Problem
In an organization there are CE’s, EE’s and ME’s. The sum of their ages is 2160; the average age is 36; the average age of CE’s and EE’s is 39; the average age of EE’s and ME’s is 32 and 8/11; the average age of the CE’s and ME’s is 36 and 2/3. If each CE had been 1 year older, each EE 6 years and each ME 7 years older, their average age would have been greater by 5 years. Find the number of CE, EE, and ME in the group and their average ages.
Problem
Albert is as old as Bryan will be when Albert is twice as old as Bryan was when Albert's age was half the sum of their present ages. Bryan is as old as Albert was when Bryan was half the age he will be ten years from now. How old are Albert and Bryan?
Problem
The sum of the parents' ages is twice the sum of their children’s ages. Five years ago, the sum of the parents' ages was four times the sum of their children’s ages. In fifteen years, the sum of the parents' ages will be equal to the sum of their children’s ages. How many children were in the family?
The following is an attempt to classify the verbal problems.
Number-related problems
Number-related problems are considered as the most basic type of verbal problems. It is taken as the base point of analysis for more complex type of problems.