Age puzzles
Age puzzles :
Age puzzles involve figuring out the ages of people based on clues provided.
Clue Understanding: Clues helps to solve the given problem more efficiently
Learn with an example
👉 Lacey is 9 years old. Marshall is 1 year younger than Caden and 3 years older than Roy. Caden is 3 years older than Lacey.
How old is Roy?______ years old
- Start with Lacey and find the ages.
- Lacey is 9.
- Caden is 3 years older than Lacey.
- 9 + 3 = 12
- Caden is 12.
- Marshall is 1 year younger than Caden.
- 12 − 1 = 11
- Marshall is 11.
- Marshall is 3 years older than Roy.
- 11 − 3 = 8
- Roy is 8.
👉 Janelle is 47. Malia is 3 years younger than Janelle and 5 years older than Kaylee.
How old is Kaylee?____ years old
- Start with Janelle and find the ages.
- Janelle is 47.
- Malia is 3 years younger than Janelle.
- 47 − 3 = 44
- Malia is 44.
- Malia is 5 years older than Kaylee.
- 44 − 5 = 39
- Kaylee is 39.
👉 Hayley is 3 years younger than Norma. Damon is 17. Jackie is 3 years older than Damon and 5 years older than Norma.
How old is Hayley?____ years old
- Start with Damon and find the ages.
- Damon is 17.
- Jackie is 3 years older than Damon.
- 17 + 3 = 20
- Jackie is 20.
- Jackie is 5 years older than Norma.
- 20 − 5 = 15
- Norma is 15.
- Hayley is 3 years younger than Norma.
- 15 − 3 = 12
- Hayley is 12.
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