Solve the riddle. We learn to solve riddles. Riddles with comparisons and figurative meaning
Riddles people began to invent in ancient times. Their compilation and unraveling required careful observation of the surrounding reality, the identification of characteristic features.
What is the riddle
Pointing to phenomena or objects, the riddle does not name them unambiguously - ideas about the world are clothed in a figurative artistic form. Any riddle, especially a folk one, is a small work of art. Riddles are poetic and clever, often they carry a moral idea.
At first glance, it may seem that the process of solving riddles is nothing more than fun. But it is not so.
Guessing riddles is considered mostly fun, but this activity will be interesting for adults as well. It is easy to turn guessing into a fun and entertaining pastime that will contribute to the development of logical thinking and spatial imagination. Therefore, when solving riddles with a child, you do not immediately prompt him with an answer - and it is clear that an adult has more knowledge. If you want to teach this to a child or an adult, it is better to be patient and help find a solution through selections and associations.
How to learn to guess
To learn how to guess a riddle, you can try to observe objects and phenomena from different angles, learn to see the world in dependencies, connections, colors and sounds.
The development of observation and memory, attention and general sensory culture is the basis for the work that has to be done when guessing riddles. Experience matters a lot here. Children can guess riddles only in those cases if they were familiarized with the objects that constitute the answer in advance.
Most riddles, especially those designed for, are built on highlighting the features of an object. To find the correct answer, you should understand what characteristics are listed in the question, remember which of the objects have these properties, and choose the most suitable object from a mentally compiled list.
Riddles begin to guess when the principle of their creation is mastered. The best help in this case is not to suggest a guess, but to indicate the direction in which the answer should be sought.
You will need to arm yourself with knowledge that will lead to a guess. For example, riddles about natural phenomena are built mainly on the results of long-term observations. Using tools, various objects, one can note the main properties of objects that are recognized in riddles.
To understand the content and logic of riddles, one must prepare by getting acquainted with the outside world - factual knowledge and accumulated experience help create logical constructions and facilitate the process of guessing.
Solving riddles is a useful skill that teaches you to open your eyes wider, discarding the usual rules. Test yourself!
1. Riddle: which paths in life do you choose, difficult or easy?
Decide simple examples in the picture and you will be able to determine whether you prefer to go on an easy or difficult path in life.
Give a hint?
Solving the first part of the puzzle
6 - 4 = 2
6 + 4 = 10
Therefore (6 - 4) | (6 + 4) = 210, others are solved similarly.
The second formula has a couple of solutions:
Solution number 1 - known to many, people who are looking for easy ways will follow this path:
A - B = 1
A + B = 23
2 A = 24
Answer: A = 12, B = 11
Solution #2 - for those who choose more difficult roads:
A - B = 12
A + B = 3
2 A = 15
Answer: A = 7.5, B = -4.5
2. No computer can solve this riddle
How old are the three sisters if:
Multiply their ages, you get the number 36;
- add up their age, you get 13;
- The older sister is blonde.
If you multiply the age of each sister, you get 36, that is, this is one of the 8 combinations presented below:
36 \u003d 2 × 3 × 6, if you add these numbers, you get 11.
36 \u003d 2 × 2 × 9, if you add these numbers, you get 13.
36 \u003d 4 × 9 × 1, if you add these numbers, you get 14.
36 \u003d 4 × 3 × 3, if you add these numbers, you get 10.
36 \u003d 18 × 2 × 1, if you add these numbers, you get 21.
36 \u003d 12 × 3 × 1, if you add these numbers, you get 16.
36 \u003d 6 × 6 × 1, if you add these numbers, you get 13.
36 \u003d 36 × 1 × 1, if you add these numbers, you get 38.
There are 2 answers left, since 2 + 2 + 9 equals 13, and 6 + 6 + 1 is the same. The eldest is indicated as blonde in order to suggest that there is eldest daughter, which does not have a twin. We are satisfied with the first formula, according to which older sister nine years old, and the two younger twins are two years old.
3. Detective riddle based on the picture
For those who are not very fond of numbers, there is a great alternative to solve the riddle from the picture.
On a hot sunny morning, Inspector Varnicke came to sunbathe by the river. Suddenly, his peace was broken by a woman's cry.
