What is her house number?

Question

In a party a woman asks the host how old is her 3 children. She replies the product of their age is 36 and the sum is equal to her house number. The woman still asked for another hint and the host said that her younger two kids are twins.

What is her house number?

Answer 1

3 possible answers:

1) 3 + 3 + 4= 10

2) 2 + 2 + 9= 13

3) 1 + 1 + 36= 38

Answer 2

Let age of twins be x , and age of other child is y

now ;; (x^2)*y=36

     factors of 36 are  :: 36*1 ;; 18*2 ;; 12*3 ;; 6*6 ;; 4*9;;

  since x<y { twins are younger }  ;;;;; x==2 ;;;;;; y==9;;

Now house number == 2x+y = 4+9==13

Answer 3

Three children ages are 3,3,4

so her house number 3+3+4 =13

Comments

3+3+4=10 not 13

Answer 4

Answer House Number is 10
The children are of ages 4, 3 and 3
The product 4*3*3=36
The Sum 4+3+3 = 10

Answer 5

There are 3 possibilities
1) 1+ 1+ 36 ( we can neglect as this won't be their ages)
2) 2+ 2 + 9 ( in this case, lady can find easily)
3) 3 + 3 + 4 ( this maybe the ages since the lady has confusion)

Answer 6

mathematically this is incorrect question since there are 3 actully possible answers.

x+x+y=HN- this does nto add any value to problem solving.

xxy=36
1,1,36
2,2,9
3,3,6