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Question 961000: Nadia is 69 years old and Kevin is 9 years old.
How many years will it take until Nadia is only 4 times as old as Kevin?
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Question 961160: Four years ago, tom's age was 3/4 of the age he will be in 6 years. How old is he now?
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Question 961099: The product of Mary's age in years on her last birthday and her age now in complete months is 1800. How old was Mary on her last birthday?
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Question 961513: Josh and Sam have ages that are consecutive odd integers.The product of their ages is 575.How old is Josh if he is the younger brother?Solve algebraically

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Question 961559: Bob is 5 years younger than twice mark's age. Bob is 31 how old is mark

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Question 961654: kevin is three times as old as bob. four years ago the sum of their ages was 28. how old is each now?
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Question 961671: i am of the ages of 25 girls is 14 years and 2 months, find the sum of their?
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Question 961884: A girl went to school (or college) and the teacher asked her how old she was. She told the teacher she didn't know. But, she does know that she is half her mother's age. The teacher then asked her how old her mother is. Once again, the girl said she did not know, but she does know that her dad is 5 years older than her mother. So the teacher asked her how old her dad was - once again the girl said she didn't know. The girl told the teacher that she does know that if you add the 3 ages together you will get 100 .
How old is the girl?
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Question 961997: karen is seven years older than suzanne. four years ago, karen was twice as old as suzanne was. how old are they now? PLS HELP :(
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Question 961987: In 6 years time the combined age of my spouse and child will be 58. What will it be in 11 years time?
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Question 962143: I needs to cut four shelves from a board that is 2.5 meters long. The second shelf is 18 centimeters longer than twice the length of the first shelf. The third shelf is 12 centimeters shorter than the first shelf. The remaining shelf is 4 centimeters longer than the first shelf. If I must use the entire 2.5 meter board for the shelves, what is the length of the second shelf?
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Question 962195: Ann is twice as old as Ben and thrice as old as Carrie. By the time Carrie is twice her age now, she will be half as old as Ann. If Ben is three years older than Carrie, how old is each one now? After how many years will be Carrie half as old as Ann?
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Question 962209: Miss Blatnik's students kept trying to guess her age, so she finally gave them a clue: In twelve years, I will be three times as old as I was 32 years ago. How old is Mrs. Blatink's
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Question 962229: every time the knight moved over 2,he moved up 1. if the knight moved over 8, how far did he move up?

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Question 962296: In 6 years, Susan's age,y, will be will be half as much as her sisters age,x, will be in 2 years. What is the slope of Susan's age in terms of her sisters age
Work: 1/2x+6y Its probably the wrong equation but there's so many numbers I don't know when and which numbers I use in the equation
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Question 962261: This question came on a Kangaroo test and had all the teachers stumped. Here is the question.. Lucy and her mother were both born in January. Today, March 19, 2015 , lucy adds the year of her birth, the year of her mother`s birth, her age, and her mother`s age. What result would she get?
A. 4028
B. 4029
C. 4030
D. 4031
E. 4032
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Question 962393: Abraham is 8 years older than Belen. The sum of Belen's age and Celeste's age is three years more than twice Abraham's age. If the sum of their three ages is 138, how old are Abraham, Belen & Celeste?
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Question 962381: Abraham is 8 years older than Belen.The sum's of Belen's age and Celeste's age is three years more than twice Abraham's age. If the sum of their three ages is 138, how old are Abraham, Belen, and Celeste?

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Question 962431: A purse contains 16 coins in dimes and quarters.If the value of the coins is $2.50, how many dimes are there?
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Question 961697: Cameron's uncle is 3 times old as he is. 4 years ago, he was 4 times older. How old is Cameron?
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Question 962432: How many quarts of water must be added to 18 quarts of 32% alcohol solution to dilute it to a solution that is only 12% alcohol?
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Question 962548: Please help me solve this word problem:
Kayla is 9 years older than twice Hannah's age. If the difference in their ages is 16, how old is Kayla? How old is Hannah?
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Question 962616: 3 years ago, Emma was 1/6 as old as her mom. 11 years from now, Emma will be 2/5 as old as her mom. How old is Emma now?
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Question 962857: Twenty years from now carlo will be 50 years old how old is she now

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Question 962933: The age of a father is three times that of his son. In ten years time their ages will add up to 68. If the son is x years old today, write down an algebraic expression for: the present age of the father, the sons age in 10 years time, the fathers age in 10 years time
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Question 963099: Gil is reading a book that has 276 pages. He has read some of it last week. He plans to read 20 pages tomorrow. By then, he will be two thirds (2/3) of the way through the book. How many pages did gil read last week?
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Question 963238: A mother is 21 years older than her new born baby . How old will the baby be when her age is 1/4 that of her mother.
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Question 963144: 8 years ago my father was 3 times as old as i shall be in next 5 years, when i was born my father was 32 years old how old am I?
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Question 962680: bob is 5 years younger then twice mark's age. bob is 31. how old is mark?
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Question 963374: A girl is 3 times the age of her younger sister, and the sum of their ages is 20. What are the ages of the sisters?
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Question 963355: Marco is in elementary school. His father is 30 years older than marco, and his mother is 4 years younger than his father. The ages of marco, his father, and mother are all prime numbers. What are their ages?
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Question 963363: Bob is 5 years younger than twice marks age. Bob is 31.How old is Mark?
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Question 963359: Today hector is 22 years older than his sister. In 5 years he will be 3 times as old as she will be. How old is hector and his sister today?
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Question 963483: 3. A father is three times as old as his son and the sum of their ages is 76 years. How old is the son?
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Question 963544: The sum of Fred's age and ten is the same as twice his age minus 4. How old is Fred?
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Question 963620: Tessa is 6 years younger than Grace. The sum of their ages is 72 years. How old is Grace?
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Question 963807: 10 years ago Ashraf's mother was four times older than her daughter. After 10 years, the mother will be twice older than daughter. The present age of Ashraf is?
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Question 963792: Ann is four times as old as Ben and five times as old as Carrie. By the time Carrie is twice her age now, her age will be one third that of Ann. If Ben is three years older than Carrie, how old is each one now? After how many years will be Carrie half as old as Ann?
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Question 963919: Juan is 3 times as old as Carmen. Together the sum of their age is 24. How old is each?
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Question 963920: Sally is 4 years older than Tim. Together the sum of their age is 20. How old is each?
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Question 963949: Jeremy is 14 years old. This is 9/2 years more than half his sister's age. How old is his sister?
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Question 963949: Jeremy is 14 years old. This is 9/2 years more than half his sister's age. How old is his sister?
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Question 964051: Samy is twice as old as Rubina was 2 years ago. If the difference of their ages be 2 years how old is Samy today??
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Question 964074: Salma got married 6 years ago. Today her age 1.25 times her age at the time of marriage. Her son's age is 1/10 times her age. What is her son's age?
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