Level 3
Daniel had to solve some Science questions during a 3-week school holidays. At the end of the first week, the ratio of the number of questions solved to the number of questions unsolved was 3 : 7. At the end of the second week, Daniel solved another 36 questions and the number of unsolved questions became 14 of the total number of questions. How many questions did Daniel need to solve on the third week to complete his assignment?
4 m
Level 3
Janet wanted to finish reading a 231-page book by the end of the week. On Monday she read 37 of the book and by Friday the ratio of the number of pages read to the total number of pages was 9 : 11. Find the number of pages Janet would need to read during the weekend in order for her to complete the entire book.
4 m
Level 3
At a fruit stall, 280 mangoes were sold in the morning and 35 of the remaining mangoes were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of mangoes left became 16 of the total number of mangoes at first. Given that the mangoes were sold at $2.50 in packs of six mangoes, how much did the fruit stall receive from the sale of the mangoes in the afternoon?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of the number of papayas to the number of peaches that a fruit seller had was 5 : 11. After he sold half of the peaches, there were a total of 252 papayas and peaches left at the fruit stall.
  1. How many papayas were there at the stall?
  2. If he sold the remaining peaches in bags of 6 at $3.50 per bag, how much would he receive for them?
4 m
Level 3
The number of red grapes is the same as the number of green grapes in a bag. After removing 14 of the grapes, there were 36 red grapes and 54 green grapes left in the bag. Then another 20 red grapes and 20 green grapes were removed and there were 512 of the grapes left in the end. How many red grapes were removed altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Adam and Bryan have some money in the ratio of 5 : 4
After Adam gives 12 of his money to Bryan,
Bryan has $400 more than Adam in the end.
  1. How much does Bryan have at first?
  2. How much does Adam have in the end?
  3. How much does Adam give to Bryan?
4 m
Level 3
Adam has some money.
Adam spends $300 on some stickers and
80% of the remainder on some marbles.
In the end, he has 18 of the total amount left.
  1. How much does Adam have at first?
  2. How much more does Adam spend on marbles than on stickers?
3 m
Level 3
Adam and Bryan have a total of $220.
Adam spends 13 of his money and
Bryan spends $30 of his money.
The ratio of Adam's money to Bryan's money becomes 5 : 2.
  1. How much does Bryan have at first?
  2. How much does Adam have in the end?
3 m
Level 3
Benedict cycled to his bakery with 16 trays of eggs. There were 24 eggs in each tray. He fell on his way and broke 13 of the eggs. He sold 58 of the good eggs and put the remaining eggs equally into 12 small baskets. How many eggs did he put into each basket?
3 m
Level 3
There were an equal number of boys in Class A and Class B. 34 of the pupils in Class A are boys and 17 of the pupils in Class B are girls. Given that there are a total of 12 girls in the two classes, how many pupils are there in Class B?
3 m
Level 3
Luis drew lines to form triangles and stars. He drew 7 more triangles and stars. The number of lines drawn for the triangles was the same as the number of lines drawn for the stars. What fraction of the shapes that Luis had drawn were stars?
3 m
Level 3
Mrs. Ben made 248 more white chocolate cookies than dark chocolate cookies. After she gave away 57 of the white chocolate cookies and 13 of the dark chocolate cookies, there were an equal number of white chocolate cookies and dark chocolate cookies left. How many white chocolate cookies did she give away?
3 m
Level 3
Ming Huat had 255 watermelons and 240 oranges at first. He used 35 of the watermelons and 34 of the oranges. He then bought some more oranges. In the end, 18 of the fruits he had left were watermelons. How many oranges did he buy?
3 m
Level 3
A shop had 30 violins and some guitars. During a sale. 13 of the violins and 15 of the guitars were sold. 64 guitars were left unsold.
  1. How many violins were sold?
  2. How many violins and guitars were sold altogether?
3 m
Level 3
Andy, Benjamin and Caleb had a total of 698 cards at first. After a week, the number of Andy's cards became 3 times the number of cards he had at first. The number of Benjamin's cards decreased by 138. Caleb had half as many cards as he had at first. In the end, the three boys had the same number of cards.
  1. How many cards did Caleb have at first?
  2. What was the total number of cards that the three boys had in the end?
5 m
Level 3
A shop owner had three boxes, containing a total of 1500 plastic cups. The number of plastic cups in Box A to the total number of plastic cups was 3 : 10. He sold 330 plastic cups from Box B and sold 13 of the plastic cups in Box C. The number of plastic cups left in Box B to the number of plastic cups left in Box C was 3 : 1. How many plastic cups were there in Box B at first?
5 m
Level 3
25 of the crayons in a bag were red and the rest were blue and yellow. 20% of the blue crayons and 12% of the yellow crayons were thrown away. There was an equal number of blue and yellow crayons left. If there were 352 blue and yellow crayons left,
  1. what was the number of red crayons?
  2. what was the total number of crayons in the bag at first?
5 m
Level 3
Jeremy has a crate containing some red and green grapes. If he adds in 10 bunches of red grapes, 0.6 of the bunches of grapes in the carton will be green grapes. If he adds in 30 bunches of green grapes, 34 of the bunches of grapes in the carton will be green grapes. How many bunches of grapes are there in crate?
5 m
Level 3
Carla had 384 stamps. Nicky had 34 of what Carla had. After Carla used some of his stamps and Nicky used 13 of his stamps, Carla had 23 as many stamps left as Nicky.
  1. How many stamps did Nicky have at first?
  2. How many stamps did Carla use?
4 m
Level 3
There are 177 boys and girls altogether. 23 of the number of boys is 18 more than the number of girls.
  1. How many boys are there?
  2. How many more boys than girls are there?
4 m