Puzzle-9

Tez Singh recently joined a new school. On the first day, his class teacher asked his age. Tez, being a cheeky boy, replied: “Ma’am, when I was born, my sister Ananti was one-quarter the age of our mother, and presently she is one-third the age of my father”. The...

Puzzle-8

The Singhs recently were visited by their favourite uncle, who had landed from America. The parents displayed all the five kids. First in line was Bunny and then can Geet. When the uncle asked how old they were, Mr. Singh said that the boy was exactly twice as old as...

Puzzle-7

Mr. and Mrs. Singh have fifteen children, all born at intervals of one year and a half. Miss Simran Singh, the eldest, had an objection to state her age to the census man, but she admitted that she was just seven times older than little Maninder, the youngest of all....

Puzzle-6

Maninder: “Do you know, dear, that in seven years’ time our combined ages will be sixty-three years?” Megha: “Is that really so? And yet it is a fact that when you were my present age you were twice as old as I was then. I worked it out last...

Puzzle-5

Three boys were given a bag of candies as a Diwali present, and it was agreed that they should be divided in proportion to their ages, which together amounted to 17½ years. Now the bag contained 770 candies, and as often as Atish took four Pranav took three, and as...