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    This document provides examples and explanations for solving age problems using different mathematical methods. It discusses four methods - using a model, making a list, reasoning, and drawing. It provides sample problems that are solved step-by-step using these various methods. The goal is to understand different approaches for determining relationships between people's ages, such as when one person's age will be a multiple of another's age. Practice problems are also included for additional examples.

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    GRADE

    Karantina IMCS 4
    International Mathematics Competition Singapore

    THE AGE PROBLEM

    One of the most interesting mathematical topics is the computation of a person’s age in relation
    to another’s. Another problem of this nature is to find a person’s age when it is a multiple of
    another person’s age.
    When attempting this type of problem, we should bear in mind that the difference between two
    ages will always remain unchanged. However, the multiple of one’s age to another’s age will
    change with time. Below are the methods used to solve such problems.
    1. Using Model
    2. Make a List
    3. By Reasoning
    4. Drawing
    The first three methods are commonly used to solve problems of this nature. The last method,
    though not as commonly used, can help analyze the problems and solve them within a few
    working steps.

    Example:
    Xavier is 2 years old and his mother is 26 years old. In how many years’ time will his mother’s
    age be three times of Xavier’s age?
    Solution:
    Method 1: Solve Using model ?
    26 – 2 = 24
    Their age difference is 24 years. His
    24 ÷ 2 = 12 mother
    12 × 3 = 36 Xavier
    His mother will be 36 years old when she is three 24
    times older than Xavier.
    36 – 26 = 10
    His mother’s age will be three times Xavier’s age in 10 years’ time.

    Method 2: Make a List


    Was his mother’s age three times of
    Mothers’s age Xavier’s age Difference
    Xavire’s age?
    26 2 24 No
    30 6 24 No, 5 times
    34 10 24 No
    36 12 24 Yes
    36 – 26 = 10 or 12 – 2 = 10
    His mother’s age will be three times Xavier’s age in 10 years’ time.

    1|Student
    GRADE

    Karantina IMCS 4
    International Mathematics Competition Singapore

    Solve Using Model

    Models have been used in the previous chapter to solve the age problems. In the learning of
    mathematics at primary level, using models is one of the heuristics for solving mathematical
    problems. The beauty of model drawing is its systematic approach and ease of application.
    In the process of drawing models, the student will have a better understanding of the problem
    through its pictorial representation. In a well-drawn model, the student can almost get the
    correct answer instantly.
    The examples illustrated in this chapter show how to use model drawing to solve problems
    involving the sum, difference, multiples and fractions.

    Example:
    A farmer has 120 horses and stallions altogether. The number of horses is 20 more than the
    number of stallions. How many stallions does the farmer have?
    Solution:
    Horses 20
    120
    Stallions

    ?
    120 – 20 = 100
    100 ÷ 2 = 50
    The farmer has 50 stallions.

    Solve By Reasoning
    Example:
    1
    10 Tahun yang lalu, Umur P adalah umur Q. Jika perbandingan umur mereka sekarang
    2
    3 : 4, maka tentukan jumlah umur mereka sekarang.

    Solution:
    Umur P sekarang = 3x
    Umur Q sekarang = 4x
    1
    10 tahun yang lalu, Umur P = umur Q
    2
    1
     (3x − 10) = (4 x − 10)
    2
     6 x − 20 = 4 x − 10
     2 x = 10
     x=5
    Umur P sekarang = 3x = 3(5) = 15 tahun
    Umur Q sekarang = 4x = 4(5) = 20 tahun

    2|Student
    GRADE

    Karantina IMCS 4
    International Mathematics Competition Singapore

    EXERCISE

    1. Empat tahun yang lalu, umur ibu Isabelle 4 kali umur Isabelle. Umur ibunya 44 tahun.
    Berapa umur Isabelle?

    2. Umur Jenevieve 10 tahun. Dia bertanya umur gurunya, kemudian gurunya menjawab
    “Saya akan berumur 58 tahun saat kamu berusia sama seperti saya sekarang”. Berapa
    umur gurunya?

    3. Jumlah umur Melanie dan adiknya adalah 35. Empat tahun dari sekarang, Umur Melanie
    menjadi 5 tahun lebih tua dari adiknya. Berapa umur Melanie dan adiknya?

    4. Jumlah umur Ayah dan anak laki-lakinya adalah 60 tahun. Delapan tahun yang lalu, umur
    Ayah 3 kali umur anak laki-lakinya. Berapa umur mereka sekarang?

    5. Jumlah umur ayah dan anak perempuannya adalah 50 tahun. Umur ayah akan menjadi 3
    kali umur anak perempuannya setelah 5 tahun dari sekarang. Berapa umur mereka
    sekarang?

    6. Jumlah umur kakek dan Jimmy adalah 66. Tiga tahun yang akan datang, umur kakek
    menjadi 8 kali umur Jimmy. Berapa umur Jimmy dan kakeknya?

    7. Nenek Samuel berumur 64 tahun. Samuel berumur 13 tahun. Berapa tahun lagi umur
    nenek menjadi 4 kali umur Samuel?

    8. Perbandingan umur Kiran dan Syam sekarang adalah 5 : 4. 3 tahun kemudian,


    perbandingan umur mereka menjadi 11 : 9. Berapa umur Syam sekarang?

    == Enjoy the Lesson ==

    3|Student

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