Question 909367
 Well, I'll tell you!

let my age be x years


 I was a girl for the first sixth of my life; x/6...................16

 then I studied at the University for the next twelfth. x/12...............8

 Upon graduation, I met the man who married me three years later;3 years...3

 and we devoted the next third of my life to raising our children. x/3.....32

 After one-fourth more of my life had passed me by, x/4................24

I doted on my descendants for the next eighth of my life. x/8...........12 


 Last year my beloved husband died; +1...................................1

x/6 + x/12 + x/3 + x/4 +x/8 + 4 =x

(8x+4x+16x+12x+6x)/48 +4=x

x-46/48 x =4

2x/48 =4
2x=192
x=96