Can you convert the number zero(0) into a positive number using just one mathematical operator ?

I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?

There are three boxes of different sizes with three cupcakes inside each of the boxes in Christina's kitchen. At night her daughter wakes up and goes to the kitchen. She opens a box and eats all three cakes.

But in the morning Christina finds out that each box still had three cupcakes. How?

What is common among 11, 69, and 88?

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?

Assume there are approximately 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) people on Earth. What would you estimate to be the result, if you multiply together the number of fingers on every person's left hand? (For the purposes of this exercise, thumbs count as fingers, for five fingers per hand.) If you cannot estimate the number then try to guess how long the number would be.

What does the following represent?

N N N N N N N

A A A A A A A

C C C C C C C

'Ferrari driver' easily beats the 'force driver' in a two-car race. How did Indian newspapers truthfully report so to look as a 'force drive' had outdone the 'Ferrari driver'? Think!!!

John named his first son Alpha, second Beta, third Charlie and fourth Delta. What is the fifth son's name?

If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY

What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?