I start at the beginning and double every step, but I always remain less than a thousand. What am I?
Category: Math · Difficulty: medium
Hint: Consider exponential growth.
Answer
A power of two
Explanation
A power of two like 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512 is always less than a thousand.
This is a medium math riddle — a moderate challenge for most people. The answer is A power of two.
More Math riddles
- I am a product of pairs, yet I hide in shadows. What am I?
- I can be balanced or unbalanced, yet I am always true to my form. What am I?
- I can separate but also unify, I exist in every mathematical operation. What am I?
- I am two that make one, a harmony of opposites yet in sync. What am I?
- I can go on forever without repeating, a dance of digits that never ends. What am I?
- Divide me by half and add ten, the answer is thirty. What am I if you work backwards?
- I equal the sum of my digits, which is fifteen. If the tens digit is five, what am I?
- I can be found by summing the first n natural numbers. What am I if n equals 10?