Counting Riddles: Fun Number Challenges for All Ages

Laugh and learn with silly counting riddles! Fun number puzzles with answers for kids and adults who love to giggle while they think.

Fun for Little Minds:

Riddle: What has 4 wheels and flies?
Answer: A garbage truck
Riddle: What has 3 feet but can’t walk?
Answer: A yardstick
Riddle: What has 12 faces but can’t smile?
Answer: A clock
Riddle: What has 100 legs but can’t stand?
Answer: A centipede on its back
Riddle: What has 2 hands but can’t clap?
Answer: A clock
Riddle: What has 4 legs in the morning, 2 legs at noon, and 3 legs at night?
Answer: A human (crawling baby, walking adult, cane in old age)
Riddle: What has 1 eye but can’t see?
Answer: A needle
Riddle: What has 5 fingers but isn’t alive?
Answer: A glove
Riddle: What has 13 hearts but no organs?
Answer: A deck of cards
Riddle: What has 88 keys but can’t open a door?
Answer: A piano
Riddle: What has 6 faces but doesn’t wear makeup?
Answer: A cube
Riddle: What has 2 heads, 6 legs, and a tail?
Answer: A cowboy riding a horse
Riddle: What has 4 eyes but can’t see?
Answer: Mississippi
Riddle: What has 7 holes but is full of water?
Answer: A sponge
Riddle: What has 10 letters but starts with gas?
Answer: An automobile
Riddle: What has 3 eyes and 1 leg?
Answer: A traffic light
Riddle: What has 4 legs and 1 foot?
Answer: A bed
Riddle: What has 2 wings but can’t fly?
Answer: A penguin
Riddle: What has 1,000 ears but can’t hear?
Answer: A cornfield
Riddle: What has 12 months but only 28 days?
Answer: A calendar
Riddle: What has 2 arms but can’t hug?
Answer: A chair
Riddle: What has 6 legs and 2 wings?
Answer: A dragonfly
Riddle: What has 5 toes but isn’t a foot?
Answer: A sock
Riddle: What has 8 legs and spins webs?
Answer: A spider
Riddle: What has 9 lives but isn’t a cat?
Answer: A battery
Riddle: What has 4 legs but can’t walk?
Answer: A table
Riddle: What has 1,000 teeth but can’t bite?
Answer: A zipper
Riddle: What has 3 feet but no legs?
Answer: A tripod
Riddle: What has 2 hands but no arms?
Answer: A clock
Riddle: I have two legs, but when I hop, I count three. What am I?
Answer: A kangaroo with a shadow
Riddle: I count five toes, but one’s a nose. What am I?
Answer: A foot with a cold
Riddle: I see six ducks, but one’s a truck. How many quack?
Answer: Five
Riddle: I count nine cats, but one’s a hat. How many purr?
Answer: Eight
Riddle: I have five eyes, but two are pies. What am I?
Answer: A three-eyed baker
Riddle: I count seven feet, but one’s a beet. How many walk?
Answer: Six
Riddle: I see ten teeth, but one’s a wreath. How many bite?
Answer: Nine
Riddle: I count three noses, but one’s a rose. How many sniff?
Answer: Two
Riddle: I have four legs, but one’s an egg. What am I?
Answer: A three-legged chicken
Riddle: I count six spoons, but one’s a moon. How many stir?
Answer: Five
Riddle: I see nine frogs, but one’s a log. How many jump?
Answer: Eight
Riddle: I have ten horns, but three are corns. What am I?
Answer: A seven-horned goat with sore feet
Riddle: I have three arms, but one’s a charm. What am I?
Answer: A two-armed magician
Riddle: I count five ears, but two are pears. How many listen?
Answer: Three
Riddle: I have six toes, but one’s a bow. What am I?
Answer: A five-toed archer
Riddle: I count seven noses, but one’s a hose. How many sneeze?
Answer: Six
Riddle: I see eight eyes, but two are flies. How many blink?
Answer: Six
Riddle: I have nine legs, but three are pegs. What am I?
Answer: A six-legged pirate
Riddle: I count ten fingers, but one’s a singer. How many wiggle?
Answer: Nine
Riddle: I have two heads, but one’s a bread. What am I?
Answer: A one-headed baker
Riddle: I see three hands, but one’s a band. How many wave?
Answer: Two
Riddle: I count four feet, but one’s a seat. How many step?
Answer: Three
Riddle: I count six bells, but one’s a smell. How many ding?
Answer: Five

Tricky Riddles for Adults:

Riddle: I count two tails, but one’s a sail. How many wag?
Answer: One
Riddle: I have three ears, but one’s a pear. What am I?
Answer: A two-eared fruit
Riddle: I see four hands, but one’s a band. How many clap?
Answer: Three
Riddle: I count five heads, but two are beds. How many think?
Answer: Three
Riddle: I have six arms, but one’s a charm. What am I?
Answer: A five-armed magician
Riddle: I count seven noses, but one’s a hose. How many sniff?
Answer: Six
Riddle: I see eight legs, but two are pegs. How many run?
Answer: Six
Riddle: I have nine eyes, but one’s a pie. What am I?
Answer: An eight-eyed baker
Riddle: I start with one, then double to two, add another, now I’m four—what do I do?
Answer: I multiply!
Riddle: If two’s a couple and three’s a crowd, what’s four when it’s loud?
Answer: A party!
Riddle: If I have four fingers and a thumb on each hand, how many fingers do I have in total?
Answer: 8! (Thumbs aren’t fingers!)
Riddle: If you take 3 apples from a basket of 10, how many do you have?
Answer: 3! (Because you took them!)
Riddle: I come after two but before four, double me and I’m eight or more. What am I?
Answer: Three!
Riddle: What’s full of holes but still counts perfectly?
Answer: A calculator!
Riddle: What number looks like a snake standing up?
Answer: Number 2!
Riddle: If you count me backward, I disappear! What number am I?
Answer: Zero!
Riddle: I have two eyes, ten fingers, and five toes, but I still can’t count—why?
Answer: Because I’m a baby!
Riddle: If you multiply me by myself, I stay the same. What number am I?
Answer: 1!
Riddle: What number has the most friends?
Answer: Three! (Because it’s always hanging out in a crowd!)
Riddle: I am an even number but look odd. I’m just one line away from a 7. What am I?
Answer: 1 (Written as I, it looks like a 7 missing a line!)
Riddle: If you have 5 cookies and eat 3, what do you have left?
Answer: A full stomach and 2 cookies!
Riddle: How do you make seven even?
Answer: Remove the ‘s’!
Riddle: If I had eight legs, then lost half, and gained two more, how many do I have?
Answer: Six! (4+2)
Riddle: You can count on me, but I’m not numbers. What am I?
Answer: Your fingers!
Riddle: If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what is four?
Answer: Too many in an elevator!
Riddle: A farmer had 10 sheep. All but three ran away. How many are left?
Answer: Three!
Riddle: If I have 7 oranges and give away 3, how many do I have left?
Answer: 4 (unless you eat them!)
Riddle: What’s the loudest number?
Answer: Four! (Because it’s always “for” something!)
Riddle: If you count me up, I’m 5. If you count me down, I’m still 5. What am I?
Answer: A hand!
Riddle: I add 1 to myself and double up, now I’m 6. What number was I?
Answer: 2!