Problem of the Week 3/7/11 –3/14/11

Run By Jack Hamilton

The Two Towns

If you reverse the digits of the age of the town of Flatrock, you get

the age of the town of Rowan. Seven years ago, the town of

Flatrock was four times as old as the town of Rowan. How old are

the two towns?

Hint on back. If you solved this, write the answer or a diagram on the back in a box.

Austin Letsson was last week’s winner.

If I publish an impossible problem I swear I will stab myself in the heart with a rusty banana.
 The Two Towns hint

Not giving that much of a hint this week for such an easy problem.

I’m just gonna say, don’t think in terms of towns only.

Partial credit to Kjartan Poskitt for ideas.