Put together Tom and his father and they weigh 280 pounds. Tom’s dad weighs three times as much as he does. How much does Tom weigh?

If there’s a frog, dead in the center of a lily pad which is right in the middle of the pond, which side would it jump to?

If five alligators can eat five fish in three minutes, how long will 18 alligators need to eat 18 fish?

The Jones family started driving south for their summer vacation, going through five different states along the way. The Bradfords are driving in the opposite direction and only went through three states. What direction are they driving in?

A teacher says that there are fewer than 30 students but more than 20 in a classroom. The children can be divided into groups of two, three, four, six, and eight with no leftovers. How many students are there?

Lisa is William’s niece, but she isn’t Emily’s niece – even though Emily is William’s sister and William isn’t married. How is that possible?

A cookie jar has 10 chocolate chip cookies and 10 peanut butter cookies. How many cookies would you have to take out to get two of each kind?

Do you know where you can find cities and countries, towns and shops, roads and lakes, but absolutely no people whatsoever?

What object doesn’t belong in this list – trumpet, flute, violin, harmonica, tuba?

Mrs. Adams tells her neighbor that her son turns 16 today and that next birthday he’ll be 20. How can that be?

Four friends are racing. Lisa finishes four hours ahead of Tony, with Pete finishing eight hours ahead of Max. Max needed six more hours to finish than Lisa. What order do they cross the finish line in?

If you see an electric train headed east at 70 an hour but there is a wind blowing in from the west at 80 miles an hour, which way is the smoke from the train going to blow?

Billy tells his sister Sarah that he is twice as old and twice as smart as her right now. Sarah says that in five years should be twice as old as she is now and that Billy won’t be. How old will they be in five years?