Level 3
Carl had a total of 90 notes. The notes are $10 notes and $5 notes. After he spent 20% of the $10 notes and 60% of the $5 notes on a stereo system, he was left with 4 times as many $5 notes as $10 notes. How much did the stereo system cost?
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Level 3
The ratio of the number of biscuits in Container H to the number of biscuits in Container J was 5 : 3. 20% of the biscuits in Container H and 0.6 of those in Container J were round. After transferring the biscuits between the 2 containers, the number of square biscuits in both containers are the same. Likewise, the number of round biscuits in both containers are the same. If a total of 162 of biscuits were moved, how many more biscuits were there in Container H than Container J at first?
5 m
Level 3
Mrs Yap had 40% more books than Mdm Zhang. Miss Lin had 20% fewer books than Mrs Yap. Mrs Yap and Mdm Zhang gave Miss Lin some books in the ratio of 1 : 4. As a result, Miss Lin had 50% more books than before. Given that Miss Lin had 423 more books than Mdm Zhang in the end, how many books did Mrs Yap give to Miss Lin?
5 m
Level 3
At an event held at the stadium, 80% of the audience were adults. The female audience was made up of 70% of the children and 30% of the adults. There were 64 more girls than boys.
  1. How many people went to the stadium in total?
  2. Some women left before the event ended, after which 20% of the remaining people at the stadium were women. How many women left the stadium before it ended?
5 m
Level 3
Oscar, Ethan and Fred had some balls. Ethan had 40% more balls than Oscar. Ethan had 35 of Fred's. After Oscar gave 18 balls to Ethan, he had 12 of what Ethan had. How many more balls did Fred have than Ethan in the end?
5 m
Level 3
There were some avocados in 3 boxes, E, F and G. 30% of the number of avocados in Box E was equal to 60% of the number of avocados in Box F. The number of avocados in Box G was 60% of the total number of avocados in Box E and F. After Oscar removed 20% of the avocados in Box G, there were 88 more avocados in Box F than in Box G. In the end, how many avocados should be transferred from Box F to Box G so that the avocados in Box G would be the same as Box E?
5 m
Level 3
The average number of mangosteens in Carton C, Carton D and Carton E is 24 and it is 8 more than the average number of papayas in the 3 cartons. 16 of the papayas are in Carton C and the papayas in Carton C is 80% of the number of papayas in Carton D. If each carton has the same number of fruits, what percentage of the fruits in Carton E are mangosteens?
5 m
Level 3
On Monday, 700 more youths than children attended a concert. On Tuesday, the number of youths decreased by 30% and the number of children increased by 80%. 1240 audience attended the concert on Tuesday. If each ticket cost $12, how much money was collected from the sale of concert tickets for the two days?
5 m
Level 3
Sarah bought a total of 300 big and small candies. Then she decided to exchange 60% of her big candies for the small ones in the ratio of 3 : 5. After the exchange, she had 366 candies. What percentage of the candies she bought were small ones?
5 m
Level 3
The number of 20-cent coins in a basket was 100% more than the number of 10-cent coins. 13 twenty-cent coins were taken out and exchanged for 10-cent coins. The number of 20-cent coins became 58 less than the number of 10-cent coins. How much money is there in the basket?
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