PROBLEM SUMS ON AGES

1. The ratio of man’s age to his son’s age is 4:1. The product of their ages is 196

The ratio of their ages after 5 years will be :

(a) 3:1 (b) 10:3 (c) 11:4 (d) 14:5

2. Kamla got married 6 years ago. Today her age is 1¼ times her age at the time
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of marriage. Her son’s age is 10 times her age. Her son’s age is:

(a) 2 years (b) 3 years (c) 4 years (d) 5 years

3. Yogesh is as much younger to Anil as he is older to Prashant. If the sum of

the ages of Anil and Prashant is 48 years, what is the age of yogesh?

(a) 20 years (b) 24 years

(c) 30 years (d) cannot be determined

4. 10 years ago, Chandravati’s mother was 4 times older than her daughter.

After 10 years, the mother will be twice older than the daughter.The present

age of Chandravati is :

(a) 5 years (b) 10 years (c) 20 years (d) 30 years

5. The sum of the ages of a father and a son is 45 years. Five years ago, the

product of their ages was four times the father’s age at that time. The

present ages of father and his son are :

(a) 25 years, 10 years (b) 36 years, 9 years

(c) 39 years, 6 years (d) None of these

6. Five years ago, Vinay’s age was one-third of age of Vikas and now Viney’s age

is 17 years. What is the present age of Vikas ?

(a) 9 years (b) 36 years (c) 41 years (d) 51 years

7. My grandfather was 8 times older to me 16 years ago. He would be 3 times

of my age 8 years from now. Eight years ago, what was the ratio of my age to

that of my grandfather ?

(a) 1:2 (b) 1:5 (c) 3:8 (d) None of these

8. Hitesh is 40 years old and Ronnie is 60 years old. How many years ago was the

ratio of their ages 3:5 ?

(a) 5 years (b) 10 years (c) 20 years (d) 37 years

9. The sum of the ages of five 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

10. The present age of A, B, C are in the proportion 10:11:12. Five years ago ,the

sum of their ages was 150. Their present ages are :

(a) 20 years, 22 years, 24 years (b) 30 years, 33 years, 36 years

(b) 40 years, 44 years, 48 years (d) 50 years, 55 years, 60 years

11. A is 2 years older than B who is twice as old as C. If the total of the ages

of A, B, C be 27 years, then how old is B ?

(a) 7 years (b) 8 years (c) 9 years (d) 10 years (c) 11 years
12. Rajeev’s age after 15 years will be 5 times his age 5 years back. What is the

present age of Rajeev ?

(a) 5 years (b) 10 years (c) 15 years (d) 50 years