Level 3
Faith baked a total of 350 muffins and puffs. After giving away 80% of the puffs and 75% of the muffins, she was left with twice as many puffs as muffins. Find the number of puffs Faith gave away.
4 m
Level 3
There were 286 students in a school. On the school anniversary, 56 of the girls and 45 of the boys came in green caps. The rest came in yellow caps. The number of boys who wore yellow caps was four times of the girls who wore yellow caps. How many students were in green caps that day?
4 m
Level 3
There are 200 more teachers in School X than in School Y. After 25% of the teachers left School X and 50% of teachers left School Y, the number of teachers who remained in School X is thrice that of the number of teachers in School Y. Find the number of teachers in School X at first.
4 m
Level 3
There are 25% more red crayons than blue crayons in a bag. After John removed 40% of the red crayons and increased the number of blue crayons by 10%, there are now 70 fewer red crayons than blue crayons. Find the number of blue crayons at first.
4 m
Level 3
Zoe, Fanny, Eric and Olivia shared some pens. Zoe and Fanny took 15 of the total number of pens while Eric and Olivia took the rest. Fanny had four times as many pens as Zoe and Olivia had 176 pens. Given that Eric had four times as many pens as Fanny, how many pens were there altogether?
4 m
Level 3
At a carnival, the children were put into two groups. 45 of Group F were boys and 23 of Group G were girls. Group G had twice as many children as Group F. There were 18 fewer boys in Group F than Group G.
  1. What fraction of the total number of children at the carnival were boys? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. What was the total number of children at the carnival?
4 m
Level 3
Glen, Ken, Jenson and Justin shared 105 stickers. Jenson received 15 of the stickers. Glen received 16 of the total amount of stickers received by Ken and Justin. Justin received four times as much stickers as Ken.
  1. How many stickers did Glen receive?
  2. How many more stickers did Jenson receive than Ken?
4 m
Level 3
Marion had some red and pink marbles. If she gives away 16 red marbles, the number of red marbles will be 10% of the total number of marbles left. If she gives away 48 pink marbles, the number of red marbles will be 25% of the total number of marbles left.
  1. How many marbles does Marion have altogether?
  2. What fraction of Marion's marbles is pink?
4 m
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.
4 m
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?
4 m
Level 3
In a dance audition of 80 dancers, the average score was 58.5 points. Given that the average score of the female dancers was 64 points and that of the male dancers was 56 points, find the number of male dancers who participated in the audition.
4 m
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?
4 m
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?
4 m
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?
4 m
Level 3
Bryan bought some coupons for a funfair. He used 25 of the coupons on games and 37 of the remainder on food. He bought another 77 coupons and had 31 more coupons than he had at first. How many coupons did he have at first?
4 m
Level 3
A book shop sold 110 of the books in the morning. 15 of the remaining books are sold in the afternoon. The shop owner brought in another 172 books and there were 4 more books than there was at first. How many books were there in the shop at first?
4 m
Level 3
A survey was conducted with some pupils. 29 of them chose basketball as their favourite sport. 35 of the remaining pupils chose badminton. 12 of those left chose swimming and the last 56 chose gymnastic. How many more pupils chose badminton than basketball?
4 m
Level 3
Helen spent $12 on a shirt. She spent 15 of her remaining money on a blouse and a blazer, after which half her money was left.
  1. What fraction of her money did she spend on the shirt?
  2. The cost of the blazer is 13 the cost of the blouse. How much more does the blouse cost than the blazer?
4 m
Level 3
Erika spent 38 of her money on 6 notebooks and 10 post-it pads. The cost of one post-it pad was thrice the cost of one notebook. She bought some more post-it pads with 14 of her remaining money. How many post-it pads did Erika buy altogether?
4 m
Level 3
A stall was selling flowers. 13 of the earnings are from the sale of 9 lavenders and 17 sunflowers. Of the rest of the earnings, 34 are from the sale of lavenders and 14 are from the sale of sunflowers. Each sunflower costs thrice as much as each lavender. How many flowers were sold?
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