General Riddles

We are 3 friends. Our product and our sum always give the same answer. Who are we?
1, 2, 3.

Some months have 31 days, some have 30 days, how many months in the Gregorian calendar have 28?
All the 12 months!

The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack.
Chess pawns.

I am a part of your body. You can hold me in your left hand but not in your right hand. Who am I?
Right hand.

What has a head and a tail, but no body?

How can you drop an egg on a floor 20 yards below, without cracking it?
The floor will not crack by the dropping of an egg on it!

I help all living things to survive. I give shade to others. People use me for their various needs. I have rings to determine my age. Who am I?

If 0=4, 1=3, 2=3, 3=5, 4=4, 5=4, 6=3, 7=5, 8=5 and 9=4, find the value of 10, 11 and 12.
10=3, 11=6, 12=6. Explanation: Number of letters in the spelling of each figure.

A ladder hangs over the side of a ship anchored in a port. The bottom rung touches the water. The distance between rungs is 20 cm and the length of the ladder is 180 cm. The tide is rising at the rate of 15 cm each hour. When will the water reach the seventh rung from the top?
If the tide is raising water, then it is raising the ship on water, too. So water will reach still the first rung.

How many times is the alphabet "a" used while writing the spelling of each number from 1 to 500?
Not a single time.

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