Hello! If you can answer this question your either really smart… or one of my students:

Sara and Sammy adopted five children, Jenny, Jayda, Jocelyn, Jessica, and Jayden. If Jenny is two years older than Jayden. Jayda is three years younger than Jenny. Jocelyn is a year younger than Jayda. Jessica is four years older than Jocelyn. If Jayden is 15, how old is Jessica?

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1 answer

Why is this difficult?

Just fill in the given ages:

Jayden is 15
Jenny is two years older than Jayden ---> Jenny is 17
Jayda is three years younger than Jenny ---> Jayda is 14
Jocelyn is a year younger than Jayda ---> Jocelyn is 13
Jessica is four years older than Jocelyn ----> Jessica is 17