Here’s a riddle that fools thousands of people because they try to solve it logically instead of reading it carefully.

Read it slowly:

• The mother’s name is 57
• The son’s name is 47
• The daughter’s name is 37

What is the name of the father?

Most people start searching for a pattern in the numbers, but the answer has nothing to do with math.

Answer

The trick is hidden in the wording.

The sentence asks: “What is the name of the father?”

Since the other names are given literally as numbers, the father’s name is What.

It’s a classic wordplay riddle—the question itself contains the answer.

Did it trick you?