Christmas Riddles

12/17/2023

CHRISTMAS RIDDLES WILL CLOSE ON DECEMBER 30

1. During the winter break, Kalysta and Crystal went to Israel's farm to buy some animals for pets. They saw the price listing below:
8 Gold Fish ------ $1
1 Baby Turtle ---- $1
1 Hamster ------- $10
Kalysta and Crystal want animals of each type so they bought 100 animals for $100.
How many of each type of animals did they buy? (3 points)

2. What word, expression or name is depicted below? (2 points)
S T E P
P E T S
P E T S

3. This is a secret code for writing numbers. It's used for only the most important messages. It is so mixed up you could say it is backward. Or is it forward? I'm too old, I forgot! See if you can figure this out.

BONUS QUESTION:
Given the choice, would you rather a lion chased you or a zebra? 😜 (1 point)

ANSWERS:
1. 7 hamsters ($70) + 21 baby turtles ($21) + 72 gold fish ($9) = 100 animals, $100
2. One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
3. Here are the values of the symbols:

BONUS QUESTION: Given the choice, would you rather a lion chased you or a zebra? (Lion chased you or lion chased a zebra?)
I would rather the lion chased a zebra (instead of chasing me)! 😜
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WINNERS:
Aria (11), Hadiqa (11), Kalysta (5), Karter (1), Neema (1), Tyler (1), Jaslene (1), Jonah (1), Fusi (1)

18 Comments

Karter

12/18/2023 10:09:08 am

12/18/2023 10:10:23 am

Zebra

12/18/2023 10:11:08 am

Pest

Neema

12/18/2023 10:14:14 am

1. answer= 1 hamster, 80 goldfish, and 10 baby turtles

Aria Khalik link

12/18/2023 11:49:12 am

3 hamsters=30
30 baby turtles=30
5 gold fish= 40
30+30+40=100

Tyler Yann

12/18/2023 11:49:43 am

bonus. a zebra chase me. 1. 5 dollars worth of goldfish 40, 45 dollars worth of baby turtles 40, 5 hamsters. 5+45+50=100

Jonah

12/18/2023 04:07:50 pm

Bonus first: you would want a zebra to chase you because zebras don't bite you unless you get too close

12/19/2023 09:46:01 am

a zebra because it wouldnt kill me instantly like a lion.

12/19/2023 09:47:27 am

number two the word is sept

fusi

12/19/2023 12:42:38 pm

for the bonus question i would not want to get chased by any

Jaslene

12/20/2023 09:51:44 am

a. is 663
b. is 21
Zebra because it won't eat me and a lion will.

12/20/2023 10:14:46 am

1.30 gold fish, 30 baby turtles and 40 hamsters.
2. step is backwourds
3. is 663, 21

12/20/2023 07:33:45 pm

12/20/2023 07:34:00 pm

12/20/2023 07:35:22 pm

12/21/2023 08:28:26 pm

1. 72 Gold Fish for $9
21 Baby Turtle for $21
7 Hamster for $70
72+21+7=100 9+21+70=100

2. One Step forward and two steps back

3. Backwards
Each Square is 100
Each circle is 50
Each triangle is 10
Each cresent is 5
Each right angle is 1
a) 376
b) 105

Chased by a Zebra is easier because they wont eat you.

Hadiqa

12/22/2023 06:15:47 pm

1.Kalysta and Crystal brought 72 goldfish, 21 baby turtles, and 7 hamsters
2. 1 step forward 2 step backwards
3. question A stands for 376 and B stands for 105
Bonus question= lion

Kalysta

12/29/2023 01:19:43 pm

Riddle 1: To get 100 animals for $100 Kalysta and Crystal need to buy 7 hamsters= $70, 21 turtles=$21, and 9 sets of 8 goldfish, or 72 goldfish=$9.
Riddle 2: One step forward, two steps back
Riddle 3: (a) 356, (b) 115
Riddle 4: A zebra because zebras don't chase people they attack.

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