General Riddles

The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Footsteps

I am a 7 letter word. I become longer when my third letter is removed. Who am I?

What has an eye but can not see?

Forward I am heavy, but backward I am not. What am I?
Forward I am ton, backwards I am not

Only one color, but not one size, Stuck at the bottom, yet easily flies, Present in sun, but not in rain, Doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am I?
A shadow.

Swap one letter from each of the words "Right" and "Blight" to make two related words.
Light and Bright.

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

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

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!

Mr. & Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. Mrs. Smith has 5 sons and each son has a sister who has 5 daughters each of whom have 1 brother each. How many of them went for the picnic?
2 people. Explanation: The puzzle only says that Mr. and Mrs. Smith went for a picnic. It does not say that the others accompanied them.

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