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
Nicole baked 187 puffs and tarts. She burnt 7 pieces and counted the remaining pieces. 16 of the tarts and 56 of the puffs were strawberry flavoured. There were equal number of tarts and puffs that were banana flavoured.
  1. How many unburnt banana puffs were there?
  2. What fraction of the unburnt pastries were strawberry puffs?
4 m
Level 3
Container A, measuring 25 cm by 12 cm by 21 cm, is filled with water to the brim. Container B is an empty rectangular container with a square base of edge 20 cm. After some water from Container A is poured into Container B, the height of water in the two containers is the same. Find the height of the water.
5 m
Level 3
Andrew, Bryan and Charlie had the same number of marbles. Charlie gave 0.5 of his marbles to Bryan. Then Bryan gave 0.25 of his marbles to Andrew. Finally, after Bryan gave 30 marbles to Charlie, he had the same number of marbles as Charlie. How many marbles did Charlie have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Brandon bought 54 more erasers than Liam and Liam bought 15 erasers more than Raeann. The total number of erasers Brandon and Liam bought was 4 times the number of erasers Raeann bought.
  1. How many erasers does Brandon need to give Liam so that they have the same number of erasers?
  2. How many erasers did all three of them have altogether?
4 m