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  • Question
  • A father is 5 times as old as his son. His son is 6 years old. After how many years, will the father be 4 times as old as his son?


  • Options
  • A. 5 years
  • B. 6 years
  • C. 4 years
  • D. 2 years

  • Correct Answer
  • 2 years 

    Explanation

    Age of son = 6 years
    Age of father = 6 × 5 = 30 years
    Let after P years father will be 4 times of son.
    According to question ,
    ? 30 + P = 4 (6 + P)
    ? 4P ? P = 30 ? 24
    ? 3P = 6
    ? P = 2 years
    Hence, after 2 years father will be 4 times of son.


  • Problems on Ages


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    • 1. 
      20 years ago, Antony's age was 1/2 of what his age now is. What is his age now?

    • Options
    • A. 20 years
    • B. 40 years
    • C. 35 years
    • D. 30 years
    • Discuss
    • 2. 
      A father's age is now three times that of his elder daughter. 5 years back, his age was 8 times that of his younger daughter. If the difference of ages of the two daughters is 5 years, what is the age of the father now?

    • Options
    • A. 55
    • B. 50
    • C. 60
    • D. 45
    • Discuss
    • 3. 
      Your mother is 4 years younger than your father who is 6 times older than you. If your age is 6 years, what is your mother's age?

    • Options
    • A. 36 years
    • B. 34 years
    • C. 28 years
    • D. 32 years
    • Discuss
    • 4. 
      'X' and her grandfather differ in their ages by 50 years. After 6 years, if the sum of their ages is 152, their present ages are

    • Options
    • A. 24, 74
    • B. 26, 76
    • C. 45, 95
    • D. 25, 75
    • Discuss
    • 5. 
      The total age of a mother and her daughter is 60 years. The difference between their ages is 30 years. Find out the age of the mother.

    • Options
    • A. 40 years
    • B. 45 years
    • C. 50 years
    • D. 55 years
    • Discuss
    • 6. 
      Mahesh is '60' years old. Ram is '5' years junior to Mahesh and '4' years senior to Raju. The youngest brother of Raju is Babu and he is '6' years junior to him. What is the age difference between Mahesh and Babu?

    • Options
    • A. 18 years
    • B. 15 years
    • C. 13 years
    • D. 06 years
    • Discuss
    • 7. 
      Mrs. Lata was 3 times as old as her son 8 years ago. Their total age is 64 years now. How old (in years) is Mrs. Lata now?

    • Options
    • A. 48
    • B. 12
    • C. 36
    • D. 44
    • Discuss
    • 8. 
      Hema was twice as old as Geeta 10 years ago. How old is Geeta today, if Hema will be 40 years old 10 years henceforth?

    • Options
    • A. 25 years
    • B. 20 years
    • C. 15 years
    • D. 35 years
    • Discuss
    • 9. 
      Jais and his father has an age difference of 35 years now. After 5 years, the sum of their age is 125. What will be the age of Jais and his father after 12 years from now?

    • Options
    • A. 51 and 85
    • B. 52 and 87
    • C. 40 and 75
    • D. 45 and 70
    • Discuss
    • 10. 
      The average age of the present ages of Amit and Anil is 32 years. If Amit is 6 years older than Anil, what is Anil's present age?

    • Options
    • A. 38 years
    • B. 26 years
    • C. 19 years
    • D. 29 years
    • Discuss


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