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Problem on Ages
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1. The ratio of Akash & Vinesh age is 9:7. If the difference
between the present age of Akash & the age of Vinesh 5 years
hence is 3, then find the sum of their present ages?
2. The ratio of Aathi & Ajay is 3:5 and the sum of their ages is
80 years . What will be the ratio of their ages after 10 years?
3. The difference between the present age of Vasundhara &
Varun is 12 years. If 6 years back their ages are in the ratio 3:2,
how old are Vasundhara & Varun?
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4. The ratio of the ages of two friends Vinu & Vishal is 7:4. If
the difference between the present age of Vinu & Vishal 2 years
hence is 4, then what is the sum of the present ages of Vinu &
Vishal?
5. The difference between the present ages of Akil & Anish is 10
years. If 4 years back their ages were in the ratio of 7:5, find the
sum of their present ages?
6. A woman’s age is 120% of what it was 15 years ago. What is
her present age?
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7. The age of man is 90 % of what it will be after 10 years.
What is his present age?
8. The present age of a girl is 120% of her sister’s age what it
was 6 years ago, but 60% of her sister’s age what it will be
after 10 years. What is her present age?
9. Eunice is three years older than Steve. When they got
married 40 years ago, the difference between twice of Eunice's
age and thrice of Steve's age was 16. How old will each of them
be when they celebrate their golden anniversary (50th year)?
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10. Father is four times more than the age of his daughter. If
after 5 years, he would be four times his daughter's age, then
how many times his present age would be of his daughter’s age
further after 5 years?
A. 1.5 times B. 2 times C. 2.5 times
D. 3 times
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11. What is Aman's present age, if after 20 years his age will be
10 times his age 10 years back?
A. 6.2 years B. 7.7 years C. 13.3 years D. 10 years
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12. Nisha is 15 years elder to Romi. If 5 years ago, Nisha was 3
times as old as Romi, then find Nisha’s present age.
A. 32.5 years B. 27.5 years C. 25 years D. 24.9 years
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13. One year ago, the ratio of Honey and Piyush ages was 2:
3 respectively. After five years from now, this ratio becomes
4: 5. How old is Piyush now?
A. 5 years B. 25 years C. 10 years
D. 15 years
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14. Ten years ago, the mother's age was three times the age of
her son. After ten years, the mother's age will be twice that of
his son. Find the ratio of their present ages.
A. 11 : 7 B. 9 : 5 C. 7 : 4 D. 7 : 3
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15. Saransh is 50 years old and Nazma is 40 years old. How
long ago was the ratio of their ages 3:2?
A. 20 years B. 30 years C. 40 years
D. 25 years
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16. There are two sizes of teddy bears sold in a store: Big and
small. The cost of a small teddy bear is 3/4th of the big. But the
packaging charges are the same for both. One packed big teddy
bear costs Rs 400. The cost of one packed big teddy bear & two
packed small teddy bears is Rs 1050. What are the packaging
charges?
A. Rs 200 B. Rs 225 C. Rs 300 D. Rs 100
E. Rs 150
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17. A, B, C and D have a total of 3000 cows with them. The
cows with C are one fourth of the total cows with the other
three. The total number of cows with A and C together equals
eight-seventh of the total number of cows with B and D
together. Find the number of cows with A.
A. 1200 B. 1100 C. 1000 D. 100
E. 1300
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18. 40 years ago my age was one fifth of what it is now. What is
my present age in years?
A. 30 B. 50 C. 40 D. 25
E. can’t say
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19. The cost of 7 bikes and 3 scooters is 5.75 lacks whereas the
cost of 3 bikes and 7 scooters is 4.75 lacks. What is the
difference between the cost of a bike and a scooter?
A. 15,000 B. 20,000 C. 10,000 D. 25,000
E. can’t say
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20. A said to B, “I am 5 times as old as you were when I was as
old as you are”. B said to A, “The difference between our ages
is 10 years”. What is the sum of their present ages?
A. 40 years B. 20 years C. 30 years
D. 50 years E. None
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21. A man said, “Each of my sons has as many brothers as
sisters and each of my daughters has twice as many brothers
as sisters”. How many sons and daughters does the man have?
a. 2 , 3 B. 3, 2 C. 5, 6 D. 6, 5
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22. 50 kg of an alloy of lead and tin contains 60% of lead. How
much lead must be melted into it to make the alloy of 75%
lead?
a. 20 Kg b. 30 Kg c. 40 Kg
d. 25 Kg
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23. If 2a + 3b = 17 and 2a + 2 – 3b + 1 = 5, then find the value
of a and b.
a. 3 , 2 b. 2 , 3 c. 4 , 5 d. 6 , 7
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24. Brian is a window cleaner. He uses the following formula
to calculate the amount to charge his customers:
Charge = £20 + 4n
Where n is the number of windows a house has.
If a house has 7 windows, how much would Brian charge?
a. £24 b. £67 c. £48 d. £27
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25. For what value of x, the following equation:
5√x +12√x =13√x will be true?
a. -2 b. 0 c. 3 d. None of these
Problem on Ages
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Problem on Ages
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