Level 3
Zoe, Fanny, Eric and Olivia shared some pens. Zoe and Fanny took 15 of the total number of pens while Eric and Olivia took the rest. Fanny had four times as many pens as Zoe and Olivia had 176 pens. Given that Eric had four times as many pens as Fanny, how many pens were there altogether?
4 m
Level 3
At a carnival, the children were put into two groups. 45 of Group F were boys and 23 of Group G were girls. Group G had twice as many children as Group F. There were 18 fewer boys in Group F than Group G.
  1. What fraction of the total number of children at the carnival were boys? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. What was the total number of children at the carnival?
4 m
Level 3
Glen, Ken, Jenson and Justin shared 105 stickers. Jenson received 15 of the stickers. Glen received 16 of the total amount of stickers received by Ken and Justin. Justin received four times as much stickers as Ken.
  1. How many stickers did Glen receive?
  2. How many more stickers did Jenson receive than Ken?
4 m
Level 3
When an ice box is packed with 25 identical bottles of soda, it has a mass of 18.4 kg. When the ice box is packed with 30 identical packets of milo, it has a mass of 7.5 kg. A bottle of soda weighs 470 g more than a packet of milo. What is the mass of the empty ice box in kg?
4 m
Level 3
A laptop costs $360 more than a tablet. 4 such tablets cost as much as 2 handphones. If each handphone costs $720. Find the cost of 3 laptops.
4 m
Level 3
A book shop sold 110 of the books in the morning. 15 of the remaining books are sold in the afternoon. The shop owner brought in another 172 books and there were 4 more books than there was at first. How many books were there in the shop at first?
4 m
Level 3
A survey was conducted with some pupils. 29 of them chose basketball as their favourite sport. 35 of the remaining pupils chose badminton. 12 of those left chose swimming and the last 56 chose gymnastic. How many more pupils chose badminton than basketball?
4 m
Level 3
Kylie had some shortbreads. She sold 34 of the shortbreads. She ate 13 of the remainder and an additional 4 more. She had 44 shortbreads left in the end. How many shortbreads did Kylie have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Reggie had some money. He spent 14 of his money and an additional $33 on books. He spent 56 of the remainder and an additional $11 on food. He had $14 left. How much money did he have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Penelope spent 18 of her money and an additional $21 on a sweater. She spent $9 less than 38 of the remainder on a shirt. She then spent $1 less than 12 of what was left on 4 pairs of jeans. She had $23 left in the end. How much did she spend altogether?
4 m