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The children are age 4 and 1

4 is the only number which can be a product of 2 different combinations of 2 numbers below 6, while one of these combinations consists of 2 identical numbers.

We need 2 combinations because the information of the product of their ages wasnt enough information.

One of these combinations has to consist of 2 identical numbers because the information that there is one child that is older than the other one has to eliminate that combination.

The only product this can refer to is 4 with the combinations 22 and 14.

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