{"id":376,"date":"2013-08-09T13:57:04","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T13:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=376"},"modified":"2013-08-09T13:57:04","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T13:57:04","slug":"riddles-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Riddles 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-104\" alt=\"Questions\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Questions.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>1. What can you serve, but never eat?<\/p>\n<p>2. If two adults, ten children and two dogs were all under an average-sized umbrella, why did none of them get wet?<\/p>\n<p>3. How can you jump off a fifty-foot ladder without getting hurt?<\/p>\n<p>4. If a rooster laid an egg on top of a pointed-roof henhouse, which side would the egg roll off?<\/p>\n<p>5. There was a big bear walking down the street with a little bear. The little bear was the big bear\u2019s son, but the big bear wasn\u2019t the little bear\u2019s father. Who was the big bear?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Answers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-156\" alt=\"Answers\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mathsmadeelementary.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Answers-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Answers:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. A tennis ball.<\/p>\n<p>2. It wasn\u2019t raining.<\/p>\n<p>3. Jump off the bottom rung.<\/p>\n<p>4. Neither. A rooster can\u2019t lay eggs.<\/p>\n<p>5. The little bear\u2019s mother.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. What can you serve, but never eat? 2. If two adults, ten children and two dogs were all under an average-sized umbrella, why did none of them get wet? 3. 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