Chapter 04

Problems on Ages

It is easy to solve the problems relating to ages. The statements given in the problems are
made into mathematical expressions and solved.
Practicing how such statements are made into mathematical expressions, will help in solving
the problems. For example read the question below
Let a person’s age as X. Ten years before his/her age would be X -10 and Ten years hence /
after his / her age would be X + 10.
Two or more person’s ages are related and expressed mathematically as below
Let A’s age is twice as that of B’s age then
Let A’s age as X & B’s age as Y
Mathematically the statement may be expressed as X=2Y

Eg.1. Kannan’s age is twice as that of Kumar’s age ten years ago. If Kumar’s age is 30 what is
Kannan’s age?
Solution:
Let Kannan’s age = X
Kumar’s age = 50 years
Kumar’s and Kannan’s ages have been connected / related in the question viz Kannan’s age is
twice as that of Kumar’s age ten years ago.
Kumar’s age before ten years = 30-10= 20 years
Kannan’s age = Twice of kumar’s age before ten years = 2×20 = 40 years

Eg. 2. Ramu’s age is 2 years more than Kumar’s age. After ten Years the ratio of their ages will be
10 : 9. What is kumar’s age?

Let Kumar’s Age = X

∴ Ramu’s age = X + 2
After ten years.
Kumar’s age = X + 10
Ramu’s age = X + 2 + 10 = X + 12
Now equate the ratio
ie., X + 12 : X + 10 = 10 : 9
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 10X-9X=108-100 Years
Kumar’s age = 8 Years

Eg. 3. Now Arun’s father age is twice as that of Arun. Ten years before their ages were in the ratio
of 3 : 1. Find the current age of Arun.
Solution:
Let Arun’s age be X
Arun’s father age 2x
10 year before.
Arun’s father age 2 x -10
Arun’s age x – 10
As per the statement
2x – 10 / x – 10 = 3/1
Arun’s Current age = 20.

Eg. 4. The average age of Bhavan and Vimal is 20 years. 10 years before their average age was in
the ratio of 3:7.Find bhava’s age.
Solution :
Let Bhavan’s age be x
Vimal’s age be y
x + y= 40 ---------------eqn 1
10 year before Bhavan’s age X– 10
Vimal’s age Y – 10

7x – 70 = 3y – 30
7x – 3y = 40 ------------- eqn 2
x + y = 40 -----------------1
Eqn 1 X 3
3x + 3y = 120 ---------------- 3
7x – 3y = 40 ----------------- 2

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Add eqn 3 and eqn 2
10x = 160 i.e x = 16
Bhavan’s age = 16 Years

Eg.5. Age of Akilan is four years more than the age of Nivetha. The product of their ages is 480.
Find the Akilan age 5 years hence ?
Solution:
Let Nivetha age x
Akilan’s age = x + 4
x (x + 4) = 480

(x+24)(x-20) =0
x= -24 or x=20
x=20
( Note: -24 is omitted since the value is negative)
Akilan age x=4 = 20+4=24
Akilan’s age after 5 year = 24+5 = 29 years.

Eg. 6. Raghul said to his son,” I was at your present age before 24 years when you were 3 years old”
What is the age of Raghul?
Solution:
Let Raghul’s age = x
Before 24 year son’s age = 3
Now son’s age = 24 + 3 = 27
Raghul’s age before 24 years = 27
Raghul’s age at present = 27 + 24
= 51 years

Eg.7. The ratio of the ages of Vijay and Mano is 5:7. After ten years the ratio of their ages will
become 10:13. What is the age of Vijay?
Solution:
Let the ages of Vijay and Mano be 5x and 7x respectively
After ten years the ages of Vijay and Mano will be 5x+10 and 7x+10 respectively.