- "Something happened?" - He turned to the sobbing girl. - "Please pull yourself together and tell me everything in detail."
“It’s easy for you to say,” the girl said through crying. “This bracelet is extremely precious to me. I spend time here every day, but today I decided to take off the bracelet so that my hand tans. Then I put it on a book and accidentally took a nap. When I woke up, the bracelet was gone, as it were.”
Inspector Varnicke thought: there were no other people's footprints in the sand, therefore there were no strangers here. Therefore, someone standing behind the inspector could steal the bracelet. Varnicke looked around and immediately guessed whose hands it was.
Only a man with a fishing rod in his hands could steal the bracelet without leaving a trace. He is the one who is suspect.
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are on fire. Which house will the police put out?
Police do not put out fires, firefighters put out fires
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Sleep at night
You enter a dark kitchen. It contains a candle, a kerosene lamp and a gas stove. What will you light first?
A girl is sitting, and you cannot sit in her place, even if she gets up and leaves. Where is she sitting?
She sits on your lap
You are standing in front of three switches. Behind an opaque wall are three light bulbs in the off state. You need to manipulate the switches, go into the room and determine which light bulb each switch belongs to.
First you need to turn on two switches. After a while one of them will turn off. Enter the room. One bulb will be hot from the switch on, the second - warm from the off, the third - cold, from the untouched switch
It is known that among the nine coins there is one counterfeit, which has less weight than the rest of the coins. How to determine a counterfeit coin using a weighing pan in two weighings?
1st weighing: 3 and 3 coins. The counterfeit coin is in the pile that weighs the least. If they are equal, then the fake is in the third pile. 2nd weighing: Any 2 coins from the pile with the lowest weight are compared. If they are equal, then the fake is the remaining coin.
Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How?
They were on different shores
Two fathers, two sons found three oranges and divided them. Each got a whole orange. How can this be?
The dog was tied to a ten-meter rope, and walked 300 meters. How did she do it?
The rope was not tied to anything.
How can a thrown egg fly three meters and not break?
You need to throw an egg four meters, then the first three meters it will fly by
The man was driving a large truck. The lights on the car were not on. There was also no moon. The woman began to cross the road in front of the car. How did the driver manage to see her?
It was a bright sunny day
If five cats catch five mice in five minutes, how long does it take for one cat to catch one mouse?
Five minutes
Can you light a match underwater?
You can, if you pour water into some kind of container, for example, into a glass, and keep the match below the glass
The boat is rocking on the water. A ladder has been thrown out from it along the side. Before high tide, water covered only the bottom step. After how much time will water cover the 3rd step from the bottom, if at high tide the water arrives at 20 cm per hour, and the distance between the steps is 30 cm?
Never, as the boat rises with the water
How to divide five apples among five girls so that each girl gets an apple and at the same time one of the apples remains in the basket?
Give one girl an apple with a basket
One and a half pike perch cost one and a half rubles. How much are 13 zanders worth?
Merchants and potters. In one city, all the people were merchants or potters. Merchants have always told lies, and potters have always told the truth. When all the people gathered in the square, each of those gathered said to the others: “You are all merchants!” How many potters were there in this city?
The potter was alone, because:
- If there were no potters, then the merchants would have to tell the truth that all other merchants, and this contradicts the condition of the problem.
- If there were more than one potter, then each potter would have to lie that the rest were merchants.
There are two coins on the table, in total they give 3 rubles. One of them is not 1 ruble. What are these coins?
1 and 2 rubles
The satellite makes one revolution around the Earth in 1 hour 40 minutes, and the other in 100 minutes. How can it be?
100 minutes is 1 hour 40 minutes
As you know, all Russian female names end either in the letter “a” or in the letter “ya”: Anna, Maria, Irina, Natalya, Olga, etc. However, there is only one woman's name, which ends with another letter. Name it.
What has no length, depth, width, height, but can be measured?
Time, temperature
If it rains at 12 o'clock at night, can we expect that in 72 hours it will be sunny?
No, because in 72 hours it will be night
Seven brothers have a sister. How many sisters are there?
