Level 3
A bag of 280 sweets were distributed to a group of boys and girls. Each boy received 3 sweets and each girl received 5 sweets. Given that there were thrice as many boys as girls, how many boys were there in the group?
Level 3 John has 2 bags and 5 packets of beads. He has a total of 124 beads. Each packet contains 8 more beads than each bag. How many beads are there in each packet?
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?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Level 3 Last month, Tim and Jen had the same amount of savings. This month, Jen saves $1800. As a result, she now has 5 times as much savings as Tim. What are their total savings now?
Level 3
A fruit stall had 3 times as many apples as oranges. After 15 oranges were sold, the number of apples became 12 times the number of the remaining oranges. How many oranges were there at the fruit stall at first?
Level 3
A fruit stall had 3 times as many apples as oranges. After 15 oranges were added, the number of apples became twice the number of the oranges. How many oranges were there at the fruit stall at first?
