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

Can you make the below equation true by using any three numbers from "1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15"?

( ) + ( ) + ( ) = 30

John is on an island and there are three crates of fruit that have washed up in front of him. One crate contains only apples. One crate contains only oranges. The other crate contains both apples and oranges.

Each crate is labelled. One reads 'apples', one reads 'oranges', and one reads 'apples and oranges'. He know that NONE of the crates have been labeled correctly - they are all wrong.

If he can only take out and look at just one of the pieces of fruit from just one of the crates, how can he label all of the crates correctly?

I have a five and a three-gallon jar. Assuming there is an infinite supply of water, how can I measure one-gallon water?

Which word does the below Plexor means ?

How can a man go eight days without sleep?

A worker is to perform work for you for seven straight days. In return for his work, you will pay him 1/7th of a bar of gold per day. The worker requires a daily payment of 1/7th of the bar of gold. What and where are the fewest number of cuts to the bar of gold that will allow you to pay him 1/7th each day?

There are two candles. Both will only burn exactly for an hour. How will you use these two candles to measure forty-five minutes?

What have one eye but still cannot see?

If you drop me I’m sure to crack, but give me a smile and I’ll always smile back. What am I?