Brain teasers for kids aged 5 to 7

20 questions

1. What number comes next? 1, 2, 3, 4, ?

   Choose from: 5, 3, 7, 6

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   5. We count up by one each time: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

2. Which one is the odd one out: apple, banana, chair, mango?

   Choose from: Chair, Mango, Banana, Apple

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   Chair. Apples, bananas and mangoes are fruits. You can't eat a chair!

3. Which is heavier: a feather or a big rock?

   Choose from: They are the same, A feather, Neither of them, A big rock

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   A big rock. A big rock is very heavy. A feather is so light it can float in the air.

4. I am a number that comes between 5 and 7. What number am I?

   Choose from: 6, 5, 8, 4

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   6. Counting 5, 6, 7: the number between 5 and 7 is 6.

5. What is the opposite of “hot”?

   Choose from: Cold, Big, Warm, Sunny

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   Cold. Hot and cold are opposites.

6. Riya is 6 years old. Her brother is 2 years older. How old is her brother?

   Choose from: 4, 9, 8, 7

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   8. 6 + 2 = 8 years old.

7. You have 5 pencils. You find 3 more, then you lose 2. How many pencils do you have now?

   Choose from: 10, 6, 8, 4

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   6. 5 + 3 = 8, then 8 − 2 = 6 pencils.

8. Which one is the odd one out: ant, bee, butterfly, spider?

   Choose from: Bee, Butterfly, Spider, Ant

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   Spider. Ants, bees and butterflies are insects with 6 legs. A spider has 8 legs.

9. What happens if you leave an ice cube in the hot sun?

   Choose from: It melts, It flies away, It grows bigger, It turns red

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   It melts. Heat turns ice back into water.

10. If you are in Class 1 this year, which class will you be in next year?

    Choose from: Class 3, Class 1, Class 5, Class 2

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    Class 2. Each year you move up one class.

11. There are 5 fingers on one hand. How many fingers are on two hands?

    Choose from: 12, 5, 10, 8

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    10. 5 + 5 = 10 fingers.

12. What is 10 + 10 + 5?

    Choose from: 15, 25, 20, 30

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    25. 10 + 10 = 20, and 20 + 5 = 25.

13. What is 6 + 0?

    Choose from: 6, 7, 60, 0

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    6. Adding 0 changes nothing: 6 + 0 = 6.

14. What comes next? 🔺 🔺 🟦 🔺 🔺 🟦 🔺 🔺 ?

    Choose from: 🔺, 🟢, 🟦, 🟡

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    🟦. The pattern is triangle, triangle, square. After two triangles comes a square.

15. Which one is a fruit?

    Choose from: A carrot, An onion, An orange, A potato

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    An orange. An orange is a fruit. Potatoes, carrots and onions are vegetables.

16. Ali, Bela and Chand run a race. Ali finishes before Bela. Chand finishes after Bela. Who wins?

    Choose from: Ali, Bela, Nobody, Chand

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    Ali. Ali comes before Bela, and Bela before Chand, so Ali finishes first.

17. What is 6 − 4?

    Choose from: 2, 10, 1, 3

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    2. 6 take away 4 is 2.

18. What is double 5?

    Choose from: 15, 5, 55, 10

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    10. Double 5 means 5 + 5 = 10.

19. You have two ₹5 coins. How much money do you have?

    Choose from: ₹7, ₹15, ₹10, ₹5

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    ₹10. ₹5 + ₹5 = ₹10.

20. Which one is the odd one out: peas, rice, wheat, stone?

    Choose from: Stone, Wheat, Peas, Rice

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    Stone. Peas, rice and wheat are foods that grow in fields. You can’t eat a stone!