Leon works at the aquarium. When he tries to put each turtle in its own tank, he has one turtle too many. But if he puts two turtles per tank, he has on tank too many.
How many turtles and how many tanks does Leon have?
Riddle AnswerMath Riddles
Miguel and Leila
When Miguel was 6 years old, his little sister, Leila, was half his age. If Miguel is 40 years old today, how old is Leila?
Riddle Answer120 Chocolates
Fred can eat 27 chocolates in a hour, Alice can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Kelly can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes.
How long will it take them to share and eat a large box of 120 chocolates?
Riddle AnswerHalf Full Recycling Bin
There is a bottle recycling bin, with one lonely bottle inside. Every hour, on the hour, people come and put bottles into the skip. The first hour, at noon, one person came and put a bottle in. One hour later, two people placed a bottle each into the skip. An hour later four people placed a bottle each into the skip.
This doubling of people continued until 11pm, when the bin was finally full. When was the bin exactly half full?
Riddle AnswerMultiple of Grandson Age
A grandfather and his grandson have the same birthday date. For six consecutive birthdays the grandfather was a multiple of the grandson’s age.
How old were each at their sixth consecutive birthday?
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