Level 3
Ming Huat had 255 watermelons and 240 oranges at first. He used 35 of the watermelons and 34 of the oranges. He then bought some more oranges. In the end, 18 of the fruits he had left were watermelons. How many oranges did he buy?
Level 3
Minzy bought some pouches and bags for her friends. The price of each pouch was $2.40 while the price of each bag was $10.80. For every 4 bags bought, she was given one such pouch for free. After receiving the free pouches, the number of pouches was 13 of the number of bags bought. If Minzy paid a total of $1584, how much more did she pay for the bags than the pouches?
Level 3
Evelyn bought 50% more hair clips than Linda. Tammy bought 10% fewer hair clips than Evelyn. Evelyn and Linda gave Tammy some hair clips in the ratio 7 : 2. As a result, Tammy had twice as much hair clips as before. Given that Linda had 15 more hair clips than Evelyn in the end, how much hair clips did Evelyn give to Tammy?
Level 3
Mr Lim had three bags of soil, A, B and C and the mass of each bag of soil was in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3. Mr Lim decided to transfer 30% of soil from Bag A into Bag B and 60% of soil from Bag C into Bag B. Given that the mass of Bag B was 38.4 kg in the end, how many kilograms of soil were transferred into Bag B?
Level 3
A pen cost $1.50. A notebook cost $15.50 more than the pen. Clare spent $340 on such pens and notebooks. She bought twice as many pens as notebooks.
Level 3
Hazel had $18.60 in coins. She had four times as many 10-cent as 50-cent coins and 11 more $1 coins than 50-cent coins. How many coins does she have in total?
Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
Level 3
Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
Level 3 3 pupils shared the cost of a present equally. When calculating the amount each pupil had to pay, a mistake was made. The cost of the present was divided by 4 instead of 3. Each pupil ended up paying $3.90 less than the correct amount. What should be the correct amount for each share?
Level 3
Belinda made a profit of 50% from the sale of a dress and a profit of 80% from the sale of a shirt. The total profit she made from the two items was $91. She later sold a similar dress at a discount of 20% off the advertised price. Her total profit for the three items then increased to $121.
