Level 3
Ivory had some mangosteen and apple face masks. 13 of them were mangosteen. She gave away 12 of the mangosteen face masks and 14 of the apple face masks. In the end, she had 16 mangosteen and apple face masks altogether. How many apple face masks did Ivory have at first?
4 m
Level 3
On Thursday, Cindy, Diana, Kathy and Nicole spent a total of $113. On Friday, Cindy spent twice of what she spent on Thursday, Diana spent the same as what she spent on Thursday, Kathy spent $6 less than what she spent on Thursday, and Nicole spent $3 more than what she spent on Thursday. All of them spent an equal amount on Friday. How much did Cindy and Nicole spend altogether on Thursday?
4 m
Level 3
In a kiosk, some toy planes and water guns were on sale. 15 of the items were toy planes. 13 of the toy planes and 92 water guns were sold. There were 16 of the items left in the kiosk. How many toy planes and water guns were there in the kiosk at first?
4 m
Level 3
A fund-raising project lasted 2 weeks. In the first week, Team X raised 4 times as much money as Team Y. ln the second week, Team X raised another $240 while Team Y raised another $160. The total amount raised by Team X was thrice as much money as the total amount raised by Team Y. What was the total amount of money raised by the two teams?
4 m
Level 3
Cole, Oliver and Simon had 270 buttons. After Cole used 8 buttons and Oliver used 37 of her buttons, Cole had four times as many buttons left as Oliver. Simon bought another 17 buttons, he had twice the number of buttons Oliver had left. How many buttons did Simon have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Samantha had twice as many pens as notebooks at first. She removed 4 pens and 3 notebooks each time. In the end, there were 18 pens and 1 notebook left. How many pens and notebooks did Samantha have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Nora and Hazel used the same number of lychees to bake cakes. Nora used 25 of her lychees and Hazel used 35 of her lychees. They had a total of 125 lychees at first.
  1. How many lychees did each girl use?
  2. How many lychees did both girls have left altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Andy had 4 times as much money as Julian. After Andy spent $164 and Julian spent $38, Julian had thrice as much money as Andy. How much did Andy and Julian have altogether at first?
4 m
Level 3
Gwen had some Chinese and English novels. She sold 13 of her Chinese novels and 14 of her English novels. 78 of the books sold were Chinese books. What fraction of the novels did Gwen sell?
4 m
Level 3
Ivory had 4 times as many cards as erasers. After she used 105 cards and 7 erasers, there were twice as many erasers as cards.
  1. How many cards did Ivory have in the end?
  2. How many erasers did Ivory have at first?
4 m
Level 3
One eating house bought 168 kg of beef and mutton. 13 of the beef and 45 of the mutton were sold. The amount of mutton sold was 12 kg more than the amount of beef sold.
  1. How much mutton did the eating house buy?
  2. How much beef did the eating house buy?
4 m
Level 3
Eric had an equal number of cream scones, strawberry scones and vanilla scones. After he ate 28 cream scones, some strawberry scones and vanilla scones, there were 55 scones left. The number of strawberry scones he ate was thrice the number of vanilla scones he ate. The number of strawberry scones left was 22 more than the number of cream scones left. How many cream scones were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
Penelope was packing her spoons, plates and bowls to be moved to her new shop. She packed 65 more spoons than plates, and 22 more bowls than spoons. While moving 35 of her spoons and 110 of the plates were broken. The remaining 389 items were not broken. How many bowls did she have?
4 m
Level 3
There was an equal number of mangoes and pineapples. On Monday, some mangoes were added, such that the number of mangoes increased by 80%. On Tuesday, the number of mangoes further increased by 50% and the number of pineapples decreased by 20%. There were 38 more mangoes than pineapples in the end. How many mangoes and pineapples were there altogether at first?
5 m
Level 3
At first, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at a school playground was 2 : 5. When 48 girls and some boys entered the playground, the number of girls increased by 12% and the total number of children at the playground increased by 20%.
  1. How many boys were there at first?
  2. What percentage of the children at the playground were boys in the end? Express your answer as a mixed number.
5 m
Level 3
Betty had a total of 39 pieces of $2 and $100 notes at first. She spent 25 of the number of $2 notes and received another 9 pieces of $100 notes from her mother. After that, the number of $100 notes she had was 12 of the remaining notes. How much money did Betty have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Henry and Peter had $690. Henry spent 49 of his money on a television. Peter spent 14 of his money on a stereo system. The television cost $140 more than the stereo system. How much money had Henry left?
5 m
Level 3
The number of ten-cent coins in a jar was 13 the number of fifty-cent coins. Zane took out 19 fifty-cent coins and exchanged them for ten-cent coins. Then he put the money back into the jar. The number of fifty-cent coins became 58 the number of ten-cent coins. How much money was there in the jar?
5 m
Level 3
There were 801 students at a cinema at first. After 27 of the girls and 12 of the boys left, there were still 103 more boys than girls at the cinema. How many boys were there at first?
5 m
Level 3
Richard and Tina had a total of 440 charity tickets. Richard sold 13 of his tickets and Tina sold 25 of hers. They sold an equal number of tickets each. How many tickets did Richard have at first?
4 m