Types

Problems on ages can be categorized into three types, i.e.

1. Questions based on calculating the present age,

2. Questions to determine the age of person after k years and
3. Questions to calculate the age of a person before k years.
If the present age is y, then n times the present age =

If the present age is x, then age n years later/hence =.

If the present age is x, then age n years ago =

The ages in a ratio a: b will be and .

If the current age is y, then 1/n of the age is.

TYPES
 Single /More than a Person
 Ratio
 Averages
When I am 6 years old , My sister is half of my age. What will be my
sister’s age when I am 60?
Q1.After 8 years Priya will be twice her age , She was 5 years ago. What is
present age?

a) 12
b) 14
c) 16
d) 18
Q2.A man is 3 times of his son. 6 years ago, he was 7 times old as his son
was at that time . What is present age of man?

a) 20
b) 24
c) 25
d) 27
Q3.Present age of A and B is 5:4. 3 years hence the ratio becomes 11:9. What
is the present age of B?

a) 20
b) 24
c) 35
d) 37
Q4.The average age of 5 children born at the interval of 4 years is 20. What
is the present age of youngest child?
Q5.The age of a mother is thrice that of her daughter. After 12 years, the
age of the mother will be twice that of her daughter. What is the present
age of the daughter ?

a) 14
b) 12
c) 20
d) 36
Q6.Sneha’s age is 1/6th of her father's age. Sneha’s father's age will be
twice the Vimal age after 10 years. If Vimal’s 8th birthday was celebrated
2 years ago. Then what is the present age of Sneha?

a) 7
b) 8
c) 5
d) 6
Q7.The present age of the mother is 5 times the age of her son. Five
years ago, the age of the mother was ten times the age of her son at that
time. How old is the mother at present?

a) 45
b) 48
c) 49
d) 50
Q8. The ages of Rahul and Amit are in the ratio of 8:7. After 10 years the
ratio of their ages will be 13:12. What is the difference in years between
their ages?

a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 4
Q9. Ravi got married 8 years ago. His present age is 6/5 times his age at the
time of his marriage. Ravi’s sister was 10 years younger to him at the time of
his marriage. The present age of raju’s sister is?

a) 32
b) 34
c) 38
d) 40
Q10. A father said to his son, "I was one-third of your present age when
you were born". If the present age of the father is 48 years, find the
present age of the son.

a) 12
b) 26
c) 36
d) 45