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 Vijay’s age = 5x= 5×6 = 30 years

Eg. 8. Four men joined with an industry in which 20 men with the average age of 35 years were
working and thereby the average age of the new group increased by two years. If three of them
would have joined, the average age of the group would be increased by only one year. Find the age
of the fourth men who had newly joined.
Solution:
The total age of the group initially = 20×35 = 700 years
Total age of the new group with 24 men = 24×37= 888
Total age of the group with 23 men = 23×36=828
The age of the fourth men newly joined = 888 – 828 = 50 years

Eg.9. In a group of 5 men, two men of ages 40 and 45 were replaced by two women thereby the
average age of the group decreased by one year. What is the average age of the women?
Solution:
Let the average age of 5 men =x
Total age of five men = 5x
Total age of three men when two were left = 5x – (40+45)= 5x-85
After replacing two women the average age of the group = x-1
Total age of the current group = 5(x-1)= 5x-5
The total age of the two women = 5x-5 – (5x-85) =85-5=80 years

The average age of the two women = years

Eg.10. The present age of the father is 5 years more than the thrice of his son’s age 5 years ago. The
total age of the father and the son is 50 years. What will be the ratio of their ages after 5 years?
Solution:
Let the son’s age = x
5 years ago the son’s age = x-5
Father’s age = 3(x-5) + 5
The total age= 50
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 Father’s age + Son’s age = [3(x-5) + 5]+x
[3(x-5) + 5]+x = 50
3x-15+5+x=50

Son’s age = 15 years

Father’s age = 3(x-5) + 5= 3(15-5) + 5= 3×10+5
= 35 years
After 5 years Fathers age: Son’s age = 40:20 = 2:1

Exercise 3

1. The total age of A and B is 12 years more than the total age of B and C. C is how many years
younger than A?
a) 12 b) 24 c) 8 d ) none of these.
2. The sum of the ages of a son and his father is 56 years. 4 years ago their ages were is the ratio of
1:5. Find the age of the father in years after 4 years
a) 42 b) 48 c) 36 d) 40.
3. The ages of three members in a group 4 years ago was at the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. Now the age of the
elderly person is 64. What is the present age of the younger one?
a) 24 years b) 32 years c) 60 years d) 28 years
4. The average age of three members was calculated as 38. It was found later one of the members
was read as 61 instead of 67. What is the correct average age in years ?
a) 36 b) 38 c) 40 d) 42

5. A man spent 1/8th of his life in childhood, 1/9th in youth and some more years as a bachelor and 6
years after his marriage he built a house at half his final age. If the life period of the man is 72 years ,
how many years did he spend as bachelor?
a) 14 Years b) 11 Years c) 13 Years d) 12 Years
6. The ratio of Rita's age to her mother's age is 3:8. The difference of their ages is 35 years. The ratio
of their ages after 4 years will be:
a) 7:12 b) 5:12 c) 38:43 d) 42:47
7. The present age of Ashok and Shiva is in the ratio of 3 : 5. Shiva is eight year older than Ashok.
What will be the ratio of their ages after four years?

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 a) 2 :3 b) 3:2 c) 3:4 d) 3:5

8. Rahul is 40 years old and Karuna is 56 years old. In how many years their age ratio will become
3:4?
a) 6 b) 8 c) 5 d) none of these
9. Mohan said to Kumar, “After 5 years my age will be twice of your current age”. Now their ages
are is the ratio of 3: 2 what is the age of Mohan?
a) 15 years b) 10 years c) 20 years d) 25 years
10. Rajan got married 5 years ago. At that time Rajan’s sister age was 25 years. What is the sum of
their ages at present if their ratio of their ages was 8: 5 respectively at the time of marriage?
a) 75 years b) 65 years c) 70 years d) data inadequate
11. In 10 years A’s age will be 4 times as that of B‘s age before 10 years. If the sum of their ages at
present is 50, what will be the age of B after 10 years?
a) 30 years b) 40 years c) 20 years d) 50 years
12. Rajesh age is twice of Mahesh age. Sharath is twice of Rajesh age. All of their ages are each
increased by 50% then the average age becomes 35 years. What is the age difference between
Rajesh and Sharath in years?
a) 30 b) 8 c) 20 d) 16
13. The difference between the present age of Arun and Deepak is 14 years. Seven years ago the
ratio of their ages was 5:7 respectively. What is Deepak’s present age? .
a) 49 Years b) 42 Years c) 63 Years d) 56 Years
14. Dinesh age after 5 years will be 4/7 th of present age of his mother. After 10 years Dinesh age
will be 41. What will be the age of his mother in years at that time?
a) 73 b) 63 c) 36 d) 31

