Question

Bobby's dad is 41 and is 6 more than 5 times Bobby's age. Bobby's little sister Emma is one less than half his age. How old are Bobby and his little sister Emma?
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Answer 1

Bobby is 7 and his sister is 3.

Explanation : his dads age : 41
since his dads age is six more than, you would subtract 6 from 41 to get 35.
and since 35 is 5 times bobby’s age you would divide 35 by 5 to get 7
So bobby is 7.

bobby’s sister :
bobby’s age : 7
bobby’s little sisters age is one less than half of his age you subtract 1 from 7 and you would get 6
Now that it’s one less you have to find half so divide 6 by 2 and you’ll get 3
So bobby’s sister is 3.



bobby’s age : 41 - 6 = 35
35 (divided by) 5 = 7
bobby’s sister : 7 - 1 = 6
6 (divided by) 2 = 3