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Secret Code Riddle (Add & Subtract) II

Solve each problem and find its answer in the code. Write the matching letter in the box above it, then read the boxes to answer the riddle.

Example
Riddle. What must be broken before you can use it?
E
5 + 9
G
13 − 8
G
9 − 4
Code: 5 = G9 = C14 = E18 = H
Answer: EGG
  1. 1.
    Riddle. What has hands but cannot clap?
    10 + 2
    6 + 5
    18 − 3
    5 + 7
    16 − 9
    Code: 5 = H7 = K11 = L12 = C15 = O18 = J
  2. 2.
    Riddle. What has many keys but opens no locks?
    7 + 6
    8 − 3
    4 + 12
    5 + 12
    15 − 6
    Code: 5 = I9 = O11 = E13 = P15 = B16 = A17 = N
  3. 3.
    Riddle. What is full of holes but still holds water?
    17 − 11
    10 + 5
    16 − 8
    10 + 7
    17 − 3
    2 + 7
    Code: 4 = B5 = R6 = S8 = O9 = E14 = G15 = P17 = N
  4. 4.
    Riddle. What gets wetter the more it dries?
    8 + 7
    12 − 5
    14 − 3
    10 − 5
    7 − 1
    Code: 4 = Z5 = E6 = L7 = O9 = V11 = W15 = T
  5. 5.
    Riddle. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
    18 − 5
    10 − 4
    10 + 1
    3 + 4
    8 − 3
    Code: 5 = E6 = L7 = V11 = O12 = D13 = G15 = Q
  6. 6.
    Riddle. What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
    4 + 5
    5 − 1
    9 − 1
    9 + 3
    3 + 3
    Code: 4 = L5 = M6 = E7 = N8 = O9 = G12 = V
  7. 7.
    Riddle. What has hands but cannot clap?
    15 − 2
    8 + 2
    9 + 9
    5 + 8
    10 − 1
    Code: 8 = N9 = K10 = L12 = U13 = C18 = O
  8. 8.
    Riddle. What has teeth but cannot bite?
    10 − 6
    6 + 9
    17 − 7
    10 + 6
    Code: 4 = C6 = I9 = L10 = M15 = O16 = B
  9. 9.
    Riddle. What has a ring but no finger?
    12 + 3
    16 − 12
    6 + 5
    7 + 10
    2 + 5
    Code: 4 = H6 = C7 = E8 = R11 = O15 = P17 = N
  10. 10.
    Riddle. What has legs but cannot walk?
    14 − 10
    9 − 4
    3 + 6
    14 − 4
    9 − 2
    Code: 4 = T5 = A7 = E9 = B10 = L11 = P12 = H
  11. 11.
    Riddle. What has one eye but cannot see?
    15 − 1
    8 + 10
    12 + 6
    16 − 12
    16 − 5
    6 + 12
    Code: 4 = D9 = R11 = L13 = Y14 = N18 = E
  12. 12.
    Riddle. What has many keys but opens no locks?
    11 + 5
    5 + 3
    9 + 2
    2 + 5
    9 + 3
    Code: 4 = J7 = N8 = I11 = A12 = O13 = U16 = P
  13. 13.
    Riddle. What goes up but never comes back down?
    11 + 6
    5 + 8
    10 − 2
    Code: 8 = E13 = G15 = C16 = Z17 = A
  14. 14.
    Riddle. What must be broken before you can use it?
    7 + 11
    10 − 2
    2 + 6
    Code: 7 = S8 = G16 = O18 = E