Maths Age Problems by Roshan Mishra
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1. The ratio between the present ages of P and Q present age. If now father's age is 39 years, then
is the age of son 5 years ago was?
respectively. Four years hence Q will be five
years older than P. What is P's present age?
P Q 3:4 39
Q, P P (a) 17 yrs
(c) 15 yrs a
(b) 12 yrs
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(d) None of these
2.
(a) 15 year
(c) 25 year
(b) 20 year
(d) Can't be determined
The age ratio of laxmi and her mother is 3 : 11
and the age difference is 24 years. The age ration
7.
h
7 years ago, the average age of husband, wife
is
and child was 42 years and 9 years ago, the
average age of wife and child was 36 years. What
is the present age of the husband?
of both after 3 year. 7 42
24 3
3 : 11 9
M 36
(a) 1 : 3 (b) 3 : 2
a n (a) 57
(c) 48
(b) 55
(d) 50
sh
(c) 3 : 5 (d) 2 : 3 8. In a school, 4/9 of the number of student are
3. The sum of ages of father and son is 60 years. If girls and the rest are boys. 3/5 of the number
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6
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6 years ago father's age was 5 times of his son's of boys are below 12 years of age and 5/12 of
the number of girls are 12 years or above 12
years of age.
If the number of students below 12 years of
age is 480, then 5/18 of the total number of
(a) 20 yrs
(c) 12 yrs
(b) 14 yrs
(d) 18 yrs
B y students in the school will be equal to:
4/9
3/5, 12
4.
s
The age ratio of Vicky and Sumi is 2 : 3 After 12
years, this ratio become 11:15. The present age
of sumi?
h 12
5/12, 12
480
a t 11 : 15
2:3 12
(a) 270
(c) 225
5/18
(b) 315
(d) 240
5.
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(a) 56 yrs
(c) 42 yrs
(b) 32 yrs
(d) 48 yrs
The age of Ram's son is 1/3 of his wife. The age
of Ram's wife is 4/5 of Ram's age and Ram's age
9. The sum of Shipa's age after 4 years and
Raghu's age 4 years ago is 63 years and the
respective ration between the Shilpa's age four
years ago and Raghu's age after 3 years is 10:21
is 3/5 of his father's age, find the age of Ram's . What is Shipa's present age? (in years).
son if Ram's father is 50 father is 50 year old. 4 63
1/3
3
4/5
10:21
3/5
50
(a) 25 (b) 31
(a) 8 yrs (b) 10 yrs
(c) 24 (d) 28
(c) 12 yrs (d) 6 yrs
10. The present age of Bob is equal to Abby's age 8
6. A father said to his son, at the time of your years ago. Four years hence, the respective
birth, my age was 5 years more than your ratio between Bob's age and Abby's present
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age? 15. Five years ago, the total of the ages of father
8 4 and son was 60 years. Age of son is 25% age of
his father. Then the present age of the father
5:4 is ____.
(a) 24 yrs (b) 32 yrs 60
(c) 40 yrs (d) 28 yrs 25%
11. At present, Amit's age is twice Dio's age' and
Cami is two years older than Ami. Two years (a) 48 yrs (b) 51 yrs
ago, the respective ratio between Dio's age at (c) 56 yrs (d) 61 yrs
that time was 4 : 9. What will be Ami's age four 16. The sum of ages of father and son is 56 years.
years hence?
ra
After 4 years father's age will become thrice of
his son's age. Their ages are?
56 4
4
(a) 40 yrs
(c) 42 yrs
(b) 30 yrs
(d) 36 yrs
4:9
(a) 44
(c) 16 is
12
42
h
(b) 16
(d) 18
3
44
36
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12. Five years ago, Somi's age at that time was
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17. 10 years ago Mahesh's mother's age was 4 times
of mahesh's age. After 10 years mother's age
of Amit's age six years hence and Somi's age
twelve years hence, will be 7 : 4. What was
Somi's age three years ago? (in years).
a n will be twice of mahesh's age. The present age
of Mahesh is ?
10
sh
10
6
(a) 13
12
(b) 29
Ro 7:4 (a) 25 yrs
(c) 20 yrs
(b) 15 yrs
(d) 30 yrs
18. Present ages of Rama is 80% Aryan Present age
Five years hence Aryan ages become 120% of
(c) 17 (d) 25
B y
13. The present age of A's father is equal to six
times of A's age two years hence. If A's mother
is eight years younger that A's father and the
Rama. What is Rama's present age?
120
80 5
h s
respective ratio between A's mother and father
is 7 : 9, What is A's present age? (in years). (a) 25 yrs (b) 22 yrs
A
A
a t A
A
8
7:9
A
A
(c) 20 yrs (d) 30 yrs
19. Two years ago, A was four times as old as B. 8
years hence, A's age will exceed B's age by 12
years. The ratio of the present ages of A and B
(a) 12
(c) 5 M (b) 6
(d) 4
14. The respective ration between present ages of
P and Q is 5 : 7. The respective ratio between
is ______.
