Level 3
There are 2 groups of workers in a factory. There are 5 more workers in the first group than the second group. Each worker in the first group makes 4 toys in a minute but each worker in the second group makes only 3 toys in a minute. Both groups make a total of 4140 toys in an hour.
  1. How many workers are there in the first group?
  2. How many workers are there in the second group?
4 m
Level 3
Daniel's age is 19 of his uncle's. His uncle will be 41 years old in 5 years' time. In how many years' time will Daniel's age be 37 of his uncle's?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Poh is 30 years older than his son. 5 years from now, his son will be 13 of his age while his daughter will be 35 of his son's age. Express his daughter's present age as a fraction of Mr Poh's present age. Leave your answer in its simplest form.
4 m
Level 3
Gabby had five times as many pencils as staplers. After giving away 20 pencils and selling 47 pencils, she found out that she had four times as many pencils as staplers left.
  1. How many pencils did Gabby have at first?
  2. How many pencils and staplers did Gabby have altogether at first?
4 m
Level 3
There were 350 adults enrolled in the Adult Cooking School in 2009. 27 of the adults were women. Additional adults joined the cooking school in 2010. For every 2 women who joined the cooking school, 1 man joined the cooking school. If there was an equal number of men and women in 2010, how many men joined the school in that year?
4 m
Level 3
Terry had a total of 430 red and blue balloons. After giving away 59 of the red balloons and 66 blue balloons, there was an equal number of red and blue balloons left. How many red balloons did he have at first?
4 m
Level 3
At first, there were 410 more men than women at an exhibition. At lunch time, a total of 250 men and women left the exhibition. There were as many men as women who left the exhibition. In the end, there were 3 times as many men as women who remained behind. How many men were at the exhibition at first?
4 m
Level 3
Nicola used 47 of her red stickers and 35 of her blue stickers to decorate her diary. In the end, she had an equal number of red stickers and blue stickers left. Given that Nicola had a total of 377 red and blue stickers at first, how many blue stickers did she use to decorate the diary?
4 m
Level 3
Winnie and Neave went shopping with a total of $44. After Winnie spent 13 of her money and Neave spent 34 of his money, they each had an equal amount of money left. How much money did they spend altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Andrew had a number of oranges. He could pack all his oranges equally into 25 boxes. If he packed 3 fewer oranges in each box, he would be able to pack all his oranges equally into 30 boxes. How many oranges did Andrew have altogether?
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