Riddles for middle school students

Can you solve this?

[Entrance Exam Question for Highly Competitive Elementary Schools] Can you solve this?

Actually, this video presents entrance exam questions from a highly competitive elementary school.

Since they’re elementary school exam questions, they can be solved by elementary students.

However, ordinary children and adults whose thinking has become rigid may find them quite challenging.

In that sense, wouldn’t they be perfect for middle schoolers, whose minds aren’t fully set in their ways yet?

Genius if you can do it all?!

[Matchstick Quiz] Just 5 single-stick problems! If you get them all, you’re a genius!? [Brain Teaser]

This is a classic matchstick quiz.

By the time you’re in middle school, you probably enjoy puzzle-style quizzes like this, and from those typical matchstick puzzles, I’ve picked one that’s simple yet tricky.

Give it a try.

Kanji Quiz to Train Your Creativity

[Kanji Quiz] 9 Questions Total! Kanji Puzzles to Train Your Thinking!

This video’s quiz includes problems that even adults will have to think about, such as combining scattered radicals and components to form compound characters, or identifying a four-character idiom when only about a third of it is visible.

In fact, a middle school student currently studying kanji might be able to solve them faster.

34 Riddles in a Row

Riddle Quiz No. 196

This video introduces as many as 34 riddles that anyone can enjoy.

Many of the riddles are fun for both adults and children.

“What kind of party leaves you tired after attending?” Questions like this aren’t too hard for adults, but kids might not come up with the answer right away.

Find the differences!

[Spot the Difference] Find 2 different parts #29 Brain Training with a Delicious Udon Image

The puzzles in this video are mainly spot-the-difference, but instead of the usual standard pictures, you also have to pay attention to the orientation of symbols and patterns, or you won’t notice what’s different.

It makes you want to move your eyes in all directions.

It’s very difficult and requires concentration.

It also seems like good exercise for your eyes, so be sure to give it a try.

Brain-in-overdrive riddle-solving challenge

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This is difficult, isn’t it? In terms of level, I think it’s just the kind of problem that’s suitable for middle schoolers to struggle with.

In the problem where you use four numbers to make the smallest possible number, there weren’t any specific conditions written, and I couldn’t help shouting, “Is that even allowed?” If you write out the conditions, they end up becoming hints, so it’s a tricky balance.

Is it something that rigid-minded adults can’t solve?

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Even quizzes that seem very difficult to adults can sometimes be solved easily by children thanks to their flexible thinking and fresh perspective.

The quiz in this video is that kind of puzzle: it looks very hard at first, but once you see the answer, you can’t help but say, “Ah, I get it.” When did adults’ minds become so rigid?