Level 3
Edward spent $340 on shopping, $650 on transport and gave 60% of the remainder to his wife. He then saved the rest of the money, which amounted to 10% of his original sum of money. How much did he give his wife?

Level 3
Kate had some fruits at her stall. ³₄ of them were mangosteens, ¹₃ of the remainder were apples and the rest were coconuts. The amounts earned for each mangosteen, each Fuji apple and each coconut sold are $1.50, $3.00 and $4.50 respectively.

The number of mangosteens sold to the number of apples sold to the number of coconuts sold was 3 : 5 : 3. In total, she sold ¹₄ of the fruits and earned $198. How many coconuts did she have at first?

Level 3
20% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 80% of the spectators are adults and there are 3900 more adults spectators than children spectators. How many adult spectators must leave so that 25% of the people in the concert are adult spectators?

Level 3
Jake took part in a 25-km cycling race. There was a water refill station at half the distance of the race.

1. Jake stopped at the water refill station to refill his water bottle. How many kilometres was he away from the starting point to the water refill station?
2. After passing the water refill station, Jake cycled ⁷₁₀ of the remaining distance and stopped. How many metres was he away from the finishing point?

Level 3
Serene spent ³₇ of her money on some pens. She spent ¹₄ of the remaining money on a box of poster colors and ²₃ of what was left on some books.

1. What fraction of her money was left?
2. Given that the books cost $12 more than the box of poster colors, find the sum of money Serene had at first.

Level 3
Perry spent $162 on a jumpsuit. He spent ¹₉ of his remaining money on a sweater. If he still had ⁴₉ of his money left, how much did he have at first?

Level 3
Risa had a sum of money. She spent $308 on a blouse and ⁵₈ of the remainder on a windbreaker. She was left with ¹₁₀ of the original sum of money.

1. What was the total amount Risa spent?
2. How much money did Risa have at first?

Level 3
At a conference made up of speakers and participants, there were 10% more men than women. The ratio of the male speakers to female speakers was 8 : 5. There was an equal number of male and female participants.

1. Find the ratio of male speakers to male participants at the conference at first.
2. Halfway, 89 male participants left the conference and another 73 female participants joined the conference. In the end, there were ³₄ as many male participants as female participants remaining behind. How many speakers were there at the conference?

Level 3
Mrs Lu had a sum of money. She gave her daughter $246 and gave ¹₄ of the money to her niece. She used ³₄ of the remaining money on a computer and was left with ¹₆ of the amount she had at first. What was the sum of money she had at first?

Level 3
Elyse bought some pens. She gave ¹₆ of the pens to her cousin and sold ³₄ of the remaining pens. After that, she bought another 171 pens and had the same number of pens that she bought at first. How many pens did Elyse buy at first?