Lateral Thinking Riddles

Lateral thinking puzzles involve solving problems through an indirect and creative approach, using reasoning that is not immediately obvious, thinking out of the box and involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic.

Three Ants

Three ants are walking in the same direction. The first ant has two ants behind him, the second ant has one in front and one behind, but the third ant has one in front and one behind too. How is this possible if there were only three ants?

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100 Foot Ladder

A boy fell off a 100 foot ladder. But he did not get hurt. Why not?

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Distribute 3 Apples

How can you distribute 3 apples to two mothers and their two daughters giving a whole apple to each?

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Pencil on the Floor

How can you place a pencil on the floor so that no one can jump over it?

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12 Matchsticks

A fire officer has 12 matchsticks lying in front of her. She removes just one of them. She now sees 9 in front of her. How is this possible?

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Lateral Thinking Riddles

Three Ants

100 Foot Ladder

Distribute 3 Apples

Pencil on the Floor

12 Matchsticks

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