One yacht goes from Nice to San Remo, the other from San Remo to Nice. They left the harbors at the same time. The first hour of the yacht's movement went at the same speed (60 km/h), but then the first yacht increased its speed to 80 km/h. Which of the yachts will be closer to Nice at the time of their meeting?
At the time of their meeting, they will be at the same distance from Nice
A woman was walking to Moscow, and three men were walking towards her. Everyone has a bag, in each bag there is a cat. How many creatures were sent to Moscow?
Only the woman went to Moscow, the rest went the other way
There were 10 birds perched on a tree. A hunter came and shot one bird. How many birds are left on the tree?
None - the rest of the birds flew away
The train runs from east to west, and the wind blows from north to south. In which direction is the smoke coming from the chimney?
You are running a marathon and you overtook the second runner. What is your current position?
Second. If you answered that you are now first, then this is wrong: you overtook the second runner and took his place, so you are now in second position
You are running a marathon and you overtook the last runner. What is your current position?
If you answered that the penultimate one, you were mistaken again :). Think about how you can overtake the last runner? If you run after him, then he is not the last. The correct answer is it's impossible, you can't overtake the last runner
There were three cucumbers and four apples on the table. The child took one apple from the table. How many fruits are left on the table?
3 fruits and cucumbers are vegetables
The product first rose in price by 10%, and then fell in price by 10%. What is its value now relative to the original?
99%: after a rise in price, 10% was added to 100% - it turned out to be 110%; 10% of 110% = 11%; then subtract 11% from 110% and get 99%
How many times does the number 4 appear in integers from 1 to 50?
15 times: 4, 14, 24, 34, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 - twice, 45, 46. 47, 48, 49
You drove the car two thirds of the way. At the beginning of the journey, the gas tank of the car was full, and now it is one-quarter full. Will there be enough gasoline until the end of the journey (at a similar consumption)?
No, since 1/4< 1/3
Mary's father has 5 daughters: Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
A deaf and dumb man went into an office supply store to buy a pencil sharpener. He stuck a finger in his left ear and with the fist of his other hand made a rotational movement near his right ear. The seller immediately understood what he was being asked for. Then a blind man entered the same store. How did he explain to the salesperson that he wanted to buy scissors?
Just said he's blind but not dumb
A rooster flew to the border of Russia and China. He sat right on the border, absolutely in the middle. Took an egg. It fell exactly across: the border divides it in the middle. What country does the egg belong to?
Roosters don't lay eggs!
One morning, a soldier who had previously been on night guard approached the centurion and said that that night he had dreamed that the barbarians would attack the fortress that evening from the north. The centurion did not really believe in this dream, but nevertheless he took measures. That same evening, the barbarians really attacked the fortress, but thanks to the measures taken, their attack was repulsed. After the battle, the centurion thanked the soldier for the warning and then ordered him to be taken into custody. Why?
For sleeping on duty
There are ten fingers on the hands. How many fingers are on ten hands?
The plane with English tourists flew from Holland to Spain. It crashed in France. Where should the surviving (injured) tourists be buried?
The survivors do not need to be buried! :)
You drove a bus with 42 passengers from Boston to Washington. At each of the six stops, 3 people got out of it, and at every second - four. What was the name of the driver when the driver arrived in Washington 10 hours later?
How about you, because in the beginning it was said that you drove the bus
What can you find in minutes, seconds and days, but not in years, decades and centuries?
How many times can 3 be subtracted from 25?
Once, because after the first subtraction, the number "25" will change to "22"
All of Mrs. Taylor's bungalows are finished in pink color: it has pink lamps, pink walls, pink carpets and a pink ceiling. What color are the stairs in this bungalow?
There are no stairs in the bungalow
In the ancient castle where the prison was located, there were 4 round towers in which prisoners were imprisoned. One of the prisoners decided to escape. And then one day he hid in a corner, and when the guard came in, he stunned him with a blow to the head, and he ran away, changing into other clothes. Could this be?
No, because the towers were round and there were no corners
The 12-storey building has an elevator. Only 2 people live on the ground floor, from floor to floor the number of residents doubles. Which button in the elevator of this house is pressed more often than others?
Regardless of the distribution of residents by floors - button "1"
A pair of horses ran 20 kilometers. Question: how many kilometers did each horse run individually?
20 kilometers
What can stand and walk, hang and stand, walk and lie down at the same time?
