Level 3
Carl was fixing a jigsaw puzzle. By the second day, the number of pieces he fixed was 20% of the number of pieces unfixed. After another 8 days, he fixed another 196 pieces and the number of unfixed pieces he was left with was 20% of the number of pieces fixed. How many pieces were left unfixed?
3 m
Level 3
There are 20% as many green beads as red beads in May's collection of beads. The number of purple beads is 30% fewer than the number of red beads. There are 330 more purple beads than green beads.
  1. Find the total number of beads in the collection.
  2. What percentage are the number of red beads as compared to the number of purple beads? Leave your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
4 m
Level 3
Henry, Jack and Liam sold some calculators. Liam sold 30% of the total number of calculators sold by Jack and Henry. Henry sold 20% of the total number of calculators sold by Jack and Liam. Jack sold 87 more calculators than Liam. Find the total number of calculators sold by all the boys.
3 m
Level 3
Kate and Yvonne collected stamps. Kate gave 30% of her stamps to Yvonne and as a result, Yvonne's stamps increased by 70%. If Kate had 294 stamps left, find the total number of stamps the two girls had at first.
3 m
Level 3
Betty, Mary and Jane shared a sum of money. Betty and Mary received 80% of the total amount of money. Mary and Jane received 50% of the total amount of money. Given that Betty received $66 more than Jane, how much was the sum of money that was shared by Betty and Jane?
3 m