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A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

7. I have three letters. I read the same forward and backwards. I know you'll get the answer, I know you'll see. It's a word that is important to you and me. What word am I?

Sometimes I am bigger than you and sometimes I am smaller than you. Sometimes I follow you and sometimes you follow me. I don't have any weight. Who am I?
Your shadow

How can you lift a hippopotamus with one hand?
You won't find a hippo having one hand!

I go around the world, but always stay in a corner.
Postal Stamp

What has an eye but can not see?

You can catch me but cannot throw me. Who am I?

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

When you buy me I am black in color. When you use me I am red and when you discard me I am grey in color. Who am I?
Charcoal

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

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