Is it possible to predict the score of a football match before it starts, and if so, how?
The score of any match before it starts is always 0:0
What in a person can increase in diameter by 7 times in a few seconds?
Pupil. When moving from bright light to dark, the diameter can change from 1.1 to 8 mm; everything else either almost does not increase, or increases in diameter by no more than 2-3 times
A seller in the market sells a hat that costs 10 rubles. A buyer comes up and wants to buy it, but he has only 25 rubles. The seller sends the boy with these 25 rubles. exchange for a neighbor. The boy comes running and gives 10 + 10 + 5 rubles. The seller gives a hat and change of 15 rubles, and 10 rubles. leaves to himself. After a while, a neighbor comes and says that 25 rubles. fake, demands to give her money. The seller returns her money. How much money was deceived by the seller?
The seller was deceived by fake 25 rubles.
How many animals did Moses take on his ark?
Animals were taken to the ark not by Moses, but by Noah
2 people walked in at the same time. One has an apartment on the 3rd floor, the other has an apartment on the 9th. How many times will the first person get there faster than the second? Note: they simultaneously pressed the buttons in 2 elevators moving at the same speed.
Usual answer: 3 times. Correct answer: 4 times. Elevators usually go from the 1st floor. The first one will pass 3-1=2 floors, and the second one 9-1=8 floors, i.e. 4 times more
This riddle is often offered to children. But sometimes adults can rack their brains for a long time to guess how to solve such a problem, so you can arrange a competition: invite everyone to try to solve the problem. Whoever guesses, regardless of age, deserves a prize. Here is the task:
6589 = 4; 5893 = 3; 1236 = 1; 1234 = 0; 0000 = 4; 5794 = 1; 1111 = 0; 4444 = 0; 7268 = 3; 1679 = 2; 3697 = 2
2793 = 1; 4895 = 3
The main thing is to look at the problem in a childish way, then you will understand that the answer is 3 (three circles in the numbers)
Two jigits competed: whose horse will come to the finish line last. However, things did not go well, both stood still. Then they turned to the sage for advice, and after that both galloped at full speed.
The sage advised the jigits to exchange horses
One student tells another: “Yesterday our college basketball team won the basketball game 76:40. At the same time, not a single basketball player scored a single ball in this match.
Women's teams played
A man enters a store, buys sausage and asks to cut it, but not across, but along. The saleswoman asks: "Are you a firefighter?" - "Yes". How did she guess?
The man was in uniform
The lady did not have a driver's license with her. She did not stop at the railroad crossing even though the barrier was lowered, then, ignoring the "brick", she moved along the one-way street against the traffic and stopped only after passing three blocks. All this happened in front of the traffic police officer, who for some reason did not consider it necessary to intervene.
The lady was walking
There were three tailor shops on one Odessa street. The first tailor advertised himself like this: “The best workshop in Odessa!” The second - "The best workshop in the world!" The third "surpassed" them both.
“The best workshop on this street!”
The two brothers were drinking at a bar. Suddenly, one of them began to argue with the bartender, and then he pulled out a knife and, ignoring his brother's attempts to stop him, hit the bartender. At his trial, he was found guilty of murder. At the end of the trial, the judge said: "You are found guilty of murder, but I have no choice but to let you go." Why did the judge have to do this?
The culprit was one of Siamese twins. A judge couldn't send a guilty person to jail without putting an innocent one in there too.
Baba Yaga, the Serpent Gorynych, the stupid ensign and the smart ensign were traveling in the same compartment. There was a bottle of beer on the table. The train entered the tunnel, it became dark. When the train left the tunnel, the bottle was empty. Who drank beer?
The stupid ensign drank the beer, since the rest of the creatures are unreal and do not occur in life!)
Riddles with a trick - riddles with a simple question and a non-standard answer. At first glance, the answer may seem strange and wrong, but if you carefully read the riddle and think about the answer, it will turn out to be quite logical. Trick riddles are usually not without a sense of humor. They not only develop ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking, but also bring fun. Tell riddles with a trick to your friends and relatives, have a fun and useful time.
From which seven-letter word can one "letter" be removed to leave two letters?
