What has hands, but can’t clap?

Find the next number in the sequence

5 12 24 36 ?

Move four matchsticks to the below square to form three squares?

With the help clues provided in the image, can you find the 5 digit key?

John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

What four weights can be used to balance from 1 to 30 pounds?

What am I?

A woman shoots her husband.

Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes.

Finally, she hangs him.

But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together.

How can this be?

I have an eye but still cannot see.

Who am I?

A woman lives in a skyscraper thirty-six floors high and is served by several elevators which stop at each floor going up and down. Each morning she leaves her apartment and goes to one of the elevators. Whichever one she takes is three times more likely to be going up than down. Why?