Mary is 4 years old. Her sister Jane is half her age. Now Mary is 40, how old is Jane? Answer 38, Because mary is 2 years older than her sister if she is 4 and her sister is 2
There are 7 pairs of shoes. Someone takes one of the shoes. How many shoes are left? Answer 13 because 7+7=14 and 14-1=13
A hobo picks up cigarette butts from the ground and makes a cigarette with 4 butts. If he finds 16 cigarette butts, how many cigarettes can he make? Answer 5. He makes 4 cigarettes with the 16 butts. Then he smokes them and has 4 more butts to make another cigarette.
A teacher is yelling, she closes the door, the window and a book but what did she forget to close? Answer Her mouth
Three men enter a room but only two walk out. The room is empty. Where is the third man? Answer The third man is in a wheelchair so he rolls out of the room instead of walking out.
You see a boat filled with people, yet there isn’t a single person on board. How is that possible? Answer All the people on the boat are married.