General Riddles

Place the following letters in such a manner that it becomes something which is used to clean: boas
soap (flip the alphabet b so that it becomes p).

I cannot speak but I tell everything. I am not a tree but I have leaves. I have hinges but I am neither a door nor a window. Who am I?

I am 3/8 of Tortoise, 2/5 of Onion and 2/6 of Tomato. Who am I?
Toronto. Explanation:Tortoise has 8 letters and the first 3 letters are TOR. Onion has 5 letters and the first 2 letters are ON. Tomato has 6 letters and the first 2 letters are TO.

Feed me and I live, yet give me a drink and I die.

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

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

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

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