Age Questions

1. Tony is bigger than his Mother, but not as old. Dad said today that Mum's age in two years' time, divided by Tony's age now, and then added to Tony's age, comes to two-thirds of what Mum's was when Tony was born. Today was Mum and Tony's birthday. How old is Tony?	Answer 1
2. The ages of a mother and daughter are the same with the digits reversed. A year ago the mother was twice as old as the daughter. How old are the mother and daughter?	Answer 2
3. We live in the year 1946. I feel a bit ashamed, but I can't remember what year my friend died. I only know these two facts: 1. My friend still lived in 1905. 2. When he died, his age was exactly 1/29 of his birth year. How old was my friend when he died, and what year was it?	Answer 4
4. A man and a woman's ages total 98. He is twice as old as she was the day he was the age she is today. Find their present ages.	Answer 3
5. A woman gave birth to a son when the combined ages of she and her husband were 62. When the son reached the age his mother was on the day she gave birth, his parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. How old were they when they married, if the mother is 4 years older than the father?	Answer 4
6. I am three times the age that you were when I was your age. When you get to be my age, our ages will equal 63. How old will we be?	Answer 4
7. A woman has only four children, one pair of 7-year-old twins and a pair of 9-year-old twins. Now, I received an invitation to her children's birthday parties. There were two parties, one on Tuesday and the other on Thursday of that same week, each party celebrating the actual birthday of two kids. To my surprise, the Tuesday party was for a 7- and a 9-year-old child, and likewise for the party on Thursday. How can this be true?	Answer 4
8. If we add a man's age and a woman's age today, we obtain 91. The man is now twice as old as the woman was when he was as old as she is now. How old are each of them today?	Answer 4
9. Three brothers shared 24 apples, each getting a number equal to his age 3 years before. The youngest one proposed a swap: "I will keep only half the apples I got, and divide the rest between you two equally. But then the middle brother, keeping half his accumulated apples, must divide the rest equally between the oldest brother and me, and then the oldest brother must do the same." They agreed. The result was that each ended up with the same amount of apples. The ages of the brothers added together and divided by 3 resulted in 3 more than the number of apples they each ended up with. How old were the brothers?	Answer 4
10. Jerry is 24. Frank was 12 when Jerry was as old as Frank is now. How old is Frank?	Answer 1
11. In 1990, a person is 15 years old. In 1995 that same person is 10 years old. How is this possible?	Answer 2
12. Everybody knows that I like some fun and like to puzzle, so one night when three young women, Bep, Ally and Cis, flirted with me and I asked them how old they were, Bep gave me the following answer. I am half as old as Ally will be, when she is twice as old as Cis was 10 years ago. Ally is twice as old as Cis was, when she was half as old as I will be in 12 years from now. Furthermore, I am half as old as Cis will be, when she is three times as old as Ally 18 years ago was.	Answer 19
13. You meet someone on the street you haven't seen for a long time. He asks what's new and you tell him you have 3 kids. He asks what are their ages. You respond, if you multiply their ages together = 36. He says, "But I still don't know how old they are." If you add their ages together it equals the number of windows of the building we are standing in front of, you say. He looks at the building and says, "I still don't know how old they are." You add, "The oldest one wears glasses." He says, "Thanks, now I know their ages."	Answer 2
14. It's their birthday you see, the same for all three, it's strange but it's perfectly true. There's Bertie and Ben, who differ by ten; eight years older than one there is Sue. Double one brother, plus treble the other, plus Sue's age makes seventy-two. From what's on this page, You can find the girl's age, it's really quite easy to do.	Answer 2
15. Dave is younger than Frank and older than Gary. Alfred is younger than Ian and older than Roy. Ian is younger than Gary and older than Joe. Joe is younger than Roy and older than Ernst. Frank is younger than Ben and older than Hank. Hank is older than Dave. Who is the youngest?	Answer 1
16. Brian is older than Alan, Charles is younger than Brian, and David is older than Charles. What is the probability that Edward is younger than David? (There is no possibility of an exact match in age.)	Answer 2
17. One day John went to his favourite liquor store and bought a bottle of his favourite whiskey. He had bought liquor at this store for many years and was well-known to the sales clerk. As he was paying for his purchase he happened to remark, "You know, today I celebrated my 18th birthday." How old was John?	Answer 1
18. Of the three men lunching together, Jan is older than the man with black hair, but younger than the machinist. The computer programmer is the pilot's younger brother. Paul is younger than the man with brown hair, and Alan is older than the man with blond hair. What colour is each man's hair and what is his profession?	Answer 1
19. I come from a very large family. Five years ago I was five times as old as my youngest sister, Veronica. Today, however, I am just three times her age. How old am I?	Answer 1
