Calculator Riddles

When you have your mathematical answer, turn your calculator upside down and your answer is the word you see on the screen.

1= I2 = z3 = e4= h5 = s6 = g7 = L8= B Enter your answers into this type of form: ________________

(To fill in the blank, double the number 188,003!)

#1

• A calculator was stranded on a desert island for 20 years. When he was finally rescued, what was the first thing he said?

• 102,050 + 5,684

• What did the calculator bring home from his trip to the beach?

• 669,703 – 92,358

#2

#3

• There once were two calculators named William. What did they call themselves?

• 28,859 x 2

#4

What part of a doughnut does a calculator like to eat?

85,192 ÷ 23

#5

• What does a calculator put in his car besides gas?

• 122 + 588

#6

• How does a calculator look when he grows up?

• 9 x 102

• The calculator had 17 candy bars. He ate 2, gave 4 away, and split 3 with his brother. What did he have left?

• 6,773 – 1,236

#7

#8

• What is between a calculator’s shoulder and his wrist?

• 195,714 ÷ 18

#9

• What is a calculator’s favorite pop?

• 247,898 ÷ 14

#10

• A father calculator had a daughter and didn’t know what to name her. Finally, he took her birth date, 12-24-82, and added it to their address, 1950, 55th St. What did he name her?

• 122,482 + 195055

#11

• When going out to dine, don’t leave home without a _____________. To find the answer, start with the square of 10. Multiply by the number of sides in an octagon and then add the voting age.

#12

• The new musical _________ is a lot of laughs. Find the sum of 600 squared and 19,919.

#13

• The cook could not make us breakfast because he was all out of ___________. Add 213 to the product of 68 and 85 to find out what he was missing.

#14

• Farmer Jeanne planted 219 rows of corn, each with 16 ears. If she wanted to water her garden, she needed a very good _________. To find out what Farmer Jeannne needed, find the total number of ears of corn planted

#15

• Sheila’s social studies report had 216,701 words. Jane’s social studies report had 163,207 words. Will reading the two reports __________ the teacher’s mind? To find out, determine how many words the teacher read when she graded the two reports.

#16

• CHMS took a trip to the local fast food burger chain for lunch. They bought 1950 hamburgers at $ 1.49 each, 1075 orders of french fries at $0.69 each, 960 milk shakes at $1.75 each, and 769 ice creams at $0.75 each. The manger said they ate like a bunch of _________. To find out what the manager said, find the total bill.

#17

• Anita and Jill are identical twins, except that they differ in their _________. To find out how they differ, take 2149.1815 from 6.8 times the sum of 462.81 and 326.085.

#18

• Verna ordered 200 cases of strawberry jam for her supermarket. There were 48 jars in each case. On delivery, Verna found that one third of her order was broken. She was very upset as jam began to _______out of the boxes. How many jars were broken?

#19

• If one fisherman uses 247 pounds of bait to catch____________, how much bait would be needed by 15 fishermen?

#20

• Izeta and John have flown across the ________________. John has flown the product of 3 and 714 kilometers. Izeta’s journey is thirty-three cubed. Find the total km flown by John and Izeta.

#21

• What do you use to keep that “wet look” in your hair? Find 8 times the difference of a century and a decade increased by one fourth of 76.

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Answers

1. hello 2. shells 3. bills 4. hole 5. oil

6. big 7. less 8. elbo 9. lolli 10. leslie

11. bib 12. giggle 13. hose 14. boggle

15. hogs 16. shoesize 17. ooze 18. sole

19. globe 20. gel