Digits in Disguise Riddles

The students in Mrs. Hoyme's room wrote a book of riddles using clues to represent numbers that are found in our daily lives.  Each student wrote two different riddles to put in a class book. Each riddle had to include on clue that described an element of time: week, day, year, hour, minute, etc. Here are only a few of these "digits in disguise." How many riddles can you solve? The answers to our riddles are at the end of the page. Good luck!

Riddle 1 by Mrs. Hoyme

I am the number of yards on a football field, plus the number of inches in a yardstick, minus the number of days in a week. What number am I?

 

Riddle 2 by Jennifer

I am the number of minutes in an hour, plus the years in a century, minus the years in a decade. What number am I?

 

Riddle 3 by Gavin

I am the number of days in a leap year, plus the days in a year, minus the number of engines in a car. What number am I?

 

Riddle 4 by Alexis

I am the number of days in a week, plus the number of seconds in a minute, minus the number of toes on both feet. What number am I?

 

Riddle 5 by Brandi

I am the number of days in a week, plus the number of letters in the word “Florida,” minus the number of legs on a chair. What number am I?

 

Riddle 6 by McKinley

I am the number of letters in the alphabet, plus the number of years in a century, minus the number of yards in half a football field.

What number am I?

 

Riddle 7 by Logan

I am the number of handles on a scissor, plus two people, plus the number of days in a leap year. What number am I?

 

Riddle 8 by Mitchel

I am the number of legs on a spider, plus the number of legs on a ghost, minus the number of years in a decade, plus three. What number am I?

 

Riddle 9 by Alayna

I am the number of points on a star, plus the number of legs on a gecko, minus the number of days in a week. What number am I?

 

Riddle 10 by Rebecca

I am the number of digits on a hand, plus the days in a leap year, minus the number of inches on a foot ruler. What number am I?

 

Riddle 11 by Kyler

I am the number of days in two years, minus the number of wheels on a car, plus four. What number am I?

 

Riddle 12 by Megan

I am the number of eyes on a person, plus the number of minutes in an hour, minus five pumpkins. What number am I?

 

Riddle 13 by Jack

I am the number of days in a year, plus the number of yards on a football field, minus the number of states in America. What number am I?

 

Riddle 14 by Spencer

I am the number of days in a week, plus the number of yards on a football field, minus the number of wheels on four cars. What number am I?

 

Riddle 15 by Adam

I am the number of weeks in a year, plus the number of wheels on five cars, minus the number of years in a decade. What number am I?

 

                               

 

 

 

The answers to our riddles:

1.    129                                  
2.    150                                  
3.    730                                  
4.    57
5.    10                                    
 

 6.    76                                    
7.    370                                  
8.    1                                       
9.    2                                      
10.  359    		                                 
11.   730                                  
12.  57                                    
13.  415                                    
14.  91                                    
15.  62 

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