Level 3
A shop owner had three boxes, containing a total of 1500 plastic cups. The number of plastic cups in Box A to the total number of plastic cups was 3 : 10. He sold 330 plastic cups from Box B and sold 13 of the plastic cups in Box C. The number of plastic cups left in Box B to the number of plastic cups left in Box C was 3 : 1. How many plastic cups were there in Box B at first?
5 m
Level 3
25 of the crayons in a bag were red and the rest were blue and yellow. 20% of the blue crayons and 12% of the yellow crayons were thrown away. There was an equal number of blue and yellow crayons left. If there were 352 blue and yellow crayons left,
  1. what was the number of red crayons?
  2. what was the total number of crayons in the bag at first?
5 m
Level 3
The ratio of Yvette's money to Linda's money was 1 : 3. After Yvette spent thrice as much as Linda, Yvette and Linda had $6 and $42 left respectively. Find the amount of money each of the girls have at first.
  1. Yvette
  2. Linda
5 m
Level 3
Jeremy has a crate containing some red and green grapes. If he adds in 10 bunches of red grapes, 0.6 of the bunches of grapes in the carton will be green grapes. If he adds in 30 bunches of green grapes, 34 of the bunches of grapes in the carton will be green grapes. How many bunches of grapes are there in crate?
5 m
Level 3
Benita's salary is 20% less than Amanda's salary and 40% less than Cecilia's salary. If Amanda's salary is $500 less than that of Cecilia's salary,
  1. Find Benita's salary.
  2. Given that Benita received a 20% pay cut, find Benita's new salary.
4 m
Level 3
Carla had 384 stamps. Nicky had 34 of what Carla had. After Carla used some of his stamps and Nicky used 13 of his stamps, Carla had 23 as many stamps left as Nicky.
  1. How many stamps did Nicky have at first?
  2. How many stamps did Carla use?
4 m
Level 3
40 children in a class sold an average of 19 artworks for charity. There were 8 more boys than girls in the class. The average number of artworks sold by the boys was 15. Find the average number of artworks sold by the girls.
4 m
Level 3
Olivia bought 3 home theater systems and 6 toasters. Each home theater system costs $280 more than each toaster. She spent 20% of her money on the toasters.
  1. How much did each home theater system cost?
  2. How much did she spend altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Tabitha wanted to buy some cookies and brownies. The cost of a cookie was 34 the cost of a brownie. A set of 3 cookies and 2 brownies cost $5.10. What was the total amount Tabitha had to pay for 17 cookies and 10 brownies?
4 m
Level 3
Howard sold 57 more blueberry muffins than banana muffins on Thursday. On Friday, the number of banana muffins he sold decreased by 80% while the number of blueberry muffins he sold remained the same. He sold each tart for $1.80. He sold a total of 153 muffins on Friday. How much money did he receive from the sale of muffins on both days?
4 m