Level 3
A bag of 280 sweets were distributed to a group of boys and girls. Each boy received 3 sweets and each girl received 5 sweets. Given that there were thrice as many boys as girls, how many boys were there in the group?
Level 3
Mr Lim employed some welders and painters for his construction site. A painter was paid $20 a day and a welder was paid $35 a day. Given that he employed 4 times as many welders as painters and a total of $1280 was paid to these workers for the day, how many more welders than painters did Mr Lim employ for his site?
Level 3 Last month, Tim and Jen had the same amount of savings. This month, Jen saves $1800. As a result, she now has 5 times as much savings as Tim. What are their total savings now?
Level 3
A fruit stall had 3 times as many apples as oranges. After 15 oranges were sold, the number of apples became 12 times the number of the remaining oranges. How many oranges were there at the fruit stall at first?
Level 3
A fruit stall had 3 times as many apples as oranges. After 15 oranges were added, the number of apples became twice the number of the oranges. How many oranges were there at the fruit stall at first?
Level 3
Lisa and Terry had the same number of sweets at first. Lisa gave 15 sweets to her sister. In the end, Terry had four times as many sweets as Lisa. How many sweets did Lisa have at first?
Level 3
Jennifer had 12 more pies than Clara at first. After Jennifer ate 4 pies, she had twice as many pies as Clara in the end. How many pies did Clara have?
Level 3
A fruit stall had 3 times as many apples as oranges. After 6 apples were added, the number of apples became 12 more than the number of oranges. How many oranges were there at the fruit stall at first?
Level 3
Janice had 32 more sweets than Rebecca at first. After Rebecca had eaten 14 of her sweets, Janice had thrice as many sweets as Rebecca. How many sweets did Janice have at first?
Level 2
Alice bought 30 beads. Bethany bought 8 times as many beads and gave all the beads out to her 5 friends equally. How many beads did each friend receive?
