Level 3
Jake used 54 sticks to make a total of 9 octagons and pentagons. An octagon is made by 8 sticks and a pentagon is made by 5 sticks. How many of each type of shapes did he make?
  1. Number of octagons
  2. Number of pentagons
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Level 3
There are 160 motorcycles and vans parked at a 2-storey parking space. Given that the total number of tyres was 590, find the number of vans parked at the 2-storey parking space.
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Level 3
In a class of 50 pupils, each boy received 4 lollipops and each girl received 3 lollipops from their teacher. Given that the teacher distributed 170 lollipops, find the number of boys in the class.
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Level 3
Michelle has 17 birds and dogs in total. If she counted 48 legs in all, how many dogs are there?
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Level 3
There were 28 motorcycles and cars parked in a car park. The motorcycles and cars had a total of 100 wheels. How many motorcycles were there in the car park.
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Level 3
In a class of 36 students, each boy received 5 lollipops and each girl received 3 lollipops from their teacher. The teacher gave out 132 lollipops. How many boys were there in the class?
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Level 3
Benedict used 84 sticks to make a total of 22 triangles and pentagons. A triangle was made using 3 sticks and a pentagon was made using 5 sticks. How many pentagons were there?
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Level 3
Shauna participated in one math quiz. There were 20 questions in the quiz. She scored 3 points for every question answered correctly. However, 2 points would be deducted for every question answered wrongly. How many questions did Shauna answer correctly if she scored 35 points?
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Level 3
A swordfish costs $3 and a goldfish costs $5. Mr Yu spent $62 on 16 fishes. How many swordfishes did he buy?
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Level 2
There are 100 cars and motorcycles in a car park. How many cars are there if there are 294 wheels altogether?
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Level 3
Wesley was asked to deliver 51 crystal bowls. For each crystal bowl safely delivered, he was paid $10. For each broken crystal bowl, he had to pay $18. If he was paid $90, how many crystal bowls were broken?
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Level 3
A group of 22 adults and children went to a bird park. Each adult ticket cost $8 and each child ticket cost $5. The group paid a total of $143 for the tickets. How many adults went to the bird park?
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Level 3
There were 35 children in a team. Each boy was given 5 cupcakes and each girl was given 3 cupcakes. In all, 79 more cupcakes were given to the boys than the girls. How many boys were there?
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Level 3
There were a total of 61 questions in a Science quiz. 4 marks were awarded for each correct answer and 1 marks were deducted for each wrong answer. Cathy answered all the questions and scored 104 marks. How many more correct answers than wrong answers did she answer?
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Level 3
There were a total of 88 questions in a Maths test. 10 marks were awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks were deducted for each incorrect answer or each incomplete answer. Betty could not complete all the questions in time and left the last 11 questions blank. She scored 472 marks. How many more correct answers than wrong answers did she answer?
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Level 3
A ferry can carry a maximum of 35 adults or 40 children. A ticket for an adult cost $45 and a ticket for a child cost $20. A group of adults and children took 3 such ferries at maximum load on a ferry trip. They paid a total of $3795 for the tickets.
  1. How many adults were there?
  2. How many children were there?
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Level 3
A ferry can carry a maximum of 30 adults or 50 children. A ticket for an adult cost $60 and a ticket for a child cost $35. A group of adults and children took 2 such ferries at maximum load on a ferry trip. The total amount paid for the adults was $1115 more than the total amount paid for the children.
  1. How many adults were there?
  2. How many children were there?
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