Answer: primer
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The same person always came to the football match. Before the start of the game, he guessed the score. How did he do it?
Answer: Before the start of the game, the score is always 0:0
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More than an hour, less than a minute.
Answer: Second (hand of some watch models)
Tag. Anna
57181
What language is spoken silently?
Answer: sign language
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Why is the stopcock red on trains and blue on planes?
Answer: Many will say, "I don't know." Experienced will answer: "There is no stop valve on airplanes." In fact, the plane has a stopcock in the cockpit.
Makarova Valentina, Moscow
37552
The boy paid 11 rubles for a bottle with a cork. A bottle costs 10 rubles more than a cork. How much does a cork cost?
Answer: 50 cents
Orlov Maxim, Moscow
46305
One French writer terribly disliked the Eiffel Tower, but he constantly dined there (on the first level of the tower). How did he explain it?
Answer: This is the only place in all the vast Paris, from where it is not visible.
Borovitsky Vyacheslav, Kaliningrad
43584
In which city did the male name and the direction of the world hide?
Answer: Vladivostok
Mezhuleva Julia
50888
Seven sisters are in the country, where each is busy with some business. The first sister is reading a book, the second is cooking, the third is playing chess, the fourth is doing Sudoku, the fifth is doing the laundry, the sixth is taking care of the plants. And what does the seventh sister do?
Answer: plays chess
Gobozov Alexey, Sochi
49328
Why do they go often, but rarely go?
Answer: stairs
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It goes uphill, then downhill, but remains in place.
Answer: Road
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Which word has 5 "e" and no other vowels?
Answer: immigrant
Radaev Evgeny, Petrozavodsk
45982
Two people approach the river. Near the shore is a boat that can only support one. Both men crossed to the opposite bank. How?
Answer: They were on different shores
25 25, Vladivostok
33979
Vasily, Peter, Semyon and their wives Natalya, Irina, Anna have been together for 151 years. Every husband is 5 years older than his wife. Vasily is 1 year older than Irina. Natalya and Vasily together are 48 years old, Semyon and Natalya are together 52 years old. Who is married to whom, and how old is who? (Age must be expressed in whole numbers).
Answer: Vasily (26) - Anna (21); Peter (27) - Natalia (22); Semyon (30) - Irina (25).
Chelyadinskaya Victoria, Minsk
21028
Jackdaws flew, sat on sticks. They sit down one by one - the jackdaw is superfluous, they sit two by two - the stick is superfluous. How many sticks were there and how many jackdaws were there?
Answer: Three sticks and four jackdaws
Baranovsky Sergey, Polotsk
28427
Where is it found that a horse jumps over a horse?
Answer: Chess
)))))))) Renesmee, L.A
40126
Which table has no legs?
Answer: Diet
Boyko Sasha, Wolf
34007
Do not write anything or use a calculator. Take 1000. Add 40. Add another thousand. Add 30. Another 1000. Plus 20. Plus 1000. And plus 10. What happened?
Answer: 5000? Wrong. The correct answer is 4100. Try to recalculate on a calculator.
Ivanova Daria, Daria
36974
How can a person not sleep for 8 days?
Answer: sleep at night
Sone4ka0071, Sosnogorsk
38142
What animal do people walk on and cars pass by?
Answer: zebra
Kostryukova Tanya, Saransk
29783
Which word "no" is used 100 times?
Answer: Groan
Muslimova Sabina, Dagestan (Derbent)
35420
What is an elephant without a nose?
Answer: Chess
Prokopyeva Xenia, Moscow
30653
Mr. Mark was found murdered in his office. The cause was a bullet wound to the head. Detective Robin, inspecting the scene of the murder, found a cassette recorder on the table. And when he turned it on, he heard the voice of Mr. Mark. He said, “This is Mark. Jones just called me and said that in ten minutes he would be here to shoot me. It's useless to run. I know this tape will help the police arrest Jones. I hear his footsteps on the stairs. Here the door opens... The assistant detective offered to arrest Jones on suspicion of murder. But the detective did not follow his assistant's advice. As it turned out, he was right. Jones wasn't the killer, as was said on the tape. Question: why did the detective have suspicions?
Answer: The cassette in the voice recorder was being revised at the start. Moreover, Jones would have taken the cassette.