15. The sum of the ages of A, B and C is 116. A is 8 years younger than C. The total age of B and C
is 82. What is the age of B after 5 years?
a) 40 years b) 45 years c) 42 years d) 47 years
16. Sonia’s present age is 5 times Deepak’s present age. Five years ago her age was twenty five times
Deepak’s age at that time. What is Sonia’s present age?
a) 30 years b) 36 years c) 42 years d) 45 years
17. The ratio of ages of three person’s is 1:2:3. After 5 years the sum of their ages will be 105. Find
the age difference between the youngest and eldest.
a) 30 years b) 15 years c) 45 years d) 60 years
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18. After 5 years Sampath age will be 5 times as that of his age 15 years before. What is Sampath age
now?
a) 20 Years b)25 Years c) 30 Years d) 32 Years
19. The ratio of ages between A & B is 1:2. The ratio of the ages between B & C is 3:4. What will be
the age of A after 8 years if the age of C is 48 at that time?
a) 6 b) 32 c) 24 d) 18
20. The ratio of the ages of a daughter and her mother is 1:4. However the ratio between the ages of
the daughter and father is 1:5. In 5 years time the age of the daughter will become 12. What will be
the age of the mother after 5 years?
a) 40 years b) 33 years b) 28 years d) 35 years
21. The ratio of the ages of A and B is 2:3. After 5 years their ages will be in the ratio of 3:4. What
will be the ratio of their ages after 10 years?
a) 2 :3 b) 3:5 c) 3:4 d) 4:5
22. The average age of four brothers born at the intervals 3 years each is 58 years. What is the ratio
of the ages between the youngest and the eldest?
a) 1 : 4 b) 1: 9 c) 10 : 19 d) 4:5
23. A father said to his younger son, “I was as old as your elder brother’s present age at the time of
your birth”. The father age is 40 years at present and the age difference between the brothers is 4
years. Find the age of the younger brother.
a) 16 Years b) 20 Years c) 12 Years d) data in adequate

24. The ratio of the ages of a gentleman and his wife is 5:4. Six years hence, the ratio of their ages
will be 6 : 5. At the time of their marriage the ratio of their ages was 9:7. How many years ago did
they get married together?
a) 3 Years b) 2 Years c) 1 Year d) 4 Years
25. A mother and her daughter are such that (a) 8 years ago mother’s age was twice as that of her
daughter’s age (b) 8 years hence Mother’s age would be 1½ times as that of her daughter’s age. What
are their current ages in years?
a) 20, 40 b) 32, 48 c) 16, 36 d) 24, 40
26. The sum of twice the age of Kamala and thrice the age of Arun is 72. Arun is elder and the age
difference between them is 4. What is the age of Kamala?
a) 12 years b) 14 years c) 16 years d) None of the above

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27. A Father is aged three times more than his son Varun. After 8 years he would be two and a half
times of Varun’s age. After further 8 years how many times would be the father age to that of his son
varun’s age?
a) 2.5 b) 2 c)1.5 d) 3
28. A father’s age is thrice as that of the sum of his two sons’ age. But twenty years hence his age
will be equal to the sum of their sons’ age. Then the father’s age is
a) 30 Years b)42 Years c) 35 Years d) 45 Years
29. The average age of 10 members of a committee is the same as it was 4 years ago, because an old
member has been replaced by a young member. Find how much younger is the new member?
a) 30 Years b) 40 Years c) 35 Years d) 60 Years
30. A wizard named Nepo says "I am only three times my son's age. My father is 40 years more than
twice my age. Together the three of us are a mere 1240 years old." How old is Nepo?
a)140 Years b) 150 Years c) 320 Years d) 360 Years

Key answers
1-a 2-c 3-d 4-c 5-c 6ba

7-a 8-b 9-d 10-a 11-a 12-c

13-d 14-b 15-b 16–a 17-a 18-a

19-a 20-b 21-d 22-c 23-a 24-a

25- d 26-a 27- b 28-a 29-b 30-d

Explanations
1 Option a

Solution:

Hence C is 12 years younger than A

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2. Option c

Solution:

Let the ages of father & son, 4 years ago be x & 5x respectively

Father’s age after 4 years = = years

3. Option d

Solution:

