Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men do ?

What number divided by 4 is the same as that number minus 4?

A man lives on the fifteenth floor of an apartment building. Every morning he takes the elevator down to the lobby and leaves the building. In the evening, he gets into the elevator, and, if there is someone else in the elevator, or if it was raining that day, he goes back to his floor directly. Otherwise, he goes to the tenth floor and walks up five flights of stairs to his apartment. Can you explain why he does this?

When monkey rotate the gear, which mark will be hit 1 or 2 ?

You have a three-gallon and a five-gallon measuring device. You wish to measure out four gallons.

Solve The below Equation:

ALFA + BETA + GAMA = DELTA

Four people need to cross a rickety bridge at night. Unfortunately, they have only one torch and the bridge is too dangerous to cross without one. The bridge is only strong enough to support two people at a time. Not all people take the same time to cross the bridge. Times for each person: 1 min, 2 mins, 7 mins and 10 mins. What is the shortest time needed for all four of them to cross the bridge?

What number comes next in this sequence:
7 8 5 5 3 4 4 _

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!

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