I am soft and cuddly that soothe your heart. But, If you pick my last name I am going to tear you all apart. Who am I?

My first is in chocolate but not in ham. My second is in cake and also in jam. My third at tea time is easily found. Altogether, this is a friend who is often around. What is it?

A wooden log balances equally on the scales when weighed with three-quarters of a pound and three-quarters of a wooden log.

Can you calculate the weight of the entire wooden log?

How many times can you subtract the number two from the number fifty?

When my father was 31 I was 8. Now he is twice as old as me. How old am I?

I have an eye but still cannot see.

Who am I?

Twice ten are six of us,

Six are but three of us,

Nine are but four of us;

What can we possibly be?

Would you know more of us?

Twelve are but six of us,

Five are but four, do you see?

What are we?

A man and a dog were going down the street. The man rode, yet walked. What was the dog’s name?

A monk has a very specific ritual for climbing up the steps to the temple. First, he climbs up to the middle step and meditates for 1 minute. Then he climbs up 8 steps and faces east until he hears a bird singing. Then he walks down 12 steps and picks up a pebble. He takes one step up and tosses the pebble over his left shoulder. Now, he walks up the remaining steps three at a time which only takes him 9 paces. How many steps are there?

I am taken from a mine and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost every person. What am I?