What goes up but never comes down?

Can you solve the maths in the below-given picture equation?

At a Society election for president, precisely 963 votes were cast.
There is a total of 4 candidates that participate in the election.

The winning candidate exceeds the opponents by 53, 79 and 105 votes.

How many votes do each candidate gets?

Can you find a number that lies one third of the distance between 1/3 and 2/3?

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

My friends called me Iron59 because my parents are a chemist and a mathematician. What is my real name?

It walks on 4 when its young, walks on 2 when it's older, and walks on 3 when its very old?

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?

Who always enjoys poor health?

A mother is 21 years older than her child. In exactly 6 years from now, the mother will be exactly 5 times as old as the child.
Where's the father?