Level 3
Wendy has a bag containing some violet and blue lollipops. If she adds in 15 violet lollipops, 25% of the lollipops in the bag are blue. If she adds in another 25 blue lollipops, 40% of the lollipops in the bag are blue. How many violet lollipops are in the bag?

Level 3
Three women, Mrs Zhang, Mrs Lin and Mrs Yap went on a shopping spree. 30% of Mrs Zhang's spending is equal to ¹₅ of Mrs Lin's spending. Mrs Yap's spending is 40% more than Mrs Lin's. If Mrs Lin spends another $804, she will spend the same amount of money as Mrs Yap.

1. Find the ratio of Mrs Zhang's spending to Mrs Lin's to Mrs Yap's.
2. How much did Mrs Zhang spend?

Level 3
Tank E contained 4 times as many guppies as Tank F. When 10% of the guppies in Tank E and 10% of the guppies in Tank F were transferred to Tank G, Tank G had 120 guppies, which was 20% more guppies than before. How many less guppies were there in Tank F than Tank E in the end?

Level 3
Ken has 30% more stamps than Vincent. Tim has 80% the number of stamps Ken has.

1. What is the ratio of the number of Vincent's stamps to the number of Tim's stamps?
2. If the total number of stamps of Ken's and Tim's is 150 more than Vincent's, how many stamps does Ken have?

Level 3
The auditorium had 1050 seats. There were 25% fewer $40-seats than $5-seats. 50% of the $5-seats and some $40-seats were sold. A total of $16180 was collected. How many seats were unsold?

Level 3
One minute ago, 80% of the students in a parade square were girls. 143 more students entered the parade square. As a result, the number of girls increased by 40% and the number of boys increased by 60%. How many students are in the parade square now?

Level 3
Eva's salary is 30% more than Betty's salary. When their salaries are increased by 60%, their combined salaries will be $11040. How much was Eva's salary before the increase?

Level 3
¹₅ of the guests at a stadium were women. 80% of the remaining guests were men and the rest were children. The number of men was 476 more than the total number of women and children. After some men left the stadium, 20% of the guests that remained were men. How many men left the stadium?

Level 3
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?

Level 3
A basket contained violet and purple buttons. There were 60% more violet buttons than purple buttons. When 248 more buttons were poured into the basket, the amount of violet buttons increased by 40% and the amount of purple buttons grew by 60%. How many buttons were in the basket at first?

Level 3
Peter has 70% as many marbles as George. If Peter gives away 50% of the marbles and George gives away 75% of his marbles, they will have 444 marbles altogether. How many marbles do the two of them have?

Level 3
On a shelf, there were 28 T-shirts and hoodies. Mr Lin spilt hot chocolate on the shelf and stained 50% of the hoodies and 20% of the T-shirts. If 20 T-shirts and hoodies were still clean, how many stained hoodies were there?

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?

Level 3
Tim had 40% more muffins than Rael. Tim gave 20% of his muffins to Rael. Rael in return gave 50% of his muffins to Tim. In the end, Rael had 448 less muffins than Tim. How many muffins did Tim have at first?

Level 3
Ethan had 40% as many beads as Ben. After Ethan and Ben bought another 50 beads and 15 beads respectively, Ethan had 50% more beads than Ben. How many beads did Ethan have at first?

Level 3
Mrs Yap had 40% more books than Mdm Zhang. Miss Lin had 20% fewer books than Mrs Yap. Mrs Yap and Mdm Zhang gave Miss Lin some books in the ratio of 1 : 4. As a result, Miss Lin had 50% more books than before. Given that Miss Lin had 423 more books than Mdm Zhang in the end, how many books did Mrs Yap give to Miss Lin?

Level 3
At an event held at the stadium, 80% of the audience were adults. The female audience was made up of 70% of the children and 30% of the adults. There were 64 more girls than boys.

1. How many people went to the stadium in total?
2. Some women left before the event ended, after which 20% of the remaining people at the stadium were women. How many women left the stadium before it ended?

Level 3
There were some avocados in 3 boxes, E, F and G. 30% of the number of avocados in Box E was equal to 60% of the number of avocados in Box F. The number of avocados in Box G was 60% of the total number of avocados in Box E and F. After Oscar removed 20% of the avocados in Box G, there were 88 more avocados in Box F than in Box G. In the end, how many avocados should be transferred from Box F to Box G so that the avocados in Box G would be the same as Box E?

Level 3
20% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 80% of the spectators are adults and there are 3900 more adults spectators than children spectators. How many adult spectators must leave so that 25% of the people in the concert are adult spectators?

Level 3
Last month Mr Zhang gave his wife, Anna $4000 for household expenditure. Anna spent 60% of the sum on rental, 30% on food and saved the rest. This month, Mr Zhang reduced the sum he gave to Anna. Anna spent the same amount on rental and reduced the amount she spent on food by 30%. She saved the remaining 10% of the sum given to her this month. By what percentage was the sum given to Anna reduced?