Level 3
In an envelope, there were a total of 144 notes. 75% of them were $1-notes. The rest were $2-notes. Neave took out some $1-notes. As a result, the remaining $1-notes made up 25% of the notes left in the envelope. Find the total value of the $1-notes Neave took out from the envelope.
Level 3
The number of mangoes at a shop was 70% more than the number of pomegranates. After 60% of the pomegranates were sold, there were 39 more mangoes than pomegranates. Find the total number of mangoes and pomegranates at the shop at first.
Level 3
60% of the sweets in Packet A were blueberry sweets and the rest were strawberry sweets. Packet B had 25% more blueberry sweets than packet A and twice as many sweets than the total number of sweets in Packet A. Find the percentage of the strawberry sweets in Packet B that would need to be transferred into Packet A, so that there were an equal number of blueberry and strawberry sweets in Packet A.
Level 3
Nera and Rose shared a bag of marbles. Nera had 40% as many marbles as Rose. When Rose gave 75 marbles to Nera, Nera had 40% more marbles than Rose. Find the total number of marbles the girls shared.
Level 3
The number of safety cones along the road was 55% of the number of trees planted along it. After 68 safety cones and 68 trees were added to the stretch of road, the number of trees became 20% more than the number of safety cones. How many trees were there at first?
