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?
Level 3
Fred saved $85 per month for a motorcycle. At the end of 6 months, he found that the amount of savings he had was only 34 the price of the
motorcycle.
How much was the motorcycle?
How much more must Fred save in order to buy the motorcycle?
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?
Level 3
Cathy and Queenie have some money. If Cathy spends $7, she will have 45 as much money as Queenie. If Queenie spends $3, Cathy will have 56 as much money as Queenie. How much money does Cathy have?
Level 3
A stationery booth sells markers in packs of 4 and 5. At first, there were 4 times as many packs of 4 as packs of 5. After selling half of the packs of 4 and some packs of 5, Mr Zhang packs 15 additional packs of 5. How many packs of 4 are sold if there are 6 times as many packs of 4 as packs of 5 and there is a total of 348 unsold markers?
Level 3
A construction worker welded 3 pipes of length 2 m 10 cm each together. This new pipe was only 35 of the length he needed. How long was the pipe he needed?
Level 3
Tina and Sarah have some cupcakes each. If Tina gives Sarah 49 cupcakes, Tina will have 34 as many cupcakes as Sarah. If Tina gives Sarah 19 cupcakes, they will have an equal number of cupcakes. How many cupcakes does Tina have at first?
Level 3
On Tuesday, Will read 37 of a novel. On Wednesday, he read 12 pages of the novel. On Thursday, he read 47 of the remaining book leaving 36 pages unread.
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?
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?
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?
Level 3
Mrs Lee gave Wendy and Yvonne some money each on Saturday. On Sunday, Wendy gave 15 of the amount she had to Yvonne. On Monday, Yvonne gave 14 of the amount she had to Wendy. In the end, Wendy had $65 and Yvonne had $147. How much did Yvonne had more than Wendy at first?
Level 3
Tom and Jerry had $160 altogether. Jerry gave 47 of his money to Tom. After that, Tom gave 35 of his money to Jerry.
In the end, Tom had 14 of the total sum of money. How much did Tom have at first?
Level 3
Tom spent 27 of his salary on a television and 310 of his remaining money on a DVD player. If he was left with $630 himself, how much was his salary?
Level 3
Tricia used 25 of the ribbon to tie some presents. She threw away 47 of the remaining ribbon. As a result, she had 54 centimetres of ribbon left. How much ribbon did Tricia have at first? Give your answer in centimetres.
