Decode this picture on T-Shirt and tell what it says ?

I am a five-letter word and people eat me. If you remove the first letter I become an energy form. If you remove the first two letters, I am needed to live. Scramble the last three letters and I am a drink. What word am I?

Find the next number in the series

12, 20, 40, 72, 116, 172 ?

Find out the missing number in the picture attached:

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

I am a normal creature, but I have five hands. I can even have more but even then I will be considered normal.

Who am I?

A generous owner of a company decided to give a bonus of $45 to every man and $60 to every woman on his birthday. But only one-ninth of the men and one-twelfth of the women were present to take the bonus.

Can you calculate the amount of money the owner spent if there were 3552 employees?

Below, you can see some coding:
January = 1017
February = 628
March = 1335
April = 145
May = 1353
June = 1064
July = 1074
August = 186

Now deciphering the way it has been coded, can you find out how September will be coded?

The measurement of time, That can't be found on a clock, But can be looked upon on a map.

Who is He ?

In two decks of cards, what is the least amount of cards you must take to be *guaranteed* at least one four-of-a-kind?