20. 1963 must have been a very unusual year, since in that year: A. John Kennedy's age was 46 and he had been in office 3 years. He was born in 1917. He became president in 1960. The sum of these four numbers is 3,926. B. Charles de Gaulle's age was 73 and he had been in office 5 years. He was born in 1890. He became president of France in 1958. The sum of these four numbers is also 3,926. Can you explain this remarkable coincidence?	Answer 2
21. It's 1999. On a future birthday my daughter's age will be the square root of the year in which she attains that age. In that same year I shall be 4 times her age this year. So how old am I this year?	Answer 1
22. The combined age of Harry and his younger brother Brian is twice the difference between their ages. When their combined age becomes three times the difference, Brian will be 10. How old are they each now?	Answer 1
23. A young boy, his father and his mother were celebrating a birthday. This got the young boy to thinking about their ages. Upon asking his father about this, the father told him: "Well, right now I am six times your age, and all together the sum of our ages (yours, mine, and your mother's) is 70. Later on, when I am only twice your age, that sum will be twice what it is now." Whose birthday is it?	Answer 1
24. Jerry went to get his driver's license. When asked his age, he said: "My age today is three times what it will be three years from now minus three times what my age was three years ago." How old is Jerry?	Answer 1
25. My grandfather, may he rest in peace, told me in 1976, that he was N years old on his birthday in the year N squared. When was my grandfather born?	Answer 1
26. I have four children aged between 2 and 16 inclusive. No child has the same age as any other. Last year, the square of the oldest child's age was equal to the sum of the squares of the ages of the other three children. Next year the sum of the squares of the ages of the youngest and oldest will be equal to the sum of the squares of the ages of the middle two. Deduce whether there is sufficient information to calculate their ages and if there is, find all the possible combinations.	Answer 1
27. "It's funny about our ages," said Peter, passing his wife the sheet of paper on which he'd been scribbling. "Their difference is the square of our son Steve's age, and the difference of their squares is the cube of that." A real coincidence! So how old was Steve?	Answer 1
28. The day before yesterday I was nine years old. Next year I'll be twelve. How is this possible?	Answer 4
29. A man was born in 1964 and died in 1984 at the age of 25. How is this possible?	Answer 4
30. Eight years ago, Glynis was eight times the age of her daughter Lisa. Now if you add their ages together, they add up to 52. How old are Glynis and her daughter?	Answer 4
31. A man was born in the year 1975. Fourthy years later, while been visited by his friends, he dies. However, he dies in 1978. How is this possible?	Answer 4
32. The combined ages of Mary and Ann are 44 years, and Mary is twice as old as Ann was when Mary was half as old as Ann will be when Ann is three times as old as Mary was when Mary was three times as old as Ann. How old is Ann?	Answer 4
33. Jan's brother was born on 25 December 1956 and so today sunday 26th December 1999, he is 43 years old. However, our father assured us that he (Jan's brother) had 44 birthdays, so where did that extra birthday come from? Could he been looking too deeply into the champagne glass?	Answer 1
34. When my daughter is 15 years older, she will reach the age that I had, when I was 8 times as old as she. When she reaches the age that I have today, the sum of our ages (if I am still alive by then) will be 31 times the age that she had, when I was 8 times as old as she. How old am I?	Answer 1
35. This special age-scale, which has two oneven hands you have to use to measure Jan's age. If you put Jan's age on the left side , you need 13 2/8 years to balance the scale. If you put Jan's age on the right side , you need 212 years to balance the scale. How old is Jan?	Answer 4
36. How many people must be at a party before you have even odds or better of two having the same birthday (not necessarily the same year, of course)?	Answer 1
37. When my son is 15 years older, he will reach the age that I had, when I was 8 times as old as he. When he reaches the age that I have today, the sum of our ages (if I am still alive by then) will be 31 times the age that he had, when I was 8 times as old as he. How old are we?	Answer 1
38. This stone marks the grave of Diophantes. If you solve this riddle, you will know his age. He spent one sixth of his life as a child, Then one-twelfth as a youth. He was married for one-seventh of his life. Five years after he married, his son was born. Fate overtook his beloved child; he died When he was half the age of his father. Four more years did the father live Before reaching the end of this life. How long did Diophantes live?	Answer 1
39. If Donna has won 500 dance competitions, Francina 101 and Charlotte 150 then how many competitions has Louise won?	Answer 1
40. "Can't you find something better to do?" Pete's mother asked, busy fixing the guest room. "I get the jitters with you following me around." The boy grinned. "I like watching you get ready for grandpa", he told her. "How old is he?" His mother smiled. "Why," she replied. "He's exactly your age and your cousin Ted's age multiplied together." Pete considered the matter a moment. "Ted's older than me," he said, "but I don't know how old he is." "Run away and figure it out," his mother told him. "The three ages add up to ninety years." Find out how old Pete, Ted and Grandpa was!	Answer 1
41. Luke's age is the same as his father's with the digits reversed. A year ago, Luke was exactly one-half of his father's age. How old are they now?	Answer 1

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