How can a man go eight days without sleep?

There are two words one resembles the "state of rest" and the other is related to "writing/reading material".

Can you name these two words which also sound similar?

Which is the rope you never skip with?

Take 9 from 6, 10 from 9, 50 from 40, and leave 6.

How Come ??

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A train leaves from point A for point B at 80 mph. After half an hour, another train leaves from point B for point A at 60 mph.

Which of the trains will be farther from point A when they meet ?

They are the five precious gems of an everyday sort and all can be found on a Tennis Court. Who are they?

What word is represented by this rebus?

At my favorite fruit stand,
an orange costs 18,
a pineapple costs 27,
and a grape costs 15.
Using the same logic, can you tell how much a mango costs?

There are 2 sand hourglasses.

The small one can measure 5 hours and the large one can measure 7 hours.

How can we measure 16 hours with 2 sand hourglasses running together ?