Level 3
27 of a bag of balls were green in colour. 25 of the remaining balls were blue in colour and the rest were red in colour. If there were 12 more red balls than green balls, how many balls were there in the bag altogether?
4 m
Level 3
37 of the people at a gathering are men. 34 of the remainder are women and the rest are children. There are 600 more women than children. How many people are there at the gathering altogether?
4 m
Level 3
A train left the city with some passengers. At the first station, 15 of the passengers alighted and 16 boarded the train. At the second train station, 13 of the passengers alighted and 17 boarded the train. All 33 passengers alighted from the train at the final train station. How many passengers were there in the train when it left the city?
5 m
Level 3
112 of the people in a theme park are boys. 111 of the remainder are girls and the rest are adults. There are 990 more adults than girls. How many people are there in the theme park altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Ruth, Queenie and Cathy were playing with beads. Ruth started with 72 beads and then she gained 13 more beads from Queenie. In the second game, Ruth lost 38 of her original number of beads to Cathy. Queenie lost as many beads as Ruth to Cathy. In the final game, Ruth gained 12 of her original number of beads from Queenie. All of them ended up with the same number of beads.
  1. How many beads did Ruth have in the end?
  2. How many beads did Queenie have at first?
5 m
Level 3
A fruit-seller started the day with 360 oranges. He sold 49 of the oranges and gave 25 of the remainder away. He placed the rest into boxes of 30. How many boxes would he need?
4 m
Level 3
Three girls, Isabelle, Zoe and Diana had a total of 1680 marbles. Some exchanges were made. First, Isabelle gave Zoe as many marbles as Zoe had. After that, Zoe gave 34 of whatever she had then to Diana. Finally, Diana gave 27 of whatever she had to Isabelle. As a result, they each had the same number of marbles. How many marbles did Isabelle have at first?
5 m
Level 3
712 of the pupils in a school go to school by bus. 25 of the remaining pupils go to school by car and 13 of the rest cycle to school. The remaining pupils walk to school. The number of pupils who walk to school is 250 fewer than those who go to school by bus. What is the enrolment of the school?
4 m
Level 3
29 of the people in a concert hall are boys. 37 of the remaining people are girls. There are 72 women and 288 men. What fraction of the people at the concert hall are women?
4 m
Level 3
310 of the runners in a marathon are Chinese. 37 of the remaining runners are Indians, 14 of the rest of the runners are Malays, 30 are Eurasians and 21 are Japanese. How many more Chinese than Japanese runners are there?
4 m