Level 3
Container A contains 480 blue buttons and 590 purple buttons. Container B contains 590 blue buttons and 410 purple buttons. How many blue buttons and purple buttons must be removed from Container B to put into Container A so that 50% of the buttons in Container A are blue and 60% of the buttons in Container B are blue?
5 m
Level 3
Yvonne and George collect pens and stickers. George has 70 more stickers than pens. George has 3 times the number of pens Yvonne has, and Yvonne has 40% more stickers than George. After Yvonne gives George all of her pens and George gives Yvonne 60% of his stickers, George has 64 more pens than stickers. Find the number of stickers Yvonne has at first.
5 m
Level 3
Mrs Lee gave Wendy and Yvonne some money each on Saturday. On Sunday, Wendy gave 15 of the amount she had to Yvonne. On Monday, Yvonne gave 14 of the amount she had to Wendy. In the end, Wendy had $65 and Yvonne had $147. How much did Yvonne had more than Wendy at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tom and Jerry had $160 altogether. Jerry gave 47 of his money to Tom. After that, Tom gave 35 of his money to Jerry. In the end, Tom had 14 of the total sum of money. How much did Tom have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Eva, Sarah and Penny had 1188 marbles. Sarah won some of the marbles from Eva and as a result, Sarah's marbles increased by 20%. Penny then won some marbles from Sarah and Penny's marbles increased by 40%. Finally, Penny lost some of her marbles to Eva and Eva's marbles increased by 20%. In the end, they realised that they each had an equal number of marbles. How many percent less did Eva have in the end than what she had at first? Correct your answer to 1 decimal place.
5 m
Level 3
Roshel had some peaches and oranges in 2 baskets. In Basket A, the number of peaches to the number of oranges was in the ratio of 5 : 9. In Basket B, there were thrice as many peaches as oranges. After Roshel transferred 13 of the oranges from Basket A to Basket B, the number of fruits left in Basket A was 187 and the ratio of the number of peaches to the number of oranges in Basket B became 7 : 8. How many fruits were in Basket B in the end?
5 m
Level 3
Andrew, Bryan and Charlie had the same number of marbles. Charlie gave 0.5 of his marbles to Bryan. Then Bryan gave 0.25 of his marbles to Andrew. Finally, after Bryan gave 30 marbles to Charlie, he had the same number of marbles as Charlie. How many marbles did Charlie have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Brandon bought 54 more erasers than Liam and Liam bought 15 erasers more than Raeann. The total number of erasers Brandon and Liam bought was 4 times the number of erasers Raeann bought.
  1. How many erasers does Brandon need to give Liam so that they have the same number of erasers?
  2. How many erasers did all three of them have altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Ryan had $200 more than Riordan at first. Ryan gave $70 to Riordan. As a result, Riordan has 56 as much money as Ryan. How much money had each of them at first?
  1. Ryan
  2. Riordan
4 m
Level 3
Yesterday, Ivan had 56 more marbles than Daniel. Today, Ivan gave Daniel 58 of his marbles. As a result, he has half as many marbles as Daniel now. How many marbles did Ivan have yesterday?
4 m