When 99 is considered higher than 100?

In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

Find The Next Number in the series:

12 13 15 17 111 113 117 119 123 ?

The following alphametic has only one solution. Can you find it?
ENLIST + SILENT + LISTEN = ANAGRAM

PS: You may start the number from 0.

Find the next number in the series?
2, 12, 36, 80, 150, 252, 392, _ ?

Two batsman each on 94 runs. Seven runs needed to win in last 3 balls. Both make 100*. How?

Two-person want to cross a river. Only one boat is present on the riverside that can carry only one person at a time.

However, they still manage to cross the river. How is it possible?

On a charity event in Russia, Murray beat Djokovic by winning six games and losing three games.
Note: There is a total of 5 service breaks(one who serve lost the game).
Who served first, Djokovic or Murray?

What does Alexander the Great and Winnie the Pooh have in common?

What goes up but never comes down?