General Riddles

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

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

I am a six letter word. Subtract one letter and twelve will remain. Who am I?

What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
A stamp.

A basket contains 5 apples. Do you know how to divide them among 5 kids so that each one has an apple and one apple stays in the basket?
Answer to this riddle goes as follows: 4 kids get an apple (one apple for each one of them) and the fifth kid gets an apple with the basket still containing the apple

I'm the start of nothing and the end of sun and I'm also in the number one What am I?
The letter "N".

How can you write 23 using the number 2 only 4 times? You can use addition, subtraction, division, multiplication.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

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

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