Katarina, Moscow
12014
Sherlock Holmes was walking down the street. And suddenly he saw a dead woman lying on the ground. He walked over, opened her bag and took out her phone. In tel. book, he found her husband's number. He called. He speaks:
- Urgently come here. Your wife is dead. And after a while the husband arrives. He looks at his wife and says:
- Oh, honey, what happened to you?
And then the police arrive. Sherlock points his finger at the woman's husband and says:
- Arrest this man. It was he who killed her. Q: Why did Sherlock think that?
Answer: Because Sherlock didn't tell her husband the address.
Tusupova Aruzhan
20455
Two fifth-graders Petya and Alyonka are walking from school and talking.
“When the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday,” one of them said, “today will be as far from Sunday as the day that was today, when the day before yesterday was tomorrow.” What day of the week did they speak?
Answer: Sunday
Piggy, Ololoshkino
15353
There is a rich house and a poor one. They are on fire. Which house will the police put out?
Answer: Police don't put out fires, firefighters put out fires
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On what path has no one ever walked or traveled?
Answer: Milky Way
Tikhonova Inessa, Aktobe
25949
How many years in a year?
Answer: one (summer)
Maxim, Penza
31973
What kind of cork can not plug a single bottle?
Answer: road
Volchenkova Nastya, Moscow
26509
In what word is the drink and the natural phenomenon “hidden”?
Answer: grapes
anufrienko dasha, khabarovsk
26003
What sign must be put between 6 and 7 so that the result is less than 7 and greater than 6?
Answer: comma
Mironova Violetta, Saratov
22691
Without which nothing ever happens?
Answer: Untitled
Anyutka, Omsk
26967
Union, number then preposition -
That's the whole charade.
And so that you can find the answer,
We need to remember the rivers.
Answer: i-hundred-k
nazgulichka, ufa
18605
What is the strongest muscle in the human body?
Answer: The common opinion is the language. In fact, the calf and chewing muscles.
Anonymous
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You can tie, but you can't untie.
Answer: conversation
Dasha, Chelyabinsk
25031
To what mere mortal even the president takes off his hat?
Answer: hairdresser
Nastya Slesarchuk, Moscow
23480
How to put 2 liters of milk in a liter jar?
Answer: Turn it into curd
Anonymous
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Once upon a time there was one orphan girl in the thicket, she had only two kittens, two puppies, three parrots, a turtle and a hamster with a hamster that was supposed to give birth to 7 hamsters. The girl went for food. She goes through the forest, field, forest, field, field, forest, forest, field. She came to the store, but there was no food there. Goes on, forest, forest, field, field, forest, field, forest, field, forest, field, field, forest. And the girl fell into the hole. If she gets out, dad will die. If she stays there, her mother will die. The tunnel cannot be dug. What should she do?
Answer: She is an orphan
I'm Yulechka, Omsk
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They are metallic and liquid. What are we talking about?
Answer: nails
babicheva alena, moscow
16890
How to write "duck" in 2 cells?
Answer: In the 1st - the letter "y", in the 2nd - a dot.
Sigunova 10 years old Valeria, Zheleznogorsk
23143
Name a word in which one letter is a prefix, the second is a root, the third is a suffix, the fourth is an ending.
Answer: Gone: y (prefix), sh (root), l (suffix), a (ending).
Malec Daniel
16203
Guess the riddle: who has a heel behind his nose?
Answer: Shoes
lina, Donetsk
19792
There were 20 people on the bus. At the first stop, 2 people got off and 3 people got in, at the next one, 1 got off and 4 got in, at the next, 5 got off and 2 got in, at the next, 2 got off and 1 got in, at the next, 9 got off and no one got in, at the next - 2 more came out. Q: How many stops were there?
Answer: The answer to the riddle is not that important. This is a riddle with an unexpected question. While you are telling the riddle, the guesser begins to mentally count the number of people on the bus, and at the end of the riddle, you will confuse him with a question about the number of stops.
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Husband and wife lived. The husband had his own room in the house, which he forbade his wife to enter. The key to the room was in the bedroom dresser. So they lived for 10 years. And so the husband went on a business trip, and the wife decided to go into this room. She took the key, opened the room, turned on the light. The wife walked around the room, then saw a book on the table. She opened it and heard someone open the door. She closed the book, turned off the light and closed the room, putting the key in the chest of drawers. This is the husband. He took the key, opened the room, did something in it and asked his wife: “Why did you go there?”
