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

James ordered a fishing rod, priced at $3.56. Unfortunately, James is an Eskimo who lives in a very remote part of Greenland and the import rules forbid any package longer than 4 feet to be imported. The fishing rod was 4 feet and 1 inch, just a little too long, so how can the fishing rod be mailed to James without breaking the rules? Ideally James would like the fishing rod to arrive in one piece!

There are a number of books on a shelf. If one book is the 4th from the left and 6th from the right, how many books are on the shelf?

It was a dark stormy night and a couple were in a car driving madly to a city. The car broke down and the husband had to go get help from someone who spoke his language. He was afraid to leave his wife alone in the car so he locked the car before leaving. When he came back, the car was in the same state as he had left it but his wife was dead, there was blood on the floor and there was a stranger in the car. What happened?

What has one letter and starts with an E?

Can you find the missing number in the third row?
35 20 14
27 12 18
5 2 ?

Which three-digit number, made of consecutive digits, like 567, is 2 less than a cube and 2 more than a square?

I know a ten-letter word in the English language which can be typed using only the top rows of the computer keyboard.

4 fathers, 2 grand-fathers and 4 sons went to watch the movie.What is the minimum number of tickets they need to buy ?

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?