Level 3
John spent ²₅ of his salary. He saved ³₇ of it. He then gave ³₈ of what was left to his son and gave the remaining amount of $300 to his daughter. What was John's salary?

Level 3
Ruth spent $84 on some staplers, markers and files. The ratio of the amount of money she spent on the staplers, markers and files was 5 : 8 : 1. The markers were sold at 10 for $4. The number of staplers she bought was ¹₂ the number of markers. The number of files she bought was ³₅ the number of markers. Find the price of 1 stapler.

Level 3
A total of 846 white rulers and violet rulers are in a container. The ratio of white rulers to violet rulers was 1 : 2. Some pink rulers and yellow rulers were put into the container. For every 4 violet rulers that were already in the container, 14 yellow ones were added. Then the final number of white rulers and pink rulers was ¹₂ the final number of violet rulers and yellow rulers. Find the total number of pink and yellow rulers.

Level 3
At a fun fair, there were 3 times as many males as females. ⁵₉ of the males were boys and the rest were men. ²₃ of the females were women and the rest were girls. Given that there were 104 more boys than girls, how many children were there altogether?

Level 3
¹₂ of the pupils in a school were girls and the rest were boys. ²₅ of the girls and ²₃ of the boys took part in a school event. 364 pupils did not take part. How many more girls were needed to take part in the school event so that it would be equal to the same number of boys who took part in the event?

Level 3
England and Thailand took part in Youth Games. From England, the ratio of the number of male supporters to the number of female supporters was 1 : 3. From Thailand, the ratio of the number of male supporters to the number of female supporters was 3 : 5. The total number of supporters from England was ²₅ the total number of supporters from Thailand.

1. What was the ratio of the number of male supporters from England to the total number of male supporters from both countries? Express the answer in the simplest form.
2. After 1956 male supporters from both countries left, the percentage of all the female supporters became 74%. How many more female supporters from Thailand than England were there at first?

Level 3
149 pupils went for a Physical Fitness Test and 25 of them achieved Bronze certificates. ²₅ of the girls and ¹₃ of the boys achieved Bronze certificates. How many girls did not achieve Bronze certificates?

Level 3
There are 390 children in a tuckshop. ²₇ of the boys and ²₃ of the girls wear spectacles, there are 258 children in the tuckshop who do not wear spectacles. How many girls wear spectacles?

Level 3
Carl had a total of 90 notes. The notes are $10 notes and $5 notes. After he spent 20% of the $10 notes and 60% of the $5 notes on a stereo system, he was left with 4 times as many $5 notes as $10 notes. How much did the stereo system cost?

Level 3
John spent ³₇ of his salary and gave $880 to his wife. Of the remaining amount, he saved ¹₅ of it and gave ³₁₀ of it to his parents. He then donated ²₃ of what he had left away and gave the remaining $56 to his daughter. What was John's salary?

Level 3
Hazel, Olivia and Diana had a total of 767 marbles. The ratio of Olivia's marbles to Diana's marbles was at first 4 : 7. After Hazel and Olivia each gave half of their marbles away, the 3 children had 527 marbles left. How many marbles did Hazel and Diana have at first?

Level 3
Penny, Vera and Roshel bought a gift for their parents. They shared the cost equally between them. Penny used ²₅ of her savings, Vera used ⁵₈ of her savings and Roshel used ³₇ of her savings. Penny and Roshel had $170 left. How much did each girl pay for the gift?

Level 3
In a factory, Machine A was turned on first and it produced 313 wontons. Then Machine A and Machine B were turned on at the same time to continue production. For every 4 wontons Machine A produced, Machine B produced 6 wontons. Machine B produced 45 less than ¹₂ of the total number of wontons produced. How many wontons were produced altogether?

Level 3
Tim had 672 coins. ²₇ were pink and the rest were yellow and blue. The ratio of the number of yellow coins to the number of blue coins was 1 : 3. Tim decided to buy some more pink coins to increase the number of pink coins to half of the total number of coins.

1. How many less yellow coins than pink coins did he have at first?
2. How many more pink coins did he have to buy?

Level 3
Cathy's shop sold bracelets and rings. The bracelets were sold at $100 each and each ring was sold at ⁴₅ of the price of each bracelet. Cathy sold ¹₄ of the items on the first day and collected $15580. ³₄ of the items sold on the first day were bracelets.

1. How many rings were sold on the first day?
2. What was the total number of items left after the first day?

Level 3
A bag of candies was distributed equally among 16 pupils. When 7 of these pupils gave up ³₅ of their share, the rest of the pupils received 14 more candies each. How many candies were there in the bag?

Level 3
The ratio of the number of biscuits in Container H to the number of biscuits in Container J was 5 : 3. 20% of the biscuits in Container H and 0.6 of those in Container J were round. After transferring the biscuits between the 2 containers, the number of square biscuits in both containers are the same. Likewise, the number of round biscuits in both containers are the same. If a total of 162 of biscuits were moved, how many more biscuits were there in Container H than Container J at first?