Level 3
Nick, Warren and Paul bought some biscuits. After Nick ate 25 of his biscuits, Warren ate 34 of his biscuits and Paul ate 12 biscuits, each of them had the same number of biscuits left. Nick had 63 less biscuits than Warren at first.
  1. How many biscuits did Nick have at first?
  2. How many biscuits did the 3 of them buy altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Fanny and Gillian collected some stamps. If Fanny gave Gillian 52 stamps, both would have an equal number of stamps. If Gillian gave Fanny 40 stamps, Fanny would have 5 times as many stamps as Gillian. Find the number of stamps each of them had.
  1. Fanny?
  2. Gillian?
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
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
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
Level 3
Mindy, Jake and Donald shared a sum of money. The amount received by Jake was 23 the amount of money received by Donald. After Mindy had given $48 to Jake and $27 to Donald, Jake gave $3 to Donald. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that Mindy and Jake had at first.
5 m
Level 3
Ali has 16 marbles. Gopal has 6 marbles. How many marbles does Ali need to give to Gopal so that they have the same number of marbles?
4 m
Level 3
Keith has 25 as many stickers as Janet. They have a total of 280 stickers. How many stickers must Janet give to Keith so that they will have the same number of stickers?
4 m
Level 3
Risa has 37 as many cards as Abi. They have a total of 160 cards. How many cards must Abi give to Risa so that they will have the same number of cards?
4 m
Level 3
Reggie and Zane had a total of 144 cards. Zane had half as many cards as Reggie. How many cards must Reggie give to Zane so they have an equal number of cards?
4 m