33 Logic Puzzles To Prove You're A Certified Smarty-Pants
1.Which does not belong: 99, 81, 25, or 16?
The rest are perfect square numbers.
2.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?
3.Jane went to visit Jill. Jill is Jane’s only husband’s mother-in-law’s only husband’s only daughter’s only daughter. What relation is Jill to Jane?
4.Some months have 31 days; others have 30. How many have 28 days?
5.What would correctly replace the question mark below?
Green
The colors on the left mixed with yellow make the colors on the right!
6.Friday was three days ago. Which day is tomorrow?
If Friday was three days ago, that means today is Monday and tomorrow is Tuesday.
7.REGULAR is to RALUGER as 90210 is to:
8.This figure is made of multiple blocks of the same size stacked directly on top of each other. How many blocks is this figure made of?
18 blocks
9.Which does not belong: 48, 30, 64, or 96?
It's not a multiple of 4.
10.Four girls are in line to buy smoothies. Lacey is behind Stacy but not last. Casey is in front of Macy. Stacy is directly behind Casey. Who is at the end of the line?
Given the information, the correct order of girls from front to back is Casey, Stacy, Lacey, and Macy at the end.
11.Which number belongs at the top of this pyramid?
138
Two numbers next to each other are added together to form the number above.
12.“Mark,” “shelf,” “end,” and “worm” can all be added to the end of which word to make four different compound words?
13.Which does not belong: 37, 51, 13, or 79?
It's the only one that's not a prime number.
14.How many dots should be on the last die?
Three dots
15.Tom works Monday, Thursday, and Friday nights. Jay works all day Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, and mornings on weekends. Tom dances Wednesday and Saturday night, while Jay swims Sunday and Monday mornings. When do both of their schedules allow them to meet?
16.It takes three grandmas three hours to knit three hats. How long would it take 50 grandmas to knit 50 hats?
It takes a grandma three hours to knit a hat.
17.How many letters are in the picture below?
6
There is an S, A, K, Z, D, and O.
18.If short is longer than long, what can you gather about sleep and awake?
Looking at the number of letters in each word, "short" has five letters and is longer than "long," with four letters. "Awake" and "sleep" both have five letters and are therefore the same length.
19.Maggie is 21, and her brother Luis is double her age. How old will Luis be when Maggie is 40?
There is a 21-year age gap between Maggie and Luis, so when Maggie turns 40, Luis will be 61.
20.Which does not belong: 1, 10, 100, or 10,000?
The rest are perfect square numbers.
21.If HISTORY = HIORSTY, then 4623581 = ?
The letters in the word "history" have been rearranged in alphabetical order, so you'd rearrange the numbers in "4623581" in numerical order.
22.Which square correctly fills in the blank?
43
Once the top two numbers are multiplied together, double the product and add one to find out the bottom number.
23.Shirt is to closet as book is to ______.
24.Five friends are waiting in line to get coffee. Ross is behind Joey but not last. Chandler is behind Monica, who is in front of both Ross and Joey. Rachel is second. Who is at the front of the line?
The order of the line would be Monica in the front, then Rachel, Joey, Ross, and Chandler at the end.
25.Which is the next number in this sequence? 21, 28, 29, 35, 37, 42 ...
The pattern is +7,+1,+6,+2,+5,+3...
26.Michael shot a bottle rocket 60 feet with a 1-liter bottle. He shot a bottle rocket 75 feet with a 2-liter bottle. How far can he estimate the rocket will go with a 3-liter bottle?
One extra liter gave him 15 extra feet.
27.Every dog had a bone. Fido had a biscuit. What can you determine?
28.Which number is represented by the pink dot?
2
Each of the blue circles is 6, the purple circle is 7, and that means the pink circle has to be 2.
29.Jasmine is four times as old as her little sister, April. In 20 years, April will be half as old as Jasmine. How old could Jasmine be right now?
If Jasmine is 40 now, that would make her sister 10. In 20 years, her sister will be 30, half the age of Jasmine, who will be 60!
30.If unscrambled, all of the words below would be a type of:
Bird
Flamingo, ostrich, emu, and penguin.
31.And which does not belong: 12, 4, 16, or 8?
The other numbers appear on a standard analog clock.
32.There are five sisters in a room. Anne is reading a book, Margaret is cooking, Kate is playing chess, and Marie is doing the laundry. What's the fifth sister doing?
33.When unscrambled, which of these words is not like the rest?
CAPHE
Unscrambled, all of these words (carrot, onion, potato, broccoli, and celery) are vegetables, with the exception of CAPHE, which unscrambles to "peach."
This article contains content from Audrey Engvalson, Kat Angus, and just-another-stapler-in-jello. It was compiled by Kelly Rissman.
