Age Word Problems 1. 5 years ago, Ebo was 3 times as old as Atu.

In 3 years, Ebo will be twice as old as Atu. What is the sum of their ages now? 2. William is 4 times as old as Ben. 12 years ago, William was 7 times as old as Ben. How old is Ben now? 3. 8 years ago, George was half as old as Sarah. Sarah is now 20 years older than George. How old will George be in 10 years? 4. Sid is twice as old as Rex. Ten years ago, Sid was four times as old as Rex. How old is Sid today? 5. Joan is 4 times the age of Ben. In 4 years, Joan will be 2.5 times the age of Ben. Ben will be how many years old ten? 6. If Arman is 18 years old and Diya is 2 years old, how many years will it take for Arman to be 3 times as old as Diya? 7. In 40 years, Imran will be 11 times as old as he is right now. How old is he right now? 8. Soo is 8 years older than Marco. In four years, Soo will be twice as old as Marco. How old is Soo? 9. In two years time, I will be four times older than my brother is now. My brother is now 5. a. A. How old am I now? b. How old will I be when I am twice as old as my brother? 10. The sum of Abbies age and Iris age is 42 years. 11 years ago, Abbie was three times as old as Iris. How old will be Abbie in 2 years? 11. Omar is 18 years older than Luis. Seven years ago, Omar was 3 times as old as Luis. How old is Luis now 12. If Leah is 6 yrs older than sue, and John is 5 years older than Leah and if sue, leah and john's ages combined = 41. How old is sue? 13. Liam's age is 5 years more than twice Gita's age. Zoe's age is 13 years less than 10 times Gita's age. If Zoe is 3 times as old as Liam, how old is Liam? 14. Today, Bill is 1/4 the age of his father. 12 years ago, Bill was 1/12 the age of his father now. How old will Bill's father be one decade from today? 15. Five years ago, the age of a person was 3 years more than four times his son's age. Three years hence, the age of the person will be six years less than thrice the age of the son. After how many years from now will their combined age be 80 years? 16. Roy is now 4 years older than Erik and half of that amount older than Iris. If in 2 years, Roy will be twice as old as Erik, then in 2 years what would be Roys age multiplied by Iriss age?

Answers 1. 42. A=13, E = 29 2. 24 3. 38 4. 30 5. 8 6. 6

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4 8 a 18, b 26 28 16 8

13. 14. 15. 16.

19 82 16 48. R=6, I=2