Fun 5th Grade Brain Teasers

How many times does the letter "a" appear from "0-100"?

What has to be broken before you can use it?

How many months have 28 days?

What word looks the same backwards and upside down?

What is always coming, but never arrives?

A cowboys rides into town on Friday, stays for 3 days, then leaves on Friday. How did he do it?

What goes up, but never comes down?

What is at the end of rainbow?

What goes up and down, but still remains in the same place?

What goes around and around the wood, but never goes into the wood?

Lives in winter, dies in summer, and grows with its roots upward. What is it?

What building has the most stories?

Which is heavier, 100 pounds of rocks or 100 pounds of feathers?

Who makes moves while being seated?

What has rivers with no water, forest, but no trees, and cities with no buildings?

What kind of room has no doors or windows?

Timmy's mother had 3 children. One was April, the other May. What was the third child's name?

What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, and never in a thousand years?

I am an odd number. Take away one letter and I become even. What number am I?

What gets sharper the more you use it?

What invention lets you look right through a wall?

What's full of holes, but still holds water?

What belongs to you but is used more by others?

What jumps when it walks and sits when it stands?