I noticed one of the words in the oxford dictionary is spelled incorrectly. What about you?

Can you solve the tricky chess rebus puzzle below by ciphering the hidden meaning?

How can you make the following equation true by drawing only one straight line: 5+5+5=550 ?

I am an eight letter word and I am a computer terminology.
The second, third and fourth letters make an animal.
The fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth letters make a weapon.
The first, second, third and fourth letters can be taken as an outcome of any exam.
The fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth letter combine to form a high end typing software.

Can you tell who am I ?

Look at the picture and find out which square is not linked with any of the other squares.

There is a square of a particular number which when doubled, becomes 7 more than its quarter.

Can you find the number?

A rubber ball keeps on bouncing back to 2/3 of the height from which it is dropped. Can you calculate the fraction of its original height that the ball will bounce after it is dropped and it has bounced four times without any hindrance ?

What mathematical symbol can be put between 5 and 9, to get a number bigger than 5 and smaller than 9?

I am a mother. However, I never give birth.

I am a father. However, I never nurse my children.

Wandering is not possible for me, but standing still happens occurs rarely.

Who am I?

Two men play a dice game involving roll of two standard dice. Man X says that a 12 will be rolled first. Man Y says that two consecutive 7s will be rolled first. The men keep rolling until one of them wins.

What is the probability that X will win ?