Level 3
Eli had 60 red beads and 40 green beads. Eli gave away 30% of her red beads and 55% of her green beads. What percentage of her beads left was green?
3 m
Level 3
There was an equal number of tables and chairs in the morning. At noon, some tables were added and some chairs were removed, resulting in the number of tables being increased by 20% while the number of chairs decreased by 30%. At 7 p.m. the number of tables increased by 50%. If a total of 32 tables were added during the day, how many more tables than chairs were there in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Evelyn bought 50% more hair clips than Linda. Tammy bought 10% fewer hair clips than Evelyn. Evelyn and Linda gave Tammy some hair clips in the ratio 7 : 2. As a result, Tammy had twice as much hair clips as before. Given that Linda had 15 more hair clips than Evelyn in the end, how much hair clips did Evelyn give to Tammy?
5 m
Level 3
Nicole bought 2 pairs of shoes at the store and paid a total amount of $262.15 including 7% GST.
  1. How much did the 2 pairs of shoes cost before GST?
  2. The usual price for Nicole's second pair of shoes was $190 before GST. What was the usual price of her first pair of shoes before GST?
4 m
Level 3
  1. Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
  2. Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
4 m
Level 3
At the pet shelter, the rabbit population increased by 20% in the second month and then by a further 30% in the next 2 months. If there were 585 rabbits in the end, how many rabbits were there at the pet shelter at first?
4 m
Level 3
Belinda made a profit of 50% from the sale of a dress and a profit of 80% from the sale of a shirt. The total profit she made from the two items was $91. She later sold a similar dress at a discount of 20% off the advertised price. Her total profit for the three items then increased to $121.
  1. Find the profit made on the shirt.
  2. How much did she sell the shirt for?
4 m
Level 3
Madam Naz made pies for sale. 45% of the pies were chicken pies and the rest were potato and sardine pies in the ratio 3 : 1. If a customer bought 75% of the chicken pies and all of the sardine pies, what percentage of the potato pies must Madam Naz sell for her to maintain the original percentage of chicken pies at first? Leave your answer in mixed numbers.
5 m
Level 3
Tim's and Natalie's monthly allowances were the same at first. Tim's allowance increased by 50% while Natalie's increased by 20%. Given that Tim's allowance would increase by another 20% if he had received $300 more from his father, find the difference in the children's monthly allowances.
5 m
Level 3
Leonard had $80 more than his sister. After Leonard spent 25% of his money and his sister spent 75% of her money, they still had $420 left altogether.
  1. How much did Leonard have left in the end?
  2. Express the amount of money his sister had left as a fraction of the amount of money Leonard had in the end. (Give your answer in the simplest form)
5 m