How old is John?

Matthew is in his fourteenth year of life. Sarah is five times as old as Matthew. Jill is 61 years younger than Sarah. John's age is the square root of Jill's age. (Note: Please do not give any hints concerning this question to other people answering this question.)

Votes	Answer
0	1
9	2
18	3
1	4
0	5
3	Other, but the answer is...(specify)
9	I don't know what the answer is, or don't think there is an answer.

User	Comment
LindaH	posted 27-Apr-2003 1:50pm 3! A cute little toddler! giving John milk and cookies
ROCKMAN	posted 27-Apr-2003 1:56pm I don't know or think there is an answer.
Lahdee	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:07pm 2
Iseult	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:25pm 'Tis too easy...
DeeDee17	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:28pm John is 3 years old.
Maarten	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:29pm 2
mandy	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:29pm 3
Maarten	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:38pm 13 x 5 = 65 65 - 61 = 4 Square root of 4 = 2
Biggles	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:49pm Two.
juliw	posted 27-Apr-2003 2:56pm 14x5=70 70-61=9 the square root of 9 is 3
Enheduanna	posted 27-Apr-2003 4:10pm 2.
pandora	posted 27-Apr-2003 4:15pm 2, right? I'm setting myself up for embarassment, because I'm an utter dolt when it comes to these things.
Dino	posted 27-Apr-2003 5:13pm head explodes Does anyone have a tissue?
LindaH	(reply to Dino) posted 27-Apr-2003 9:34pm I think it would take more than a tissue to clean up that mess.
CarolL	(reply to juliw) posted 28-Apr-2003 7:07am but it says that he is in his fourteenth year which means that he is not yet fourteen and therefore thirteen.
darkshadowsseeker	posted 28-Apr-2003 10:29am I'm too tired to do math right now.
darkshadowsseeker	(reply to Dino) posted 28-Apr-2003 10:30am Here's half a box...knock yourself out. hands box of tissue to Dino Sorry, that's all I have until I buy another box.
msgman	posted 28-Apr-2003 12:56pm John is in the terrible twos.
sonikJ	posted 28-Apr-2003 5:15pm I hate these problems!!!
juliw	(reply to CarolL) posted 28-Apr-2003 7:05pm You're right! My bad.
Zang	posted 28-Apr-2003 7:48pm I was going to list everyone's ages, but then I noticed that I'm not supposed to give any hints...Uhh by the time they see it they will already have answered, so what difference would it make?
Zang	posted 28-Apr-2003 7:50pm Okay Maarten has already done it, so here's mine: Matthew is 13. Sarah is 65. Jill is 4. John is 2.
srflorida	posted 28-Apr-2003 10:48pm You are trying to make me think! I only answer questions like this on standardized tests!
moonstone	posted 28-Apr-2003 11:37pm 3?
jettles	posted 29-Apr-2003 7:13am 3
southernyankee	posted 29-Apr-2003 3:18pm i dont feel like figuring out right now.
pugmagician	posted 1-May-2003 4:38pm The answer is obviously 2
Jemmy	posted 2-May-2003 10:43am 3.
Jemmy	posted 2-May-2003 10:45am Why is Matthew 13?
pandora	(reply to Jemmy) posted 2-May-2003 11:56am Because he's in his 14th year of life, which is different than being 14 years old. A 3 month old infant is in his/her first year of life. I'm not good at explanations, but maybe it was a bit clear.
Jemmy	posted 3-May-2003 1:08pm Oh, okay I get it, thank you. That was tricky!
autumnlight	posted 9-May-2003 5:37am 3
Bubbles_42	posted 9-May-2003 12:31pm 7 i'm not good at math
wolfchik9	posted 21-May-2003 5:46pm John is 3 Jill is 9 Sarah is 70 Matthew is 14

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