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25% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 60% of the spectators are adults and there are 420 less child spectators than adult spectators. How many adult spectators must join so that 56% of the people are adult spectators?
4 m
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A rectangular tank, 80 cm by 50 cm by 40 cm, is filled with water to a height of 5 cm. The ratio of the volume of water in the tank to that in a pail is 5: 2. If 23 of the pail is filled with water, find
  1. the volume of the pail.
  2. the minimum number of such pails to fill the tank.
4 m
Level 3
Wilfred saves 10% of his allowance. When his allowance was increased by 20%, his savings rose proportionately to $180. What was his original allowance?
4 m
Level 3
Half an hour ago, 50% of the people at a circus were females. 42 females and 2 males left afterwards. The remaining people were then told to form groups of 5. In each group, there were 3 males. How many people were there at the circus in the end?
4 m
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The average height of a group of boys was 143 cm. After 6 girls with a total of 948 cm joined the group, the average height of all the children increased to 146 cm.
  1. What was the average height of the girls?
  2. How many boys were there in the group?
3 m