Math Problems
1) A person is currently 25 years old. In 24 years, their age will be 4 times their age 8 years ago.
What is their current age?
2) A person is currently 29 years old. In 23 years, they will be 3 times as old as they were 23
years ago. How old were they 23 years ago?
3) A solution of 15 liters contains 54% alcohol. Another solution of 14 liters contains 23%
alcohol. If these solutions are mixed, what will be the concentration of alcohol in the resulting
mixture?
4) A solution of 34 liters contains 35% alcohol. Another solution of 31 liters contains 58%
alcohol. If these solutions are mixed, what will be the concentration of alcohol in the resulting
mixture?
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5) A solution of 48 liters contains 39% alcohol. Another solution of 20 liters contains 39%
alcohol. If these solutions are mixed, what will be the concentration of alcohol in the resulting
mixture?
6) The more you have of it, the less you see. What is it?
7) Bob's company acquired 243 new cars last year. This year, they acquired 659 more. What is
the total number of new houses acquired over the two years?
8) Person A is currently 47 years old, and Person B is 11 years older. In 5 years, Person B will
be 4 times as old as Person A was 5 years ago. How old is Person A now?
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9) What has keys, but no locks; space, but no room; you can enter, but not go in?
10) What can you break, even if you never pick it up or touch it?
11) A person is currently 32 years old. How old were they 30 years ago?
12) Person A is currently 47 years old, and Person B is 6 years older. In 14 years, Person B will
be 3 times as old as Person A was 14 years ago. How old is Person A now?
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13) What is the next number in the sequence of squares: 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ...?
14) A solution of 47 liters contains 40% alcohol. Another solution of 19 liters contains 58%
alcohol. If these solutions are mixed, what will be the concentration of alcohol in the resulting
mixture?
15) A solution of 47 liters contains 46% alcohol. Another solution of 35 liters contains 34%
alcohol. If these solutions are mixed, what will be the concentration of alcohol in the resulting
mixture?
16) Alice can complete a project in 7 days, while Bob can complete the same project in 12 days.
If they work together, how many days will it take them to complete 64 such projects?
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Answer Key
1) 11 2) 3 3) 39
4) 46 5) 39 6) Fog
7) 902 8) 47 9) A keyboard
10) A promise 11) 2 12) 47
13) 36 14) 45.2 15) 40.9
16) 282.9