All my ties are red except two. All my ties are blue except two. All my ties are brown except two. How many ties do I have?

John has been hired to paint the numbers 1 through 100 on 100 apartments. How many times will he have to paint the number 9?

There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there in total?

A bathtub is full of water. If you have a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket, what’s the easiest way to empty the bathtub?

There was a small get-together. There were a total of 28 handshakes exchanged between the guests. How many guests were present?

A shop sells 1 chocolate for $1. You can exchange 3 wrappers for 1 chocolate. If you have $75, how many chocolates can you get?

“Jean is my niece,” said Jack to his sister Jill. “She is not by niece,” said Jill. How is it possible?

The day before yesterday, Chris was 7 years old. Next year, she’ll turn 10. How is this possible? When is Chris birthday?

If you and a friend have the same amount of apples, how many does she need to give you in order to have 10 more apples than her?

If one and a half teenagers can eat one and a half pizzas in one and a half days, how many pizzas can 9 teenagers eat in 3 days?

A house has 6 stories, each the same height. How many times as long is the ascent to the sixth floor as the ascent to the third?

If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?

A bear walks ten miles south, then ten miles west, then ten miles north, and ends where it started. What is the color of the bear?

A man ate 100 apples in the past five days. Each day he ate 6 more apples than the previous day. How many did he eat on the 4th day?

A doctor and a nurse have a baby boy. But the boy’s father is not the doctor and the mother is not the nurse. How can it be?