Level 2
Mark and Nick shared some beads in the ratio of 4 : 7. After both each gave away 47 beads to their younger brother, the ratio of the number of beads Mark had to the total number of beads left was 1 : 3. How many beads did the two boys have at first?
2 m
Level 2
Mr George is 3 times as old as his son, Nick. 6 years ago, the ratio in the age of Mr George and Nick was 7 : 2. Find Nick's current age.
2 m
Level 2
Fill in the blanks.
Adam is 10 years old and
Bryan is 2 years old.

  1. Difference in their age now = _____
  2. Difference in their age when Adam is thrice the age of Bryan = _____ u
  3. In how many years' time will Adam be thrice the age of Bryan?
  4. How old will Adam be when he will be thrice the age of Bryan?
4 m
Level 2
Fill in the blanks.
Adam is 50 years old and
Bryan is 40 years old.

  1. Difference in their age now = _____
  2. Difference in their age when Adam was thrice the age of Bryan = _____ u
  3. In how many years before was Adam thrice the age of Bryan?
  4. How old was Adam when he was thrice the age of Bryan?
4 m
Level 2
Fill in the blanks.
Adam has twice as many stickers as Bryan.
Both give away 10 stickers each.
In the end, Adam has thrice as many stickers as Bryan.

  1. Difference in the number of stickers between Adam and Bryan = _____ u
  2. Number of stickers that Adam and Bryan have in the end = _____ u
  3. Number of stickers that Adam gives away = _____ u
  4. 1 u = _____ 
4 m
Level 2
Fill in the blanks.
Adam has thrice as many stickers as Bryan.
Both receive 10 stickers each.
In the end, Adam has twice as many stickers as Bryan.

  1. Difference in the number of stickers between Adam and Bryan = _____ u
  2. Number of stickers that Adam and Bryan have in the end = _____ u
  3. Number of stickers that Adam receives = _____ u
  4. 1 u = _____ 
4 m
Level 3
Yvonne baked 140 cupcakes. 35 of the cupcakes were vanilla cupcakes. The rest were milo cupcakes. She gave an equal number of vanilla cupcakes and milo cupcakes away and had 5 times as many vanilla cupcakes as milo cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did she give away?
3 m
Level 3
Shop X had 68 kg of salt and Shop Y had 128 kg of salt. After both shops sold an equal amount of salt, Shop X had 25 as much salt as Shop Y. How much salt did both shops sell?
3 m
Level 3
Lisa's and Natalie's savings were in the ratio of 4 : 9. Both of them shared the cost of their grandfather's gift equally. Lisa's remaining savings was 14 as much as Natalie's savings. What percentage of her savings did Lisa spend? Correct the answer to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 2
George's age is 25 his brother's age now. In 16 years' time, his age will be 23 that of his brother's. How old is George now?
2 m