Problems on Ages Questions

• Problems on Ages — “Hari is twice as old as Johnny. Johnny is 3 years older than Rahul. If Hari is 5 times Rahul, find Johnny’s age.”
• Problems on Ages — “Mother’s age is twice the daughter’s age. Father is 10 years older than mother. Brother is 20 years younger than mother and 5 years older than his sister. Find the father’s age.”
• Problems on Ages — “Five years ago, Ashu’s mother was 3 times Ashu’s age. Five years from now she will be twice Ashu’s age. Find Ashu’s present age.”
• Problems on Ages — “Mother is now three times the daughter’s age; father is 5 years older than mother. The daughter is 10. What was the father’s age when the daughter was born?”
• Relative ages and ordering – Ram's age is double Shyam's age and half of Sohan's age. Shyam is older than Mohan. Based on these relations, who is the oldest among the four?
• Two years before the reference stage – A was 4 years older than B at a certain stage. Sixteen years after that stage, A will be thrice his present age and B will be five times his present age. How old were A and B two years before that initial stage?
• Linear equations in ages – A is 16 years older than B, and half of B’s age equals one-third of A’s age. Find their present ages.
• Birthday algebra – Today is Ketan’s birthday. One year from today he will be twice as old as he was 10 years ago. How old is Ketan today?
• Sum and difference of two ages – The combined age of a mother and her daughter is 60 years, and their age difference is 30 years. What is the mother’s age?
• Present ages from future sum – “X” and her grandfather differ by 50 years. Six years from now, their ages will sum to 152. What are their present ages?
• Mother–father–child relations – Your mother is 4 years younger than your father, and your father is 6 times as old as you. If you are 6 years old, what is your mother’s age?
• Father and two daughters – Father is three times the elder daughter now; five years ago he was eight times the younger daughter. If the daughters differ by 5 years, what is the father’s present age?
• Backtracking from a fraction statement – Twenty years ago, Antony’s age was half of what his present age is. What is his current age?
• Father–son ratio over time – A father is five times as old as his 6-year-old son. After how many years will the father be four times as old as his son?
• Family chain differences – Mahesh is 60. Ram is 5 years younger than Mahesh and 4 years older than Raju. Babu is 6 years younger than Raju. What is the age difference between Mahesh and Babu?
• Mother–son ages from past ratio and present sum – Eight years ago, Mrs. Lata was three times as old as her son. Their present ages total 64. How old is Mrs. Lata now?
• Linking past and future ages – Ten years ago Hema was twice Geeta. Ten years from now Hema will be 40. How old is Geeta today?
• Sum after 5 years and fixed difference – Jais and his father differ by 35 years now. After 5 years, their ages will sum to 125. What will their ages be 12 years from now?
• Average and difference – The average of Amit’s and Anil’s present ages is 32 years. If Amit is 6 years older than Anil, what is Anil’s present age?
• Inferring parental age gap – A man was 32 when his first son was born. When that son was 7, his wife was 35. What is the age difference between father and mother?