Level 3
Nick and Ken have some yellow staplers and some pink staplers. The number of pink staplers Nick has is equal to the number of yellow staplers Ken has. 14 of Nick's staplers are yellow and 15 of Ken's staplers are pink. There are a total of 112 yellow staplers. Find the total number of staplers they have.
Level 3 Nicole baked 187 puffs and tarts. She burnt 7 pieces and counted the remaining pieces. 16 of the tarts and 56 of the puffs were strawberry flavoured. There were equal number of tarts and puffs that were banana flavoured.
How many unburnt banana puffs were there?
What fraction of the unburnt pastries were strawberry puffs?
Level 3
Container A, measuring 25 cm by 12 cm by 21 cm, is filled with water to the brim. Container B is an empty rectangular container with a square base of edge 20 cm. After some water from Container A is poured into Container B, the height of water in the two containers is the same. Find the height of the water.
Level 3
Container A, measuring 25 cm by 12 cm by 21 cm, is filled with water to the brim. Container B is an empty rectangular container with a square base of edge 20 cm. After some water from Container A is poured into Container B, the height of water in the two containers is the same. Find the height of the water.
Level 3
Andrew, Bryan and Charlie had the same number of marbles. Charlie gave 0.5 of his marbles to Bryan. Then Bryan gave 0.25 of his marbles to Andrew. Finally, after Bryan gave 30 marbles to Charlie, he had the same number of marbles as Charlie. How many marbles did Charlie have at first?
Level 3
Brandon bought 54 more erasers than Liam and Liam bought 15 erasers more than Raeann. The total number of erasers Brandon and Liam bought was 4 times the number of erasers Raeann bought.
How many erasers does Brandon need to give Liam so that they have the same number of erasers?
How many erasers did all three of them have altogether?
Level 3
There were 350 adults enrolled in the Adult Cooking School in 2009. 27 of the adults were women. Additional adults joined the cooking school in 2010. For every 2 women who joined the cooking school, 1 man joined the cooking school. If there was an equal number of men and women in 2010, how many men joined the school in that year?
Level 3
Terry had a total of 430 red and blue balloons. After giving away 59 of the red balloons and 66 blue balloons, there was an equal number of red and blue balloons left. How many red balloons did he have at first?
Level 3
Nicola used 47 of her red stickers and 35 of her blue stickers to decorate her diary. In the end, she had an equal number of red stickers and blue stickers left. Given that Nicola had a total of 377 red and blue stickers at first, how many blue stickers did she use to decorate the diary?
Level 3
In a class of 21, a bag of lollipops were shared equally. 14 of the students gave up their share to be shared equally amongst the rest. As a result, the remaining students received extra 4 lollipops each. How many lollipops were there in the bag at first?
Level 3
Winnie and Neave went shopping with a total of $44. After Winnie spent 13 of her money and Neave spent 34 of his money, they each had an equal amount of money left. How much money did they spend altogether?
