Mathematics is an exact science that everyone needs. It is required not only for specialized scientific calculations, but also in everyday life. Mathematics develops intelligence, just as sports exercises help pump up muscles.
In this article we have collected for you riddles on mathematical topics in verse, with answers. For convenience, the riddles are divided by age: for preschoolers and students in grades 1, 2, 3, 4. We hope our riddles will help show your child that mathematics is a very interesting and entertaining science. Try to solve them with your child - maybe he has a hidden mathematical talent?
Riddles about geometric shapes
Square
He has been my friend for a long time, Every angle in him is straight, All four sides are the same length. I'm glad to introduce him to you. And his name is... (Answer: Square)
Six squares became friends and formed into it forever. (Answer: Cube)
There are four sides to it, all are equal to each other. He is a brother with a rectangle, called... (Answer: Square)
I am neither an oval nor a circle, I am not a friend to the Triangle. I am the brother of the rectangle, and my name is... (Answer: Square)
Four corners and four sides, They look exactly like sisters. You can’t roll him into the goal like a ball, And he won’t start galloping after you. The figure is familiar to many guys. Did you recognize him? After all, this is... (Answer: Square)
Dip the cube into the paint, apply it and lift it. Vasya did this ten times - they were imprinted. (Answer: Squares)
Circle
The compass, our reliable friend, draws again in the notebook... (Answer: Circle)
No corner, no side, And relatives are just pancakes. (Answer: Circle)
The goat's leg danced and I drew it. (Answer: Circle)
The wheel rolled, After all, it resembles, Like a visual nature, Only a round figure. Did you guess it, dear friend? Well, of course it is... (Answer: Circle)
It looks like a circle, but the fact is that we otherwise call it a Drawn Circle. What's the secret? Tell me, my friend! This strange appearance is called... (Answer: Circle)
I have no corners And I look like a saucer, Like a plate and like a lid, Like a ring, like a wheel. Who am I, friends? Call me! (Answer: Circle)
I have no corners and I look like a saucer, like a medal, like a pancake, like an aspen leaf. I am an old friend to people. They call me... (Answer: Circle)
The mouse lived in the ball as if in a hole, ate the entire pulp to the crust - Such are its manners. The ball turned into... (Answer: Sphere)
He is both a ball and a ball, and the Moon and a bun. (Answer: Ball)
A triangle with a semicircle The circle was teased as a “fat friend.” The circle, upset to the point of tears, has already become and grown upward. Who can guess what his name is now? (Answer: Oval)
It looks like an egg or your face. This is the circle - It has a very strange appearance: The circle has become flattened. Suddenly it turned out... (Answer: Oval)
If I took a circle, squeezed it a little on both sides, answer children together - It would turn out... (Answer: Oval)
Triangle
Angry fish tail-shovel Bite off half a square - A whole corner, believe it or not! Who is he, poor thing, now? (Answer: Triangle)
My three sides may be of different lengths. Where the sides meet - The angle is obtained. What happened? Look! After all, there are also three corners. Look at me, say my name. (Answer: Triangle)
I am a polygon, although you will hardly find diagonals in me. (Answer: Triangle)
Three corners, three sides. Can be of different lengths. If you hit the corners, you'll quickly jump up yourself! (Answer: Triangle)
Three peaks are visible here, Three corners, three sides - Well, perhaps that’s enough! - What do you see? - ... (Answer: Triangle)
Three sides and three corners. And every schoolchild knows: The figure is called, Of course, ... (Answer: Triangle)
Look at the figure and draw three corners in the album. Connect the three sides together. The result was not a square, but a beautiful one... (Answer: Triangle)
Look at me carefully - After all, I only have three. Three sides and three corners, Three peaks - points. Now quickly give me the answer, Who am I? (Answer: Triangle)
Three peaks, Three corners, Three sides - Who am I? (Answer: Triangle)
Polygons
He hates robbery, he is honest with himself: He has an equal number of corners, vertices, sides. (Answer: Polygon)
Here's a brick, a new textbook, pastila, a bale of magazines. Name their shape with a word of fourteen letters! (Answer: Parallelepiped)
Triangle stuck his nose into the jet vacuum cleaner. And he has no nose - oh, God! - Looked like a skirt. The most interesting thing is what his name is now. (Answer: Trapezoid)
On our soccer ball it is painted black. (Answer: Pentagon)
There is no better figure for this bee in the whole world. (Answer: Hexagon)
Eight flies on the edge of the saucer are laughing at the spider - He tied them in a circle with cobwebs to each other. There are eight cobwebs too. Who can name the figure? (Answer: Octagon)
Rectangle
We stretched out the square and presented it to the eye, Who did it look like or something very similar? Not a brick, not a triangle - Became a square... (Answer: Rectangle)
Trace the whole brick with chalk on the asphalt, And you will get a figure - You, of course, are familiar with it. (Answer: Rectangle)
Two twin squares - Halves of their father. Attach the sides, say the name of their father. (Answer: Rectangle)
Think, tell me... You just have to remember: The opposite sides of this figure are equal. (Answer: Rectangle)
Rhombus
He stood square on the corner and poked his nose into the ceiling. It grew upward for another five days. What should we call it now? (Answer: Rhombus)
A slightly flattened square Invites to identify: An acute angle and an obtuse one Eternally linked by fate. Have you guessed what it's all about? What should we call the figure? (Answer: Rhombus)
If all the squares stood on the tops at an angle, then the guys would see We are not squares, but... (Answer: Rhombus)
Cone, Cylinder
Always a party guest, But not a ball or a flag, He looks like the roof of a tower And a waffle cone. (Answer: Cone)
We cut off the noses of the sausage loaf, It is now a man's hat of amazing beauty. (Answer: Cylinder)
Corner
It is sharp, but not the nose. There is a direct question, but not a question. And there is a blunt one, but not a knife. What could this be? (Answer: Angle)
We know this angle very well: It is equal to the sum of two right angles. (Answer: Full angle)
What can't Magnifier magnify in a triangle? (Answer: Angles)
It can be expanded, it can be sharp, it can be dull. What do guys call two rays Coming from a point from one? (Answer : Angle)
A dashing circus performer In a nondescript shell They form two rays With a beginning at a common point. (Answer: Angle)
Sometimes it is sharp, sometimes it is blunt, but most often it is straight. Blunt and sharp have different sizes, Straight is an example of constancy. The degree is changed between acute and obtuse, only the straight line remains straight. (Answer: Angle)
Without putting a center point, you cannot circle the circle. Without knowing the top for sure, you won’t find it... (Answer : Angle)
The peak serves as my head. And what you consider legs, Everyone calls sides. (Answer: Angle)
Mathematical riddles for logic
What is greater: the sum of all the numbers or their product?
