Can you solve this picture maths equation?

A word I know has six letters it contains, remove one letter and 12 remain. What is it?

They are the five precious gems of an everyday sort and all can be found on a Tennis Court. Who are they?

If in a code language, DISTANCE is written as IDTUBECN and DOCUMENT is written as ODDVNTNE, the how will THURSDAY be coded as in the same language?

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

Find the next number in the series.
1 10 24 43 67 ?

who is silent in the parliament?

10+10 and 11+11 can give you the same answer.

Explain how?

Can you think of a smallest +ve number such that if we shuffle the digits of the number, the new number becomes double the original number?

You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to accomplish this task?