What do you answer even though it never asks you questions?

Spelt forwards I’m what you do every day, spelled backwards I’m something you hate. What am I?

An office is divided into 8 cubicles. How many of the cubicles are painted if only 1/8 of the cubicles are painted?

You have a roll of cloth 1km long. You have a machine which cuts this roll into pieces of 10-meter-long cloth.

How long would it take for the machine to cut the roll if each cut took 4 secs?

John was gifted a new Hayabusa. He drove x miles at 55mph. Then he drove x+20 miles at 40mps. He drove his bike for 100 minutes. How much distance did he travel?

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!

You have two hour glasses one measures 7 minutes and the other measures 4 minutes.
Using these two-hour glasses, you need to measure exactly 9 minutes.

How come?

All Marigolds are flowers.
Few Flowers are used to make colors.
Therefore, some Marigold are used to make colors.

True Or False?

2, 3, 5, 9, 17, _ What is the next number in the sequence?

You throw me out when you want to use me and you take me in when you don't want to use me.

Who Am I?