There are 3 children in the moto family the sum of their ages is 13 the product of their ages is 60 how old are they?

Answer 1

The way to solve this sort of puzzle is to we list on one side the possible 3 numbers which total 13, and alongside them their products we can see where we might get to on this.

Let's work downwards from the oldest possible age - which is 11 with twins of 1 year

11, 1, 1 give 11

10, 2, 1 give 20

9, 3, 1, give 27

9, 2, 2 give 36

8, 4, 1 give 32

8, 3, 2 give 48

7, 5, 1 give 35

7, 4, 2 give 56

7, 3, 3 give 63

6, 6, 1 give 36

6, 5, 2 give 60 ..... bingo