Question

1) Kathy is 12 years old and Ben is 16 years old. How many years ago was Ben three times as old as Kathy?

2) Find z if 1 4/11 of z is 45
3) Emma is 10 years old. She asked her father how old he is and he said, "When you are my age, I will be 70." How old is Emma's father?
4) Jame's dog Buddy is 2 years older than his cat Fluffy. Three years ago, Buddy was three times as old as Fluffy. How old are Buddy and Fluffy now?
5) The sum of x and y age is 60. In six years, y will be eight times as old as x will be. How old is x?

Answer 1

1. Ten years ago, because Kathy was 2 and Ben was 6 (2 • 3).