Easy Puzzles 

Workings

Hint
There are 16 ounces in a pound, and 144 in a gross.

Answer
Seconds in an hour.

Reasoning
There are 16 x 144 = 2,304 ounces in gross pounds.

There are 60 x 60 = 3,600 seconds in an hour.

Workings

Hint
A little bit of algebra might help.

Answer
I have 14 apples and you have 28 apples.

Reasoning
We can work this out with a little algebra. I have A apples and you have B apples, then
[1]  5 x (A − 7) = B + 7

[2]        A + 7 = B − 7

From [1] we have:

    5A − 35 = B + 7
[3]      5A = B + 42

From [2] we have:

[4]  A + 14 = B

We can then use [4] in [3] to give:

  5A = (A + 14) + 42
  5A = A + 56
  4A = 56
   A = 14

Which gives B = 28 (by [4]).

Workings

Hint
Look a the letters.

Answer
Michael.

Each name begins with the last letter of the preceding name.

Workings

Hint
Read the question carefully.

Answer
56 cubic feet (= 4 x 7 x 2).

We usually ask how much earth there is in a hole, which of course there is none!