I am quite hot but become too cold if you remove the first two letters. What am I?

What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?

You are mixing a mixture of cement and Sand with five gallons of water. You have a garden hose giving you all the water you need. The problem is that you only have a four-gallon bucket and a seven-gallon bucket and neither has graduation marks. Find a method to measure five gallons.

The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: "We travelled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly." How can that be possible?

In the attached figure, you can see a chessboard and two rooks placed on the chess board. What you have to find is the number of squares that do not contain the rooks. How many are there?

Can anyone tell me a word in the English dictionary which has a silent 'z'?

I know there are two methods by using three time the same number with a plus(+) operator , you can make sum as 60.

One of them is 20+20+20.

whats the other way ?

What does below science rebus mean?

Ag Ag Ag
Ag SPOON Ag
Ag Ag Ag

Count the number of squares in the picture below.

My thunder comes before the lightning; my lightning comes before clouds; my rain dries all the land it touches. What am I?