Who is generally closer to the kids, mom or dad?

(it's a funny riddle)

Today is John's birthday.
A year ago, John had five candles and he lit all the candles except the one at the last.
Now he is going to light all the candles.

How old is John Today?

(He is not five today.....)

How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty?

By moving just one matchstick, you need to make the below statement true. Can you do it?

If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?

If two's company, and three's a crowd, then whats four and five ?

As we know that white starts the game of chess. Can you find the scenario shown in the picture below is possible when all the white pieces are at the original place while the black pawn is not as in the below picture?

Count the squares in the matchstick puzzle below?

When Jack was six years old he hammered a nail into his favourite tree to mark his height. Ten years later at age sixteen, Jack returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimetres each year, how much higher would the nail be?

Pronounced as one letter,
And written with three,
Two letters there are,
And two only in me.
I am double, I am single,
I am black blue and grey,
I am read from both ends,
And the same either way.