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Auntie's age
This task is about using algebraic expressions to find out people's ages.
Ana is 13 and Lachlan is 11 years old. They were trying to guess their aunt's age.
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Their aunt said,
Their aunt said,
a) Their aunt must be more than how many years old?
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Their aunt then said,
Their aunt then said,
b) Their aunt must be less than how many years old?
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c) Which expression will give you Lachlan's age if Ana's age is
x
?
x
+ 2
x
– 2
2
x
x
/
2
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Finally their aunt said,
Finally their aunt said,
d) i) In how many years will this be?
ii) What must their aunt's age be now?