Mathacle PSet ----- Age Problems Level ---- 1 Number --- 2 Name: ___________________ Date: _____________

1.) John is 6 years older than his brother. He will be twice as old as his brother in 4 years. How old is John now?

2.) Carol is five times as old as her brother. She will be three times as old as her brother in two years. How old is carol now?

3.) Jeff is 10 years old and his brother is 2 years old. In how many years will Jeff be twice as old as his brother?

4.) Bob is one third the age of his father. In 12 years he will be half the age of his father. How old is each now?

Mathacle PSet ----- Age Problems Level ---- 1 Number --- 2 Name: ___________________ Date: _____________

5.) The sum of Ben and Carol's age is 36. Nine years ago, Ben was twice as old as Carol. How old is each now?

6.) Michael is twice as old as Maggie. Nine years ago, Michael was five time as old as Maggie. How old is each now?

7) A son is half as old as his father. 12 years ago the son was one third as old as his father. How old is each now?

8.) Jason is 8 years older than his brother. 10 years ago the sum of their ages was 82. Find the age of each.

Mathacle PSet ----- Age Problems Level ---- 1 Number --- 2 Name: ___________________ Date: _____________

9.) In eight years, Barry will be two times as old as he is now. How old is he now?

10.) Sue is three fifths as old as she will be in 10 years. How old is she now?

11..) Jeffrey is twice as old as he was eight years ago. How old is he now?

12..) Maggie is two and a half times as old as she was 15 years ago. How old is she now?

Mathacle PSet ----- Age Problems Level ---- 1 Number --- 2 Name: ___________________ Date: _____________

13.) In four years Ben will be three times as old as he was 12 years ago. How old is he now?

14.) Three years ago Jim was three times as old as Tom was then. In five years Jim will be twice as old as Tom will. How old is each now?

15.) In four years Steve's age will be two years less than twice Anne's age. Three years ago Steve was three times as old as Anne was then. How old is each now?

Mathacle PSet ----- Age Problems Level ---- 1 Number --- 2 Name: ___________________ Date: _____________

Answers: 1. John is 8 and his brother is 2. 2. Carol is 10 and her brother is 2 3. 6 years 4. Bob is 12 years and his father is 36 5. Ben is 21 and Carol is 15 6. Michael is 24 and Maggie is 12 7. Father is 48 and the son is 24 8. Jason is 55 and his brother is 47 9. Barry is 8 10. Sue is 15 11. Jeffrey is 16 12. Maggie is 25 13. Ben is 20 14. Tom is 11 and Jim is 27 15. Anne is 8 and Steve is 18