no body?

3. If there are 4 apples and you take away 3, how many do you have? You have apples.

4. I am a three-digit number. My tens digit is five more than my ones digit. My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit. What number am I?

161

272

383

050

5. What mathematical symbol can be placed between 5 and 9 to get a number greater than 5 but less than 9?

6. True or False: If you multiply me by any number, the answer will always be me. What am I?

True

False