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

I have a thumb and four fingers, but I have no flesh or bone. Who am I?

Why did the boy go to his bedroom with a pencil?
He wanted to draw the curtains.

How many of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
None, Moses wasn't on the ark Noah was.

What is that which everybody has seen but will never see again?
Yesterday

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

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

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

Complete the sequence: 49 61 51 63 53 65 55 ?
67 Explanation: Alternate numbers increase by 2. 49 become 51 then 53 and so on. Similarly, 61 becomes 63 and then 65.

What has an eye but can not see?

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