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Question 970958: A car completes a journey in 10 minutes. For the first half of the distance the speed was 60km/hr and the second half the speed was 40 km/hr. How far is the journey?

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Question 1149940: Craig is 4 years older than Colleen. Their total age is 76 years. How old are they? This is a linear equation.
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Question 973912: A boy is 8 years old and his sister is twice his age if the boy turn 12 years old how old would his sister be
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Question 973912: A boy is 8 years old and his sister is twice his age if the boy turn 12 years old how old would his sister be
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Question 974858: If Joshua was a year older he would be three times as old as his brother. His brother is 4. How old is Joshua?
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Question 974858: If Joshua was a year older he would be three times as old as his brother. His brother is 4. How old is Joshua?
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Question 976631: 10 years ago man's age was6 times the sge of his son.12years later,the age of the son will be 27 years.what is the persent age of the father?
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Question 862659: Together, Grandma and Grandpa are 140 years old. How old is Grandma if Grandpa was twice as old as Grandma was when Grandpa was as old as Grandma is now.
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Question 985149: The average age of Alice and tom is 14 years 3 months. Alice is 2 years 8 months younger than tom. How old is Alice ?
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Question 879932: my mum was 27 years old when she gave birth to me 8 years ago she was twice as
old has i would be in 5 years how old am i
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Question 510453: This is an age old problwm.
My mum was 27 when i was born. 8 Years ago she was twice as old as i shall be in 5 years, time. How old am i now
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Question 952520: 20 years ago Grandma was twice as old as Mum. Today, Grandma is twice the age Mum was when I was born. How old am I?
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Question 492671: Hi there, I have to figure out how old the youngest person will be when I am three times his age. I have done the problem and I keep getting an answer that states how old we were 8 years ago. Currently I am 32 and the youngest person is 16. Please help! I think I am doing it correctly but I just want to make sure I am.
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Question 283256: A mother is twice as old as her daughter now, but 10 years ago, she was 3 times as
old as her daughter. Find their ages at present.
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Question 283256: A mother is twice as old as her daughter now, but 10 years ago, she was 3 times as
old as her daughter. Find their ages at present.
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Question 1002578: Question: Jake is 13 years old. In 3 years his grandpa will be twice as old as Jake's dad, and in 7 years his grandpa will be four times older than Jake. How old is Jake's dad?
I've tried 13*4=52. 52-7=45. 45+3=48. 48/2=24.
I'm not sure what steps I'm missing or what math I'm doing wrong
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Question 973010: Hi,
I have been trying to solve a word problem, here it is:
Three years ago, Evan was one third of his sister's age. In a year's time, Evan's age doubled will match his sister's age. How old is Evan now?

I know that I need to turn the problem into an equation and then solve, but I can not figure out how to turn the problem into an equation
Thanks
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Question 1031850: A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago.If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?

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Question 1031850: A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago.If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?

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Question 1031850: A man is 4 times old as his daughter was 3 years ago.If their combined ages is 48,how old is the daughter now?

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Question 1137386: If Amber's age is fourteen less than three times her age six years ago, she will be sixteen years older than her current age. How old is Amber?
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Question 1154747: When Mrs. Lee poured the soup into a pan it was room temperature. if the room was 85*F and the soupès temperature went up by 15.5*F per minute, about how long would it take for the soup to boil
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Question 1203623: jack is 7 years older than mia. the sum of there ages is 53.how old is jack.

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Question 1204081: the combined age of 2 brothers is 35 years old.7 years ago one brother was twice the age of the other. how many years apart were they born

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Question 437671: Cory's age is 20% of her father's age. Forty-two years from now, Cory's age will be two-thirds (2/3) of her father's age. How old are Cory and her father now?
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Question 434074: The sum of the present ages of john and his father is 89 years. After 11 years the age of father will be twice the age of john at that time, find their present ages.
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Question 426356: A father is nine times the age of his son. In 5 years he will be four times the age of his son. How old are they now?
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Question 426356: A father is nine times the age of his son. In 5 years he will be four times the age of his son. How old are they now?
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Question 732523: Sally is 10 years older than Tim. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 40. Determine how old Sally and Tim are now.
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Question 732523: Sally is 10 years older than Tim. In 8 years, the sum of their ages will be 40. Determine how old Sally and Tim are now.
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Question 733057: you deposited $45.25 in your checking account. but instead of adding $45.25 to your balace the bank accidentally substracted $45.25. How much money should the bank add to your account to correct the mistake?
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Question 733673: steven is 6 years older than his sister claudia. The product of the ages of both siblings is 187.Find an equation and calculate the age of steven and claudia
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Question 744574: the present age of a father is equal to the sum of ages of his 5 children. 12 years hence the sum of ages of his children will be twice the age of their father. find the present age of the father.
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Question 744595: if father tell his son,i was of your present age where you were born.if the father is 36 now . how old the boy 5 year back.
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Question 794514: Mrs. Lemecha's dad is 5 times as old as he was 40 years ago? how old is Mrs. Lemecha's dad?
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Question 674243: Bob spent 1/6 of his life as a child, 1/12 as an adolescent, and 1/7 as a bachelor, five years after he was married, he had a son who died 4 years before his father at half his father's final age. How long did bob live?
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Question 626199: my daughter is in year 6 at school and has been given maths homework which i cant help her with i have 2 questions but need to be able to show workings out and be able to understand how we got the answer.
1) fatma is thinking of a 3 digit odd number. the hundreds digit is 3 times more than the units digit. the sum of the three digits is 4. what number is fatma thinking off
2)who am i, i have 3 digit i can only be divived by myself and one. the sum of my digits is 11 i am under 150
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