Level 3
The average height of some boys is 145 cm. When 3 girls, with a total height of 393 cm, are included, the average height if the children becomes 142 cm. How many children are there altogether?
Level 3
Simon has some black and red balls. The total mass of all his balls is 242 g. He has 5 more red balls than black balls. The average mass of the black balls is 6 g. The average mass of the red balls is 10 g. How many balls does Simon have altogether?
Level 3
Shiyun, Kimberly and Yoko had jelly beans in the ratio of 8 : 4 : 3. After Shiyun gave 6 jelly beans to Kimberly and Yoko, the three of them had the same number of jelly beans. Find the total number of jelly beans the children had.
Level 3
Kylie bought some Geography books at $17 each. She also bought an equal number of History books at a different price. The average price of one Geography and one History book was $10. Kylie paid $70 more for the Geography books than the History books.
Level 3 The ratio of the number of ducks in Farm A to the number of ducks in Farm B was 5 : 9. There were 48 fewer ducks in Farm A than in Farm B. When 5 ducks escaped from Farm B, the farmer in Farm B bought another 9 ducks. What was the new ratio of the number of ducks in Farm A to the number of ducks in Farm B in the end? Give your answer in the simplest form.
Level 3
Adam has stickers in 4 colours. 57 of the stickers are blue.
The rest of the stickers are red, yellow and green in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 3.
If there are 40 more yellow stickers than green stickers,
how many blue stickers are there?
Level 3
The ratio of the number of papayas to the number of peaches that a fruit seller had was 5 : 11. After he sold half of the peaches, there were a total of 252 papayas and peaches left at the fruit stall.
How many papayas were there at the stall?
If he sold the remaining peaches in bags of 6 at $3.50 per bag, how much would he receive for them?