Level 3
Ruth spent $84 on some staplers, markers and files. The ratio of the amount of money she spent on the staplers, markers and files was 5 : 8 : 1. The markers were sold at 10 for $4. The number of staplers she bought was ¹₂ the number of markers. The number of files she bought was ³₅ the number of markers. Find the price of 1 stapler.

Level 3
John spent ³₇ of his salary and gave $880 to his wife. Of the remaining amount, he saved ¹₅ of it and gave ³₁₀ of it to his parents. He then donated ²₃ of what he had left away and gave the remaining $56 to his daughter. What was John's salary?

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
Hazel, Olivia and Diana had a total of 767 marbles. The ratio of Olivia's marbles to Diana's marbles was at first 4 : 7. After Hazel and Olivia each gave half of their marbles away, the 3 children had 527 marbles left. How many marbles did Hazel and Diana have at first?

Level 3
In a factory, Machine A was turned on first and it produced 313 wontons. Then Machine A and Machine B were turned on at the same time to continue production. For every 4 wontons Machine A produced, Machine B produced 6 wontons. Machine B produced 45 less than ¹₂ of the total number of wontons produced. How many wontons were produced altogether?

Level 3
Zoe had some yellow stickers and pink stickers in 2 baskets. In Basket A, the ratio of the number of yellow stickers to pink stickers was 6 : 5. In Basket B, the number of yellow stickers was 2 times the number of pink stickers. Zoe transferred ²₅ of the pink stickers from Basket A to Basket B. The number of stickers in Basket A became 144 and the ratio of the number of yellow stickers to pink stickers in Basket B became 6 : 7.

1. How many pink stickers were transferred from Basket A to Basket B?
2. What was the number of stickers in Basket B after the transfer?

Level 3
Oscar Mobile Company has a few mobile phone service plans. Plan A offers 270 SMS and 90 minutes of talk time for $25.20. Plan B offers 370 SMS and 190 minutes of talk time for $35.20. Oscar Mobile Company is also going to launch Plan C which offers 170 SMS and 260 minutes of talk time. How much should Oscar Mobile Company charge for Plan C if the cost per SMS and the cost per minute of talk time do not vary across the three plans?

Level 3
Xuan, Penny, Kate and Violet went to buy a gift for their grandmother. They shared the cost equally among themselves. However, Violet forgot to bring her money. So, the other 3 girls paid for the gift first. Kate paid ³₅ of the amount Xuan and Penny paid. Penny paid $11 more than Xuan. The next day, Violet returned $76 to Kate and some money to Xuan and Penny. How much did Violet return to

1. Xuan?
2. Penny?

Level 3
There were 229 lemons and soursops in a stall at first. After ¹₅ of the lemons and ¹₂ of the soursops were sold, there were a total of 182 lemons and soursops now. How many lemons are there now?

Level 3
Asher has a total of 94 of blue and yellow lollipops. ¹₆ of the blue lollipops and half of the yellow lollipops are new. How many of his yellow lollipops are new if he has a total of 27 new lollipops?