Level 3
At a funfair, an adult ticket costs $3 and a child ticket costs $1. Last Sunday, the funfair sold 179 more adult tickets than child tickets. A total of $1101 was collected. How many child tickets were sold?
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Level 3
Mrs Ong bought some muffins and donuts at the prices shown.
Muffin $2 each
Donut $1 each
She bought 3 more donuts than muffins and spent $18 altogether. How many muffins did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Kok had some 20-cent and $1 coins in her handbag. She had 7 more 20-cent coins than $1 coins. The total value of the coins was $11. What was the total number of coins that Mrs Kok had in her handbag?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Lim employed some welders and painters for his construction site. A painter was paid $20 a day and a welder was paid $35 a day. Given that he employed 4 times as many welders as painters and a total of $1280 was paid to these workers for the day, how many more welders than painters did Mr Lim employ for his site?
4 m
Level 3
Jennifer had 12 more pies than Clara at first. After Jennifer ate 4 pies, she had twice as many pies as Clara in the end. How many pies did Clara have?
4 m
Level 3
A fruit stall had 3 times as many apples as oranges. After 6 apples were added, the number of apples became 12 more than the number of oranges. How many oranges were there at the fruit stall at first?
4 m
Level 3
Janice had 32 more sweets than Rebecca at first. After Rebecca had eaten 14 of her sweets, Janice had thrice as many sweets as Rebecca. How many sweets did Janice have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tom had 215 more stickers than Ahmad at first. Then Tom bought 55 more stickers. In the end, Tom has 3 times as many stickers as Ahmad.
  1. How many stickers did Ahmad have?
  2. Find the total number of stickers Tom and Ahmad had in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Susan had a collection of 1910 red, blue and yellow beads. After Susan gave away 350 red beads, the number of red beads was 240 fewer than the number of blue beads. Given that the number of yellow beads was twice as many as the number of blue beads, how many red beads did Susan have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Low baked 370 more cupcakes than Emma. After Mrs Low sold 150 of her cupcakes, she had 5 times as many cupcakes as Emma.
  1. How many cupcakes did Emma bake?
  2. How many cupcakes did Mrs Low bake?
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