4 years ago let the ages of the members be 2X, 3X and 5X respectively
The age of the elderly person 5X+4 = 64
∴ X = 12
The age of the youngest one = 2X+4 =2×12+ 4 =24+4 = 28 years

4. Option c

Solution:

Correct sum

Correct average age years

5. Option c

Solution:

Let the number of years spent as a bachelor be X

From the statement of the question

9+8+X+6 = 36 X = 13 years

6. Option b

Solution:

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 Let the Rita’s age and her mother age be 3X and 8X
The difference of their ages 8X-3X = 35
∴ X= 7
The ratio of their ages after 4 years = 3X+4 : 8X+4
= 25 : 60 = 5:12

7. Option a

Solution:

The ratio of the ages of Ashok and shiva =3:5

∴ The age of Ashok =3X
The age of Shiva = 5X
5X- 3X= 8 (since Shiva is eight years elder)
X=4
After 4 years Ashok’s age = 3X+4= 3(4)+4=16
Shiva’s age = 5X+4= 5(4)+4=24
Age ratio after 4 years = 16:24=2:3

8. Option b

Solution:

Rahul’s Age=40
Karuna’s age =56
Assume X years after their age ratio = 3:4

On cross multiplication
4(40+X) = 3(56+X)
160+ 4X = 168+3X
X= 168-160=8 Years

9. Option d

Solution:

Let Kumar’s age = x

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 Kumar’s age after 5 years = x+5
After 5 years Mohan’s age = 2x

x= 15
Mohan’s age = 2x-5= 30-5= 25 years

10. Option a

Solution:

Let Rajen’s age be 8X and his sister age be 5 X at the time of his marriage
Rajan’s sister age at the time of marriage =25
5X=25 ∴X=5 & 8X=40
After 5 years of Rajan’s marriage his sister’s present age = 25+5 =30
After 5 years of Rajan’s marriage his present age = 40 + 5 = 45
Sum of their current ages = 45 + 30 = 75 years

11. Option a

Solution:

Let A’s age and B’s age as X and Y respectively at present

After 10 years A’s age will be 4 times as that of B’s age 10 years ago

Sum of their ages at present

Solving eqn 1 and eqn 2

Y = 20
After 10 years B’s age = 20+10 = 30 years

12. Option c

Solution:

Let Mahesh, Rajesh and Sharath age be X,Y and Z respectively

Y=2X , Z= 2Y=4X
All of their ages increased by 50%
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 (50 % increment of x can be taken as )

= 3×Average Age = 3×35 =105

Age difference between Rajesh and Sharath = 4X-2X=2X= 20 Years

13. Option d

Solution:

Let Deepak’s age be x

Arun’s age = x+14

7 years ago their ages would be x-7 and (x+14) -7

7 years ago the age ratio = 5:7

Deepak’s present age = x+14 = 42+14 = 56 years

14. Option b

Solution:

Let Dinesh age be x and his mother age be y

Afetr 5 years his age =

Dinesh age after 5 years will be 4/7th of present age of his mother

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 After 10 years Dinesh age will be 41
x= 41-10= 31

Substituting x value in eqn 1

Mother’s age = 63 years

15. Option b

Solution:

The sum of the ages of A, B and C is 116

A+B+C =116 eqn1

The total age of B and C is 82

eqn2

From eqns 1 &2

A is 8 years younger than C

B’s age after 5 years years

16. Option a
Solution:
Sonia’s present age = X & Deepak’s present age = Y
X=5Y ------Eqn 1
Five years ago Sonia’s age was twenty five times Deepak’s age at that time

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 X-5 =25 (Y-5)
X-5 =25 Y-125 X+120 = 25 Y
∴ X+ 120 =25 Y-----Eqn2
Eqn 2 Eqn 1

∴ X= 30 years

17. Option a

Solution:

Let age’s of 3 persons be x, 2x, 3x

After 5 years

Difference between the eldest & youngest

years

18. Option a

Solution:

Let Sampath’s age = x

After 5 years his age= X+5
15 years before his age = X-15
X-15= 5 (X+5)
X-15= 5 X+25
5X- 4X= 25-5= 20 ∴ X = 5
Sampath’s age 4X= 20 years

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19. Option a

Solution:

