What occurs twice in a week, once in a year but never in a day?

John gave half of the apples he had plus one more to Jacob. He gave half of the remaining ones plus one more to James. Now, John was left with just one apple.

Can you find out how many did he have in the beginning?

Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?

What number divided by 4 is the same as that number minus 4?

What comes
Once in a Year
Twice in a Month
4 times in a Week
6 times in a Day

There are three Athletes (John, Tarun and Harish) and their individual Coaches (Jacob, Meenaxi and Priyanka) standing on the shore.
No Coach trusts their Athlete to be near any other Coach unless they are also with them.
There is a boat that can hold a maximum of two persons.
How can the six people get across the river?

Solve the puzzle by telling what does below picture means.

If in a car race, the man who came two places in front of the last man finished one ahead of the man who came fifth, how many contestants were there?

John left on a horse on Thursday , was gone for two days, and came back on Thursday after completing his work. How did that happen?

The more of this there is, the less you see. What is it?