Level 3
Mrs Yap had 40% more books than Mdm Zhang. Miss Lin had 20% fewer books than Mrs Yap. Mrs Yap and Mdm Zhang gave Miss Lin some books in the ratio of 1 : 4. As a result, Miss Lin had 50% more books than before. Given that Miss Lin had 423 more books than Mdm Zhang in the end, how many books did Mrs Yap give to Miss Lin?

Level 3
Olivia, Natalie and Kate have 264 marbles. Natalie has ⁷₉ as many marbles as Olivia. Kate's marbles is ¹₂ of the total number of Olivia's and Natalie's marbles. How many marbles must Natalie give to Kate so that both Olivia and Kate will have the same number of marbles?

Level 3
Zoe had some yellow stickers and pink stickers in 2 baskets. In Basket A, the ratio of the number of yellow stickers to pink stickers was 6 : 5. In Basket B, the number of yellow stickers was 2 times the number of pink stickers. Zoe transferred ²₅ of the pink stickers from Basket A to Basket B. The number of stickers in Basket A became 144 and the ratio of the number of yellow stickers to pink stickers in Basket B became 6 : 7.

1. How many pink stickers were transferred from Basket A to Basket B?
2. What was the number of stickers in Basket B after the transfer?

Level 3
Jack, George, Henry and Asher shared $1495. Asher received ³₁₀ of the total amount of money received by Jack, George and Henry. Jack received ³₇ of the total amount for George and Henry. George received ²₃ as much money as Henry. If George gave all his money to Asher, how much did Asher have more than Jack in the end?

Level 3
At an event held at the stadium, 80% of the audience were adults. The female audience was made up of 70% of the children and 30% of the adults. There were 64 more girls than boys.

1. How many people went to the stadium in total?
2. Some women left before the event ended, after which 20% of the remaining people at the stadium were women. How many women left the stadium before it ended?

Level 3
Oscar, Ethan and Fred had some balls. Ethan had 40% more balls than Oscar. Ethan had ³₅ of Fred's. After Oscar gave 18 balls to Ethan, he had ¹₂ of what Ethan had. How many more balls did Fred have than Ethan in the end?

Level 3
Xuan, Penny, Kate and Violet went to buy a gift for their grandmother. They shared the cost equally among themselves. However, Violet forgot to bring her money. So, the other 3 girls paid for the gift first. Kate paid ³₅ of the amount Xuan and Penny paid. Penny paid $11 more than Xuan. The next day, Violet returned $76 to Kate and some money to Xuan and Penny. How much did Violet return to

1. Xuan?
2. Penny?

Level 3
There were some avocados in 3 boxes, E, F and G. 30% of the number of avocados in Box E was equal to 60% of the number of avocados in Box F. The number of avocados in Box G was 60% of the total number of avocados in Box E and F. After Oscar removed 20% of the avocados in Box G, there were 88 more avocados in Box F than in Box G. In the end, how many avocados should be transferred from Box F to Box G so that the avocados in Box G would be the same as Box E?

Level 3
In a thrift shop, the number of beads was ²₃ of the total number of beads and erasers together. The shopkeeper sold the beads and erasers in sets of 1 bead and 4 erasers. After selling all the erasers, he still had 133 beads left. How many erasers were in the thrift shop at first?

Level 3
The average number of mangosteens in Carton C, Carton D and Carton E is 24 and it is 8 more than the average number of papayas in the 3 cartons. ¹₆ of the papayas are in Carton C and the papayas in Carton C is 80% of the number of papayas in Carton D. If each carton has the same number of fruits, what percentage of the fruits in Carton E are mangosteens?

Level 3
On Monday, 700 more youths than children attended a concert. On Tuesday, the number of youths decreased by 30% and the number of children increased by 80%. 1240 audience attended the concert on Tuesday. If each ticket cost $12, how much money was collected from the sale of concert tickets for the two days?

Level 3
There were 229 lemons and soursops in a stall at first. After ¹₅ of the lemons and ¹₂ of the soursops were sold, there were a total of 182 lemons and soursops now. How many lemons are there now?

Level 3
Asher has a total of 94 of blue and yellow lollipops. ¹₆ of the blue lollipops and half of the yellow lollipops are new. How many of his yellow lollipops are new if he has a total of 27 new lollipops?

Level 3
Sarah bought a total of 300 big and small candies. Then she decided to exchange 60% of her big candies for the small ones in the ratio of 3 : 5. After the exchange, she had 366 candies. What percentage of the candies she bought were small ones?

Level 3
Gillian bought ³₅ as many stamps as stickers at first. After she bought another 10 stamps and 29 stickers, there were ⁴₇ as many stamps as stickers. How many stamps and stickers did Gillian buy at first?

Level 3
The number of 20-cent coins in a basket was 100% more than the number of 10-cent coins. 13 twenty-cent coins were taken out and exchanged for 10-cent coins. The number of 20-cent coins became ⁵₈ less than the number of 10-cent coins. How much money is there in the basket?

Level 3
20% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 80% of the spectators are adults and there are 3900 more adults spectators than children spectators. How many adult spectators must leave so that 25% of the people in the concert are adult spectators?

Level 3
Lisa bought ⁵₈ as many shortbreads as cookies at first. After she bought another 5 shortbreads and 76 cookies, there were ¹₅ as many shortbreads as cookies. How many shortbreads and cookies did Lisa buy at first?