Level 3
A bag had some violet erasers and yellow erasers in the ratio of 3 : 1. Queenie removed 35 violet erasers and put another 15 yellow erasers into the bag. There is now 50% as many violet erasers as yellow erasers in the bag. How many violet erasers were in the bag at first?
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Level 3
34 of Eva's money was equal to 12 of Anna's money at first. After Eva spent $1.70 and Anna spent $0.70, Eva had 35 as much money as Anna.
  1. How much did Anna have at first? Express the answer(s) in 2 decimal places.
  2. How much did Eva have in the end? Express the answer(s) in 2 decimal places.
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Level 3
14 of the number of sheep that Farmer Yang head was equal to 25 of the number of sheep that Farmer Tan had. When Farmer Yang sold 300 of his sheep and Farmer Tan bought another 40, the ratio of the number of sheep that Farmer Yang had to the number of sheep Farmer Tan had 7 : 5. What was the total number of sheep that the 2 farmers had at first?
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Level 3
Will, Xavier and George had a total of 670 pens. The ratio of the number of pens Xavier had to the number of pens George had was 4 : 5. After Will and Xavier each gave away half of their pens, the 3 children had 395 pens left. How many pens did Xavier and George have at first?
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Level 3
Container A and Container B had 43 kg of sugar and 51 kg of sugar respectively. If 3 kg of sugar and 8.5 kg of sugar are added into Container A and Container B every day, how many days later will the sugar in Container A be half as much as the sugar in Container B?
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