General Riddles

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

An American woman living in Australia was refused a burial in India. Why?
Living people can't be buried, isn't it!

I don't have legs but I have hands. I can run but I can't walk. Who am I?
A clock.

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.

The more I am present, the less you can see. Who am I?
Darkness.

Paul's height is six feet, he's an assistant at a butcher's shop, and wears size 9 shoes. What does he weigh?

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

A woman met one of her classmates after 20 long years. After exchanging pleasantries, the first woman told the other that she has 4 children, half of them female. At this, the other woman smiled and replied, even half of her children too are female. However, she has 3 children. How is this possible?
The second woman has all female children.

If there are 8 chocolates and you take away 5, how many do you have?
5 of course. If you take 5, what else do you expect to have?

I am made up of the head of a lamb, middle of a pig, hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon. Who am I?

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