Jim’s father is older than 40 but younger than 50. if you divide his age by 2,4,5,8 or 10, there will be a remainder of one how old is Jim’s father?
Jim's father must be one less than a multiple of 2, 4, 5, 8, and 10. The least common multiple of these numbers is 40, therefore Jim's father is 40-1 = 39 years old. Answer: \boxed{39}.
To find Jim's father's age, we need to find a number that satisfies the given conditions.
We know that his father is older than 40 but younger than 50.
Let's go through the numbers in that range and see if any of them satisfy the condition of leaving a remainder of 1 when divided by 2, 4, 5, 8, or 10.
41 divided by 2 has a remainder of 1
41 divided by 4 has a remainder of 1
41 divided by 5 has a remainder of 1
41 divided by 8 has a remainder of 1
41 divided by 10 has a remainder of 1
Therefore, we can conclude that Jim's father is 41 years old.