General Riddles

As a whole, I am both safe and secure. Behead me, and I become a place of meeting. Behead me again, and I am the partner of ready. Restore me, and I become the domain of beasts. What am I?
A Stable

Tim came second in Math. When his mother asked him how much he had scored, he answered that he got the sum of the first 9 even numbers. His mother immediately worked out the answer. How much had he scored in Math?
90 Explanation: Sum = (n x n) + n Hence, 9 x 9 = 81 + 9 = 90

Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of bricks?
Neither, they both weigh one pound.

I am clean when I look black and dirty when I look white. Who am I?
Blackboard

How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen?
12. There are 12 2-cent stamps in a dozen!

Fill in the sequence: 1 5 9 15 ?
21 Explanation: Position of the vowels a e i o u.

Decode the following message: AENDFNDFNNIRDERDESIIEIIEAEND
A friend in need is a friend indeed. Explanation: Write the alphabets in four rows for example:

If six thousand six hundred and six dollar is written as $6,606, then write eleven thousand eleven hundred and eleven dollars.
$12,111.

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

A shepherd has 18 goats. All but 6 die. How many are left?
6 of course!

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