Level 3
Kimberly bought 16 15 m of cloth. She used 25 m to make a cushion cover. She used 12 of the remaining cloth to make curtains. How much more cloth did she use to make the curtains than the cushion cover?
Level 3
Tom spent 27 of his salary on a television and 310 of his remaining money on a DVD player. If he was left with $630 himself, how much was his salary?
Level 3
Tricia used 25 of the ribbon to tie some presents. She threw away 47 of the remaining ribbon. As a result, she had 54 centimetres of ribbon left. How much ribbon did Tricia have at first? Give your answer in centimetres.
Level 3
During a family day event, Vivian participated in a cross country event. She ran 38 of the distance. She walked 14 of the remaining distance. As a result, she was still 360 m away from the end point. What was the distance of the cross country race? Give your answer in meters.
Level 3
Kathy bought some buttons. She gave 13 of the buttons to her cousin and sold 35 of the remaining buttons. After that, she bought another 33 buttons and had the same number of buttons that she bought at first. How many buttons did Kathy buy at first?
Level 3
Lee spent 18 of his money on balloons, 13 of the remaining money on a cake and $16 on drinks. He had 12 of his money. How much money did he have at first?
Level 3
At a school swimming event, 14 of the students were boys. Given that 25 of the girls and 35 of the boys did not know how to swim, how many students were there altogether if there were 154 swimmers at the event?
Level 3
There were 210 books in a bookstore. 57 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books. 23 of the fiction books and 56 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the bookstore?
Level 3
Figure A shows a rectangular container filled with some water and 8 identical blocks. The base area of the rectangular container is 448 cm2. Figure B shows the same container being turned upright. Find the volume of water in the container.
Level 3
Figure A shows a rectangular container filled with some water and 8 identical blocks. The base area of the rectangular container is 448 cm2. Figure B shows the same container being turned upright. Find the volume of water in the container.
Level 3
Erika spent 38 of her money on 6 notebooks and 10 post-it pads. The cost of one post-it pad was thrice the cost of one notebook. She bought some more post-it pads with 14 of her remaining money. How many post-it pads did Erika buy altogether?
Level 3
A stall was selling flowers. 13 of the earnings are from the sale of 9 lavenders and 17 sunflowers. Of the rest of the earnings, 34 are from the sale of lavenders and 14 are from the sale of sunflowers. Each sunflower costs thrice as much as each lavender. How many flowers were sold?
Level 3
In the figure not drawn to scale, 4 identical rectangles were placed around square ABCD to form a larger square, EFGH. The area of one rectangle is 12 cm2, and the area of ABCD is 14 of EFGH. Find the length of one rectangle.
Level 3
In the figure not drawn to scale, 4 identical rectangles were placed around square ABCD to form a larger square, EFGH. The area of one rectangle is 12 cm2, and the area of ABCD is 14 of EFGH. Find the length of one rectangle.
Level 3
The number of silver crayons is twice the number of blue crayons. The number of blue crayons is 14 more than the number of gold crayons. The total number of crayons is 138. The cost of each silver crayon is $3.80 and the cost of each gold crayon is $1.50. The total cost of all the crayons is $374.20.
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?
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Neave's shop sells shirts and blouses. A shirt is sold at $88 and a blouse is sold at 14 of the price of the shirt. On Sunday, Neave sold 89 of the items in his shop and collected $2244. 38 of the items sold were shirts. How many items were unsold after Sunday?
Level 3
A sum of $728 is divided among a group of people. 78 of the people receive $4 each, 13 of the remainder receive $3 each and the rest receive $2 each. How many people are there altogether?
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?
