When 99 is considered higher than 100?

A man hijacks an aeroplane transporting both passengers(8 of them) and valuable cargo. After taking the cargo, the man demands nine parachutes, puts one of them on, and jumps, leaving the other eight behind. Why did he want eight?

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

John went to buy some expensive, foreign chocolates. He only had Rs 100 with him. When he reached the shop, he got out and know that on those chocolates, there was a 15% import duty and 5% VAT.

How much worth chocolate should he buy so that he can accommodate it in Rs 100?

What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?

What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 2/4 goat?

By including only four matchsticks in below picture, you have to make "Four Triangles And Two Squares"

Which digit occurred maximum times between the number 1 and 1000?

Count the number of lines in the image below ?