Level 3
The length of ribbon A and ribbon B is 30.55 m. The total length of ribbon B, C and D is 58.93 m. The length of ribbons C, D and E is 64.53 m. Ribbon E is twice the length of ribbon A. Find the length of ribbon A. Give the answer in metres.
Level 3
A box containing 60 folders had a mass of 5.01 kg. A box containing 25 post-it-pads has a mass of 6.21 kg. The mass of each post-it-pad was thrice that of each folder. Find the mass of the empty box in grams.
Level 3
Marion had some red and pink marbles. If she gives away 16 red marbles, the number of red marbles will be 10% of the total number of marbles left. If she gives away 48 pink marbles, the number of red marbles will be 25% of the total number of marbles left.
Level 3
When an ice box is packed with 25 identical bottles of soda, it has a mass of 18.4 kg. When the ice box is packed with 30 identical packets of milo, it has a mass of 7.5 kg. A bottle of soda weighs 470 g more than a packet of milo. What is the mass of the empty ice box in kg?
Level 3
On Tuesday, Will read 37 of a novel. On Wednesday, he read 12 pages of the novel. On Thursday, he read 47 of the remaining book leaving 36 pages unread.
Level 3
Kylie had some shortbreads. She sold 34 of the shortbreads. She ate 13 of the remainder and an additional 4 more. She had 44 shortbreads left in the end. How many shortbreads did Kylie have at first?
Level 3
Reggie had some money. He spent 14 of his money and an additional $33 on books. He spent 56 of the remainder and an additional $11 on food. He had $14 left. How much money did he have at first?
Level 3
Penelope spent 18 of her money and an additional $21 on a sweater. She spent $9 less than 38 of the remainder on a shirt. She then spent $1 less than 12 of what was left on 4 pairs of jeans. She had $23 left in the end. How much did she spend altogether?
Level 3
Erika spent 38 of her money on 6 notebooks and 10 post-it pads. The cost of one post-it pad was thrice the cost of one notebook. She bought some more post-it pads with 14 of her remaining money. How many post-it pads did Erika buy altogether?
Level 3
A stall was selling flowers. 13 of the earnings are from the sale of 9 lavenders and 17 sunflowers. Of the rest of the earnings, 34 are from the sale of lavenders and 14 are from the sale of sunflowers. Each sunflower costs thrice as much as each lavender. How many flowers were sold?
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?
Level 3
The average weekly number of soft toys produced by Factory X and Y is 3486. The average weekly number of soft toys produced by Factory X and Z is 6586. If Factory Y produced 27 as many soft toys as Factory Z each week, how many soft toys does Factory X produce weekly?
Level 3
At the end of May, Xandra had thrice as many 20-cent coins as 50-cent coins in her piggy bank. She took out 70 20-cent coins and exchanged it for 50-cent coins of the same value. In June, she saved another 38 20-cent coins and some 50-cent coins. She then had four times as many 50-cent coins in the end. She had 500 coins in the end. How many 50-cent coins did she save in June?
Level 3
A fund-raising project lasted 2 weeks. In the first week, Team X raised 4 times as much money as Team Y. ln the second week, Team X raised another $240 while Team Y raised another $160. The total amount raised by Team X was thrice as much money as the total amount raised by Team Y. What was the total amount of money raised by the two teams?
Level 3
Samantha had twice as many pens as notebooks at first. She removed 4 pens and 3 notebooks each time. In the end, there were 18 pens and 1 notebook left. How many pens and notebooks did Samantha have at first?
Level 3
Andy had 4 times as much money as Julian. After Andy spent $164 and Julian spent $38, Julian had thrice as much money as Andy. How much did Andy and Julian have altogether at first?
Level 3
Eric had an equal number of cream scones, strawberry scones and vanilla scones. After he ate 28 cream scones, some strawberry scones and vanilla scones, there were 55 scones left. The number of strawberry scones he ate was thrice the number of vanilla scones he ate. The number of strawberry scones left was 22 more than the number of cream scones left. How many cream scones were there at first?
