Short Riddles

Short riddles with answers are most often just one or two sentences long. But don’t be fooled, these short riddles could be very tricky as well.

Sister’s Age

When Tom was 2 years old his sister was half his age. Now, Tom is 100 years old. Then how old is his sister?

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How many times can you take away 2 from 100?

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Two mothers and two daughters go shopping,they buy one dress each and return with 3 dresses. How can this be?

Answer

The women are a grandmother, a mother and a daughter – the mother is therefore both a mother and a daughter – so there were only 3 people.

A one-seeded fruit I may be, but all of your calendars are full of me. What am I?

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You begin reading a book that is three hundred pages long. If you read half of the remaining book each day, how long would it take you to finish it?

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