Level 3
The number of lemons a fruit seller bought in December was 30% more than in November. In January, he bought 50% less lemons than in December. If there were 3577 more lemons in November than January, how many lemons did the fruit seller buy in November?
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Level 3
Some adult passengers are on a coach. If 25 tourists alight from the coach, the percentage of locals will increase from 15% to 40%. How many passengers are there in the coach?
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Level 3
In a box, there are some mangosteens and lemons. If 80 more lemons are put into the box, the percentage of mangosteens will decrease from 70% to 30%. How many mangosteens are there in the box?
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Level 3
A store owner had 505 kg of fresh honeydews. The honeydews contained 60% water when fresh. One week later, there was only 50% water left in the honeydews. What was the mass of the honeydews one week later?
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Level 3
60% of the pupils are boys. 40% of the boys and 40% of the girls wear cardigans. What percentage of the pupils do not wear cardigans?
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Level 3
Adam wants to buy a TV set.
The usual price of the TV set is $1000.
There is a storewide promotional discount of 20%.
As a privileged card member, he is entitled to another 10% discount of the discounted price.
How much does he pay for the TV set in all?
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Level 3
Carl was fixing a jigsaw puzzle. By the second day, the number of pieces he fixed was 20% of the number of pieces unfixed. After another 8 days, he fixed another 196 pieces and the number of unfixed pieces he was left with was 20% of the number of pieces fixed. How many pieces were left unfixed?
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Level 3
Henry, Jack and Liam sold some calculators. Liam sold 30% of the total number of calculators sold by Jack and Henry. Henry sold 20% of the total number of calculators sold by Jack and Liam. Jack sold 87 more calculators than Liam. Find the total number of calculators sold by all the boys.
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Level 3
Kate and Yvonne collected stamps. Kate gave 30% of her stamps to Yvonne and as a result, Yvonne's stamps increased by 70%. If Kate had 294 stamps left, find the total number of stamps the two girls had at first.
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Level 2
Adam wants to buy a TV set. The usual price of the TV set is $1000.
As a privileged card member, he is entitled to a discount of 10%.
He needs to pay a GST of 5%.
  1. How much is the GST?
  2. How much does he pay for the TV set in all?
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