1. A mother's age is 5 years more than 4 times his son's age. In 5 years, he will be 3 times his son's age then. How old is the son now?

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1. A mother's age is 5 years more than 4 times his son's age. In 5 years,
he will be 3 times his son's age then. How old is the son now?
2. In a room, chairs are arranged so that each row has the same number.
If John sits 3rd from the from and 5th from the back, 6th from the left
and 2nd from the right, how many chairs are there?
3. In a race, five card all finished within 8 seconds. Car B finished 1
second ahead of car A, and Car A was not the last. Car C finished 6
seconds before car E. Car E finished 3 seconds behind car B. Car B
finished 5 seconds behind Car D. In what order did the cars finished?
A. ) B, A, D, E, C
В. ) С, В, А, D, E
С.) В, А, D, C, E
D. ) D, C, B, A, E
Transcribed Image Text:Problem Solving 1. A mother's age is 5 years more than 4 times his son's age. In 5 years, he will be 3 times his son's age then. How old is the son now? 2. In a room, chairs are arranged so that each row has the same number. If John sits 3rd from the from and 5th from the back, 6th from the left and 2nd from the right, how many chairs are there? 3. In a race, five card all finished within 8 seconds. Car B finished 1 second ahead of car A, and Car A was not the last. Car C finished 6 seconds before car E. Car E finished 3 seconds behind car B. Car B finished 5 seconds behind Car D. In what order did the cars finished? A. ) B, A, D, E, C В. ) С, В, А, D, E С.) В, А, D, C, E D. ) D, C, B, A, E
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