Level 3
Justin had $59.10 less than Betty. He spent 57 of his money on a stapler which cost $10.50. Betty spent 29 of her money on a vest. How much had Betty left?
Level 3
Ryan owned two shops selling milk tea. Shop A earned 40% more money than Shop B on Monday. On Tuesday, Shop A lost $110 while Shop B earned another $150. In the end, Shop B contributed to 58 of the total earnings of the two shops over the two days operation. How much did Shop A earn over the two days?
Level 3
At a fruit stall, 280 mangoes were sold in the morning and 35 of the remaining mangoes were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of mangoes left became 16 of the total number of mangoes at first. Given that the mangoes were sold at $2.50 in packs of six mangoes, how much did the fruit stall receive from the sale of the mangoes in the afternoon?
Level 3
The ratio of the number of papayas to the number of peaches that a fruit seller had was 5 : 11. After he sold half of the peaches, there were a total of 252 papayas and peaches left at the fruit stall.
How many papayas were there at the stall?
If he sold the remaining peaches in bags of 6 at $3.50 per bag, how much would he receive for them?
Level 3
The number of red grapes is the same as the number of green grapes in a bag. After removing 14 of the grapes, there were 36 red grapes and 54 green grapes left in the bag. Then another 20 red grapes and 20 green grapes were removed and there were 512 of the grapes left in the end. How many red grapes were removed altogether?
Level 3
Reena bought some fruits. She spent $10 more than 23 of her money on some pears. She then spent $8 more than 20% of the remaining money on some pineapples. Given that she had $16 left,
how much did Reena have at first?
how many kilograms of pineapples did she buy if they cost $2 per kg?
Level 3
Mrs Goh paid a total of $4500 for a table and a television after a discount of 40%. The ratio of the original price of the table to the original price of the television was 1 : 2. Find the original price of the television before the discount.
Level 3
Paul had some apple macarons and apricot macarons. He gave away 160 macarons to his brother. 25% of them were apple macarons and the rest were apricot macarons.
Paul gave some apple macarons to his sister. 25 of all the macarons he gave away to his brother and his sister were apple macarons.
How many apricot macarons did he give his brother?
Level 3
In an art class of 84 students, 0.125 of the girls passed the drawing test and 45 of the boys passed the drawing test. A total of 24 students passed the drawing test. How many girls failed the drawing test?
Level 3
A burger cost three times as much as a sandwich at a cafe. Mr Lim spent 14 of his money on some sandwiches and half of the remaining sum on 2 burgers. He had $30 left.
What was the cost of 1 sandwich?
Mr Lim bought 5 burgers and 6 sandwiches. How much did he spend altogether?
Level 3
Minzy bought some pouches and bags for her friends. The price of each pouch was $2.40 while the price of each bag was $10.80. For every 4 bags bought, she was given one such pouch for free. After receiving the free pouches, the number of pouches was 13 of the number of bags bought. If Minzy paid a total of $1584, how much more did she pay for the bags than the pouches?
Level 3
Evelyn bought 50% more hair clips than Linda. Tammy bought 10% fewer hair clips than Evelyn. Evelyn and Linda gave Tammy some hair clips in the ratio 7 : 2. As a result, Tammy had twice as much hair clips as before. Given that Linda had 15 more hair clips than Evelyn in the end, how much hair clips did Evelyn give to Tammy?
Level 3
Mr Lim had three bags of soil, A, B and C and the mass of each bag of soil was in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3. Mr Lim decided to transfer 30% of soil from Bag A into Bag B and 60% of soil from Bag C into Bag B. Given that the mass of Bag B was 38.4 kg in the end, how many kilograms of soil were transferred into Bag B?
Level 3
A coin bank contains some twenty-cent and fifty-cent coins in the ratio of 4 : 5. When 16 fifty-cent coins were taken out and replaced by some twenty-cent coins, the ratio became 8 : 7. The total value of the twenty-cent coins added was the same as the total value of the fifty-cent coins taken out. Find the sum of money in the coin box.
Level 3
Andy, Benjamin and Caleb had a total of 698 cards at first. After a week, the number of Andy's cards became 3 times the number of cards he had at first. The number of Benjamin's cards decreased by 138. Caleb had half as many cards as he had at first. In the end, the three boys had the same number of cards.
How many cards did Caleb have at first?
What was the total number of cards that the three boys had in the end?
Level 3
Madam Naz made pies for sale. 45% of the pies were chicken pies and the rest were potato and sardine pies in the ratio 3 : 1. If a customer bought 75% of the chicken pies and all of the sardine pies, what percentage of the potato pies must Madam Naz sell for her to maintain the original percentage of chicken pies at first? Leave your answer in mixed numbers.
Level 3
Tim's and Natalie's monthly allowances were the same at first. Tim's allowance increased by 50% while Natalie's increased by 20%. Given that Tim's allowance would increase by another 20% if he had received $300 more from his father, find the difference in the children's monthly allowances.
Level 3
Leonard had $80 more than his sister. After Leonard spent 25% of his money and his sister spent 75% of her money, they still had $420 left altogether.
How much did Leonard have left in the end?
Express the amount of money his sister had left as a fraction of the amount of money Leonard had in the end. (Give your answer in the simplest form)
Level 3
Abigail and Charlie received $656 in total from their father. After Abigail spent 25 of her money and Charlie deposited 511 of his money into his savings account, Abigail had thrice as much money as Charlie.
Find the amount of money Abigail received from her father.
If Charlie' savings increased by 25% after the deposit, how much was Charlie' savings in the bank in the end?
