Problems on Ages Worksheet-4

Problems on Ages Worksheet-4

1. The sum of the ages of 5 children born at the intervals of 3 years each is 50 years. What is the age of the youngest child?

(a) 4 years         (b) 8 years         (c) 10 years       (d) None of these

2. Father is aged three times more than his son Ronit. After 8 years, he would be two and a half times of Ronit's age. After further 8 years, how many times would he be of Ronit's age?

(a) times     (b) times    (c) times     (d) 3 times

3. The difference between the ages of two persons is 10 years. Fifteen years ago, the elder one was twice as old as the younger one. The present age of the elder person is:

(a) 25 years       (b) 35 years       (c) 45 years       (d) 55 years

4. A father said to his son, "I was as old as you are at present at the time of your birth." If the father's age is 38 years now, the son's age five years back was:

(a) 19 years       (b) 14 years       (c) 33 years       (d) 38 years

5. In 10 years, A will be twice as old as B was 10 years ago. If A is now 9 years older than B, the present age of B is:

(a) 19 years       (b) 29 years       (c) 39 years       (d) 49 years

6. Sneh's age is th of her father's age. Sneh's father's age will be twice of Vimal's age after 10 years. If Vimal's eighth birthday was celebrated two years before, then what is Sneh's present age?

(a) years     (b) 24 years       (c) 30 years       (d) None of these

7. If 6 years are subtracted from the present age of Gagan and the remainder is divided by 18, then the present age of his grandson Anup is obtained. If Anup is 2 years younger to Madan whose age is 5 years, then what is Gagan's present age?

(a) 48 years       (b) 60 years      (c) 84 years       (d) 96 years

8. Ayesha's father was 38 years of age when she was born while her mother was 36 years old when her brother four years younger to her was born. What is the difference between the ages of her parents?

(a) 2 years         (b) 4 years         (c) 6 years         (d) 8 years

9. My brother is 3 years elder to me. My father was 28 years of age when my sister was born while my mother was 26 years of age when I was born. If my sister was 4 years of age when my brother was born, then, what was the age of my father and mother respectively when my brother was born?

(a) 32 yrs, 23 yrs                          (b) 32 yrs, 29 yrs

(c) 35 yrs; 29 yrs                          (d) 35 yrs, 33 yrs

10. A person was asked to state his age in years. His reply was, "Take my age three years hence, multiply it by 3 and then subtract three times my age three years ago and you will know how old I am." What was the age of the person?

(a) 18 years       (b) 20 years      (c) 24 years       (d) 32 years

Answer Key:

(1)-a; (2)-a; (3)-b; (4)-b; (5)-c; (6)-d; (7)-b; (8)-c; (9)-a; (10)-a