How did the husband guess?
Answer: The husband touched the light bulb, it was hot.
SLEPTSOVA VIKUSIA, OMSK
13274
There were husband and wife, brother and sister, and husband and brother-in-law. How many people?
Answer: 3 people
Arkharov Mikhail, Orekhovo-Zuevo
16676
The full name is Danuta. How does it sound abbreviated?
Answer: Dana
Khanukova Danuta, Bryansk
14560
A river that "fits" in your mouth?
Answer: Gum
Bezusova Anastasia, Overyata village
Riddles develop in children the ability to highlight the essential features of an object or phenomenon, to prove the correctness of their decision, as well as reproductive imagination (i.e., the ability to create an image of an object according to its verbal description). However, in order for the process of guessing the riddle to have a developing effect, it is necessary to form certain skills in the child.
It is necessary to teach the child to identify the signs of an unknown object indicated in the riddle and compare these signs with each other. Such a comparison leads gradually to a guess.
Failure to perform these actions makes it difficult to find the right answer.
So, often guesses are built on the basis of only one sign of the most vivid and understandable. Other signs are simply ignored. Or all signs are taken into account, except for one, but very important. As a result, the mystery remains unsolved. It also happens that the child consciously discards one of the signs named in the riddle if it interferes with the intended answer, or replaces it with his own, corresponding to the apparent answer.
For a correct, well-founded answer, the child must learn to highlight all the signs named in the riddle. Until the riddle is solved, it is impossible to say which of the above signs is the most important. This can be understood only after the riddle has been guessed, based on a comparison of the indicated signs. That is why, when guessing, one must proceed from the fact that all signs are necessary and equally significant.
If the child finds it difficult to find a solution, you do not need to tell the answer right away and explain the answer even when the baby asks for it. The main thing is not in the fast pace of guessing, but in the fact that the correct answer is found as a result of the correct conclusion. Quick clues deprive the child of the opportunity to think. He gets used to ready-made answers and gradually loses interest in riddles in general.
By the way, it is better for very young children to guess riddles on visual material, because they still do not know how to build a mental image.
Practical task
Make a riddle for your child.
0 to year
Who is this kid?
Sit in front of a mirror with your baby on your lap. Ask: "Who is this baby?". Wave your child's hand and say, "Hi, baby."
Ask: "Where is the baby's legs?" Wave your baby feet and say, "Hi feet."
Continue asking questions and making movements with different parts of the child's body.
Shake your head, wave your pen, clap your hands, and so on.
This puzzle game stimulates the brain activity of the child, speeds up the speech process.
1 to 4 years
Such children are suitable for any visual riddles.
Whose kids?
An adult shows the child pictures of animals: cats, dogs, goats, cows. The child names the animals, guessing what sounds they make. Then the adult offers to play the game: "Whose children?", when you need to match the pictures of "adult animals" with pictures depicting their cubs.
Round-square.
After learning what a circle and a square are, ask the child to find round toys, square toys in his corner, find round and square objects in the room.
Mind reading.
The adult says to the child: "I guessed what is on your head." The child is asked to guess. Answer: hair. "I guessed what floats in the aquarium." Etc. etc.
From 5 and older
Such children are already suitable for verbal riddles. Here are riddles for the letter A
Maple leaves turned yellow
Flew to the countries of the south
Fast-winged swifts.
What month, tell me?
(August)
Does not fly, does not buzz, the beetle runs along the street.
And two brilliant lights burn in the eyes of the beetle
(Car)
Look, the house is standing, filled to the brim with water,
Without windows, but not gloomy,
Transparent on four sides.
In this house, the residents are all skilled swimmers.
(Aquarium)
There are thirty-three heroes on the page of the primer.
Wise men - heroes know every literate.
(Alphabet)
I'm standing on the roof - all the pipes are higher
(Antenna)
Striped balls came to us with melons
(Watermelons)
My friend was in such a port,
Where there is no water around
But they went to this port all the time
Ships with people and cargo.
(The airport)
