1260 Challenging Brain Teasers Page 84 of 84
The last of our 1260 challenging brain teasers with mostly math, logic, and word brain teasers to train your brain to think straightforward and also out of the box.
1246. What do these words have in common?
AGENDA CLOTHES SCISSORS SHORTS
1247. Which one of the following words does not belong with the others? Why?
AUNT FATHER MOTHER UNCLE SISTER COUSIN DAUGHTER SON
1248. One state in the United States is surrounded by 7 other states. Which state is it, and can you name the surrounding states?
1249. Replace the asterisks with mathematical symbols to make this equation work.
888 * 8 * 8 * 88 * 8 * 8 * 8 = 1527
1250. Which fruit in the following list is the odd one out?
peach grape orange cherry pear apple strawberry
1251. Simplify: 9/72 ? 36/144 ? 12/36
1252. 7321 is to 143 and 8642 is to 3212, therefore 5126 is to ?
1253. Which is the odd man out and why?
colon
haven
meter
gurus
madam
minim
1254. What number should replace the ?
64 5 44? 3 424 14 0 4
1255. What do the following words have in common?
Tabulate
Attack
Pagoda
Sewers
Hungry
Repair
1256. What two numbers should replace the question marks?
4 1 9 2 15 4 22 7 ? ?
1257. Replace the question marks with two letters in each of the letters listed below to make a left and right four letter word. When you're finished with all four words, you'll have a an eight-letter word formed by the replaced letters.
co ?? nt
pa ?? in
he ?? am
tu ?? st.
1258. What comes next in the following sequence?
1072 1055 1021 953 817 545 ?
1259. Add one letter, but not necessarily the same letter, anywhere you want to (front, back, middle) to each of the following words to form two new words that are opposite in meaning.
raise sold
1260. A man rode a bus every morning to get to work. His bus stop had two eastbound buses that ran every ten minutes; one bus only went halfway to his destination and the other bus went all the way to his destination. Both busses ran all day long. The man went to the bus stop at random times every day, but on average, he caught the bus going all the way to his destination nine times out of ten. How do you explain this?