A:B =1;2 & B:C = 3:4

The combined ration can be found as below
A:B = (1: 2) × 3= 3 : 6
B:C = ( 3:4) × 2= 6 : 8
After eight years A: B: C= 3:6:8
8X= 48 ∴X=6

20. Option b

Solution:

Daughter : Mother = 1:4 & Daughter : Father = 1:5

∴The combined ratio Father : Mother : Daughter = 5:4:1
Let the ages of father, mother and daughter be 5X , 4X and X respectively
The age of the daughter at present = 12-5=7 years
∴ The age of the mother after 5 years = 4X+5= 33 years

21. Option d

Solution:

Let the ages of A and B be 2x and 3x respectively

After five years their ages will be 2x+5 and 3x+5 respectively and the ratio will be 3:4

8x+20 = 9x+15 9x- 8x= 20-15 x= 5

After five years their ages will be 2x+10 and 3x+10 respectively

∴ The ratio after 10 years= =

= 4:5
22. Option c

Solution:

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 Let the age of the youngest be x years
The age of the brothers are x, x+3, x+6 and x+9 respectively from the youngest to the
eldest brother.
∴ The total age = x+x+3+ x+6+x+9

4x + 18 = 58 x=

The ratio of the ages of the youngest brother to the eldest brother =

The required ratio = 10 : 19

23. Option a

Solution:

Let the elder brother’s present age be x years

Before x years, the fathers age = The present age of the elder brother
40-x = x 2x= 40 x = 20
Age of the younger brother = x – 4 = 20 – 4 = 16 years

24. Option a

Solution:

Let the ages of gentleman and his wife be 5X and 4X

Six years hence

25X – 24X = 36- 30 = 6

X=6
The age of the gentleman = 5X= 5×6= 30
The age of his wife = 4X= 4×6= 24
Let before Y years they got married and the ratio was 9:7

216 – 9Y = 7Y - 210 Y=3Years

25. Option d

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 Solution:

Let 8 years ago the daughter’s age be X

Then the age of the mother = 2X
At present
Mothers age = 2X+8 & Daughter’s Age = X+8
After 8 years
Mothers age = 2X+8+8 = 2X+16 & Daughter’s Age = X+8+8 = X+16

4X+ 32 = 3X+48 ∴ X = 16
Current age of the daughter = X=8 = 16+8= 24
Current age of the mother = 2X=8 = 2(16)+8=40

26. Option a

Solution:

Let Kamal’s age be x and Arun’s age be y

The sum of twice the age of Kamala and thrice the age of Arun is 72.

Age difference between them is 4

By solving eqn 1 and eqn 2

Substituting the value of y in eqn2

The age of Kamala = 12 years

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27. Option b

Solution:

Let Father’s age be X and Son varun’s age be Y

X= 3Y+Y = 4Y
After eight years their ages are X+8 and Y+8 respectively
(Two and half times is written as 5/2)

On cross multiplication
2(X+8) = 5( Y+8)
2 ( 4Y+8) = 5Y=40
Y=8
After further eight years the ratio of ages of father and his son

28. Option a

Solution:

Let Fathers age be Z and the sons age be X and Y respectively

The father’s age is thrice as that of the sum of his two sons’ age.
Z= 3( X+Y)
After 20 years Fathers age = Z+20 and som’s age = X+20, Y+20
After 20 years father’s age will be equal to the sum of their sons’ age
∴Z+20 = X+20+ Y+20
3( X+Y) + 20 = X+Y+40
3X+3Y –X-Y=40-20
2X+2Y= 20
∴ X+Y=10
Father’s age = 3 ( X+Y) = 3×10= 30 Years
29. Option b

Solution:

Let the average before four years = x

∴ The total of ages of all the members before 4 yrs =10X

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 After 4 years the new total would be = 10X+(4×10) = 10X+40
(All 10 members age will be increased by 4 years)
Since the average is same as that of the average before 4 years
The new member is (10X+40) -10X = 40 years younger
30. Option d

Solution:

Let the ages of Nepo, his son and his father be N, S and F respectively.
From the statement of Nepo
N+S+F=1240

F= 2N+40 & S=

Eqn 1 is written in terms of S

3S+S+2(3S)+40 =1240
∴ 10S+40 = 1240 S =1240-40=1200

S=

Nepo’s age = 3S= 3 ×120 =360 years

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