In a guessing game, five friends had to guess the exact numbers of apples in a covered basket.
Friends guessed 22, 24, 29, 33, and 38, but none of the guesses was correct. The guesses were off by 1, 8, 6, 3, and 8 (in random order).

Can you determine the number of apples in a basket from this information?

If you had an infinite supply of water and 5-quart and 3-quart pails, how would you measure exactly 4 quarts? What is the least number of steps you need?

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

I am a three digit number.
My tens digit is five more than my ones digit.
My hundreds digit is eight less than my tens digit.
What number am I?

Can it be possible to build a house that has all its four walls facing towards the South?

Find the value of "a" by solving the maths equation in the picture below:

Only one color, but not one size,
Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies.
Present in sun, but not in rain,
Doing no harm, and feeling no pain.
What is it?

Can you make four (4) nines (9) equal 100?

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

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?