Q. How many birth days does the average man have? 






Ans. One, he may have many Birthdays, but only one birth day!

Q. Because cigars cannot be entirely smoked, a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts that he finds. Today, he has collected 25 cigar butts. How many cigars will he be able to smoke? 






Ans. 6, he makes 5 originals from the 25 butts he found, and after he smokes them he has 5 butts left for another cigar.

Q. What is the largest possible number you can write using only 2 numbers - just 2 numbers, no other mathematical symbols? 






Ans. 9⁹, this is 9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9x9 or 387,420,489.

Q. Mom, Dad, and 2 kids have come to a river, and they find a boat. It is small and can only carry one adult or 2 kids at a time. Both kids are good rowers, but how can the whole family reach the other side of the river? 






Ans. The kids row across.  One comes back. An adult goes over, and the kid comes back.  Both kids row across again, and one comes back.  The other adult rows across and the kid comes back.  Both kids row across again