A
B
A
B
B
12 A
P's age 4 years ago and Q's age 10 years hence (a) 1 : 3 (b) 3 : 1
is 1 : 2. What will be the respective ratio (c) 3 : 5 (d) 2 : 3
between P's age 2 years hence and Q's age 6 20. The sum of ages of 4 brothers is 56 years. If
years hence? successive difference of their ages is 4 year
P Q 5:7 respectively. The age of elder one is?
4 P 10 Q 1:2 56
P 2 Q 6 4
(a) 16 yrs (b) 32 yrs
(a) 2 : 3 (b) 1 : 3 (c) 24 yrs (d) 20 yrs
(c) 7 : 8 (d) 5 : 6 21. A father's age is twice of his elder son's age
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After 10 year father's age will become thrice of 27. 'B' is 3 years older than 'A' and 'B' is also 3 years
his younger's age. If age difference of both sons younger than 'C' 3 years hence, the respective
is 15 year. The age of father is? ratio between the ages of A and C will be 4 : 5.
What is the sum of the present ages of A, B and
15 C?
B, A 3 B, C 3 3
(a) 30 yr/ (b) 60 yr/ A C 4:5
(c) 50 yr/ (d) 55 yr/ A, B C
22. Mother's age is thrice of his son's age. 5 years (a) 48 years (b) 56 years
ago son was 1/6 of his father's age. If his father (c) 63 years (d) 72 years
is 5 years older than his mother. The age of 28. Three years ago, Raj's age was equal to the sum
son is ?
1/6
5
ra
of the present ages of his only son and only
daughter. Three years ago, the respective ratio
between the ages of his daughter and his son
(a) 15 yr/
(c) 10 yr/
5
(b) 12 yr/
(d) 18 yr/
23. A mother said to her son, "15 years from now, is h
that time was 12 : 13 if Raj's wife is 5 years
younger to him and her present ages is twice
the present age of their daughter, what is the
present age of their son? (in years)
(a) 12 yr, 30 yr
(c) 10 yr, 30 yr
(b) 8 yr, 25 yr
(d) 10 yr, 32 yr
o sh (a) 27 years
(c) 29 years
(b) 24 years
(d) 25 years
29. Four years ago, the respective ratio between
the age of Ram and that of Sonu, was 4 : 9. Tina
R
24. Seven year ago. the ages (in years) of A and B
were in the ratio 4 : 5 and 7 years hence, their
ages will be in the ratio 5 : 6 What will be the
is ten years older than Ram. Tina is ten years
younger than Sonu. What is Tina's present
:5
A
7
B
B y
ratio of their ages 5 years from now?
4
5:
age?
10 10
4:9
h s 5
(a) 40 years
(c) 30 years
(b) 36 years
(d) 20 years
(a) 34 : 41
(c) 31 : 33
a t (b) 33 : 40
(d) 33 : 34
25. The ages of A and B are in the ratio 5 : 7 Five
years ago, their ages were in the ratio 5 : 8. The
30. Raju's age four years hence is equal to Simi's
present age. At present Ganga is six years older
than Raju. The respective ratio between Simi's
age eight years hence and Ganga's age two years
A B
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respective present ages (in years) are :
5:8
5:7
hence is 10 : 9. What is Raju's present age?
4
6 8
10 : 9
(a) 10, 14 (b) 20, 28
(c) 25, 40 (d) 15, 21 (a) 24 years (b) 18 years
26. The ratio of present ages of Rahul and his sister
(c) 32 years (d) 28 years
is 3 : 4 Before 10 years the ratio of their ages
was 13 : 19. What is Rahul's present age (in 31. Three years ago, Manini's age at that time was
years)? thrice of Rinu's age at that time. The respective
ratio between Rinu's age six years hence and
3 : 4 10
Manini's age eight years hence, will be 3 : 7.
13 : 19 What will be Rinu's age two years hence? (in
years)
(a) 36 (b) 48
(c) 42 (d) 54
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8 3 34. John is 3 years younger than Kiara. At the time
:7 when both of them married, the sum of ages of
both Kiara and John was 45 years. What was
the age of John's younger brother. Sam, at the
(a) 20 (b) 26
time of John's marriage, is Sam was 5 years
(c) 29 (d) 32 younger than John? (in years)
32. B is eighteen years older than A. The respective 3
ratio of B's age six years hence and C's present
age is 3 : 2 If at present C's age is twice the age 45
of A. what was B's age four years ago?
B, A 18 6 B C 5
3:2 C (a) 17 (b) 15
A
(a) 24 years
(c) 29 years
4 B
(b) 28 years
(d) 26 years
(c) 16 (d) 20
a
35. The present age of Rahul is 3 times his son's
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present age and 4/5th of his father's present
33. A's age 7 years ago was 10 years more than half
his present age. The respective ratio between
B's age 4 years ago and A's age that time was 2
: 5. If C's age 12 years hence will be thrice of B's is h
age. The average of the present ages of all of
them is 62 years. What is the difference
between the ages of grandfather and grandson?
3
4/5
age 2 years ago, what is C's present age? (in
years) 62
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7 A
B
2:5 12
A
C
10
a n (a) 56 years
(c) 66 years
(b) 50 years
(d) 60 years
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B C
(a) 38
(c) 42
(b) 30
(d) 37
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