Answer: amount. One of the digits is 0, and multiplying by 0 gives... What can't a magnifying glass magnify in a triangle?
Answer: angles
Everyone knows that two squared equals four, three squared equals nine. What is the angle in a square? Answer: 90 degrees
What three numbers give the same result when added and multiplied? Answer: 1 + 2 + 3 = 6, 1 * 2 * 3 = 6
There are 8 benches in the park. Three were painted. How many benches are there in the park? Answer: 8
A pair of horses ran 40 km. How many kilometers did each horse run? Answer: 40 km
There are 4 corners in the room. There was a cat in each corner, and opposite each cat there were 3 cats.
How many cats were in the room? Answer: 4
How many times can you subtract 6 from 30?
Answer: only one, then 6 will be subtracted from 24
What sign must be placed between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6? Answer: comma
Math riddles for kids
To get the sum, you need two numbers... Answer: add
There are so many legs on the table and corners in the apartment. Did you guess it, kids? There are always... Answer: four
She has nothing: no eyes, no hands, no nose, she consists of everything from a condition with a question. Answer: task
The miller went to the mill and saw 3 cats in each corner. How many legs are there in a mill? Answer: 3*4*4+2=50
The blacksmith shoed three horses. How many horseshoes did he have to make? Answer: 12
If it is less, then we will be Numbers... Answer: divide
This is a quantity. And she alone measures the size of surfaces, determines the square. Answer: area
If this is more than five times, the numbers will... Answer: multiply
Unknown X, unknown Y, They can be found in equalities. And this, guys, I’ll tell you, is not a game. We need to seriously find a solution here. With unknown equality, without a doubt, Call us guys, how are we? Answer: equation
I walk and repeat, And I remember again: Twice two is four, Five three is fifteen. To remember everything, you need to try. This achievement is... Answer: multiplication table
Card file of puzzles with numbers
Riddle tasks
using numbers, digits
Two ends, two rings, and a stud in the middle. ( Scissors
.)
Four brothers live under one roof. ( Table
.)
Five brothers live in one house. ( Mitten
.)
Antoshka stands on one leg. Where the sun becomes, that’s where he will look. ( Sunflower
.)
There are no legs, but I walk, there is no mouth, but I will tell you when to sleep, when to get up. ( Watch
.)
The grandfather is sitting, dressed in a hundred fur coats, and whoever undresses him sheds tears. ( Onion
.) A hundred brothers live in a red house, they all look alike.
( Watermelon
.)
We are 7 brothers, all equal in age, but different in name. Guess who we are. ( Days of the week
.)
Grandfather has 4 names a year. Who is this? ( Spring Summer Autumn Winter
.)
12 brothers follow each other, but do not find each other. ( Months
.)
Who changes clothes 4 times a year? ( Earth
.)
Many arms, but one leg. ( Tree
.)
Five boys, five closets, the boys went into dark closets. ( Gloved fingers
.)
In order not to freeze, 5 guys are sitting in a knitted stove. ( Mitten
.)
Four legs, but can't walk. ( Table
.)
A hundred brothers live in a red house, they all look alike. (Watermelon.)
We are 7 brothers, all equal in age, but different in name. Guess who we are. (Days of the week.)
Grandfather has 4 names a year. Who is this? (Spring Summer Autumn Winter.)
Who changes clothes four times a year? (Earth.)
4 wings, not a butterfly. Flapping its wings, but not moving. What it is? (Windmill.)
Has 4 teeth. Every day he appears at the table and does not eat anything. What is this? (Fork.)
Who gets taller when they sit down? (Dog.)
What becomes easier when it is inflated? (Rubber ball.)
3 brothers are running along the same path. 1 is ahead, and 2 is behind: these 2 are running, but they cannot catch up with the one in front. (Wheels of a children's
bicycle.)
I stand on four legs, but I can’t walk at all. (Table.)
As soon as I move, four of them will start circling. (Cart.)
4 brothers roam the streets, one does not overtake the other, one does not lag behind the other. (Car wheels.)
It's green at the top, red at the bottom, and has grown into the ground. (Carrot.)
5 brothers: equal in age, different in height. (Fingers.)
— What number appears in the fairy tale about the Princess who fell asleep? (7 heroes.)
What number indicates how many heads does the Serpent Gorynych have? (3.)
What number do two bagels put together resemble? (8)
Which number looks like a padlock? (6)
Which number shows how many ears a big elephant has? What about the little elephant? (2)
If the number 6 turns over, what happens? (9)
Which number looks like the steadfast tin soldier? (1)
What number does the teacher write in the excellent student’s notebook? (5)
If you turn this number over, you will get a wonderful chair for a doll. (4)
