What 8 letter word can have a letter taken away and it still makes a word. Take another letter away and it still makes a word. Keep on doing that until you have one letter left. What is the word?

Can you start the fire using two pieces of wood?

One is to three as three is to five and five is to four and four is the magic number.
What is the pattern?

Solve the alphametic puzzle by replacing the alphabet with the number.

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You are given a cube that is made with the help of 10x10x10 smaller cubes summing up to a total of 1000 smaller cubes. You are asked to take off one layer of the cubes.
How many remain now?

Can you fill the blank with the correct number?

6 30 870 756030 _____

I have no life, but I can die. What am I?

You have four chains. Each chain has three links in it. Although it is difficult to cut the links, you wish to make a single loop with all 12 links. What is the fewest number of cuts you must make to accomplish this task?

I am a five-letter word under you,
Remove the first letter and I am above you,
Remove the second as well and I am around you.

Who am I?

Can you count the number of squares in the given picture?