General Riddles

I have one letter but my name is spelled with eight. What am I?
Envelope

If it took fifteen men ten days to build a tower, how long would it take four men to build it?
No time at all, as the tower it is already built!

If NUMERAL is written as UEALRMN then how would you write ALGEBRA?

Fill in the blanks with a word which makes two different words if you read from both sides: Tim's father has kept his ______ in the ______ for scoring good marks in math.
Reward and Drawer.

I am a seven letter word. I am very heavy. Take away two letters from me and you will get 8. Take away one letter from me and you will get 80. Who am I?

Show that half of 5 equals to 4.
Remove F and E from FIVE IV = 4 (Roman)

What happens when an elephant sits on a chair?
It's time to buy a new chair!

There are 17 pigeons sitting in a row on a wall. A boy shoots the fifth pigeon. How many pigeons remain?
None. Explanation: They all fly away at the sound of the gunshot.

He has married many women, but has never been married. Who is he?
A priest.

What can you catch but not throw?

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