THANKSGIVING RIDDLES

11/13/2021

1. Farmer Mateo has seventeen turkeys. All but nine broke through a hole in the fence and wandered away. How many were left? (1 point)
2. What word is spelled wrong in every dictionary? (1 point)
3. Name ten parts of the body that spelled with three letters each. (1 point)
4. Raul just bought a live turkey from farmer John for Thanksgiving dinner. He brought the turkey to show-and-tell in class and asks: "What side of the turkey has more feathers?" Can you answer that question? (1 point)
5. How many times can you subtract 6 from 30? (1 point)
6. While wrestling for the same book from the classroom library, Preston and Kyle accidentally ripped off pages 6, 7, 84, 111, 112. Can you tell how many sheets were torn from the book? (2 points)
7. Mr. Pham tells the class, “Last week, I was 50 years old but next year I will turn 53.” How is this possible? Can you explain when he said this and how is it possible? (3 points)

ANSWERS:
1. 9 turkeys left of course! “All but nine!”
2. The word “WRONG” is spelled the same in every dictionary.
3. rib, jaw, gum, hip, arm, lip, leg, eye, ear, and toe.
4. What side of the chicken has more feathers? “The outside!”
5. Once. After that, 6 is subtracted from 24... (gotcha!)
6. 4 sheets. 111, 112 is only one sheet.
7. Mr. Pham’s birthday is December 25, 2021, and he was talking on January 1, 2022. He’s 51 now. Last week he was 50. This calendar year (December 25, 2022) he will be 52, and the next calendar year (2023) he will turn 53.

WINNERS:
- David 2
- Clarke 1
- Thomas 1
- Jerica 2
- Cassandra 1
- Aristan 1
- Melinda 2

10 Comments

David

11/15/2021 11:08:56 am

Answer 8, wrong, eye, hip, arm, leg, ear, toe jaw, rib lip, gum, 5

clarke

11/15/2021 01:04:39 pm

fir the mateo thing its 8

11/15/2021 01:13:39 pm

for number 3 arm, eye, ear, rib, leg, toe, hip, jaw, lip, and gum.

11/15/2021 01:14:34 pm

for number 5 the answer is 5

Thomas Tran

11/15/2021 01:15:38 pm

1. 8
2. Incorrectly
3. Arm, Eye, Ear, Rib, Leg, Toe, Hip, Jaw, Lip, and Gum
4. Tail
5. 5 times
6. 5?
7. Mr. Pham said he was 50 last week so right now he is 52 so next year he will be 53!

Jerica

11/17/2021 05:46:48 pm

1: 8
2: Incorrectly
3: arm, eye, lip, ear, rib, toe, jaw, hip, gum, leg
4: Only the outside of the turkey has feathers.
5: 5 times
6: 320 pages were ripped out
7: Mr.Pham's birthday is on a leap day/year?

Cassandra

11/17/2021 07:40:32 pm

1. 8 turkeys were left
2. The word "'wrong'' is spelled wrong in every dictionary.
5. You can subtract 6, 5 times in 30.
6. They ripped out 3 pages from the book.

Auren Khammanh

11/17/2021 08:57:08 pm

1. 8 turkeys

Aristan Nuon

11/18/2021 06:22:26 am

1. 8 turkeys were left.
3. eye hip arm leg ear toe jaw rib lip gum.
5. You can subtract 6 from 30 5 times.

Melinda

11/23/2021 11:36:21 pm

1. 17-9=8 2. Right 3. Eye,hip,arm,leg,ear,toe,jaw,rib,lip,gum 4. The outside 5. 30-6=24-6=18-6=12-6=6-6=0 (4-5 times) 6. 5 book pages were ripped (I’m still trying to figure out seven)

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