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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Alfred had some peaches in 3 sizes. The number of medium peaches was twice the number of large peaches. The number of large peaches were three times the number of small peaches.
The price of each peach are as follows:
Small $4
Medium $7
Large $9

He sold all the small and medium peaches. He received $360 from selling ¹₃ of the large peaches.

1. How many large peaches did he have at first?
   
2. How much less did he collect from selling the small peaches than the medium peaches?

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
At a wedding, ⁴₉ of the guests were men and the rest were women. Some men then left the wedding and the remaining number of men were ²₅ of the guests. 44 men then joined the wedding. The number of guests in the end was 12 more than the number of guests at first. How many guests were there at first?

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
In a shop, the number of cartons of mangosteen juice sold was ¹₅ the number of cartons left. When 42 more cartons were sold, the total number of cartons sold was 28 less than ⁸₁₃ the number of cartons the shop had at first. How many cartons were there at first?

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?

Level 3
Olivia, Zoe, Betty and Natalie received a sum of money. Olivia received ³₈ of the total amount of money Zoe, Betty and Natalie received. Zoe received ¹₇ of the total amount of money Betty and Natalie received. Betty received ¹₃ as much money as Natalie. If Olivia received $275 more than Betty, find the total sum of money the 4 girls received.