Level 3
A store owner had coconuts and papayas. The ratio of coconuts to papayas was 5 : 2. After 12 of the coconuts and 18 papayas were sold, there were 2 times as many coconuts as papayas left. How many coconuts and papayas were there at first?
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Level 3
Isabelle had $574 less than Jane. Jane spent 35 of her money and Isabelle spent 34 of her money. In the end, Jane had 3 times as much as Isabelle. Find the amount of money Isabelle had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Eva and Fiona went shopping with a total of $200. After Eva spent 34 of her money and Fiona spent $46, the ratio of Fiona's money became 3 times as much as Eva's money. Find the ratio of Eva's money to Fiona's money at first.
4 m
Level 3
Cathy had some coin collection. 14 of them were red and the rest were yellow. She gave away 135 of the yellow coins and 50% of the red coins. She then had 15 of her coin collection left. How many coins did Cathy give away?
4 m
Level 3
Liam had 57 as many 20-cent coins as 1-dollar coins in his piggy bank. Each time, four 20-cent coins and six 1-dollar coins were taken out from the piggy bank. In the end, only seven 20-cent coins and four 1-dollar coins were left in the piggy bank. How many more 1-dollar coins than 20-cent coins were there in the piggy bank at first?
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Level 3
Aunt Tina baked 50 less cookies than muffins. After she gave 35 of the muffins and 0.7 of the cookies to Cathy, she was left with 88 fewer cookies than muffins. How many muffins did she bake?
4 m
Level 3
Lisa had 740 more candies than Anna. Lisa used 56 of her candies and Anna used 12 of her candies. In the end, Lisa had 2 times as much as Anna. Find the number of candies Anna had at first.
4 m
Level 3
A fruit seller sells only soursops and avocados. The ratio of soursops to avocados is 5 : 4. A total of 68 fruits are added. The number of soursops becomes 2 times as many as before and the number of avocados becomes 4 times as many as before. How many fruits are there in the end?
5 m
Level 3
Rael, Peter and Zane had a total of 839 erasers. The ratio of Peter's erasers to Zane's erasers was 4 : 3 at first. Rael and Peter each gave away 12 of their erasers. Given that the three boys had 502 erasers left, how many erasers did Rael have at first?
4 m
Level 3
25% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 60% of the spectators are adults and there are 420 less child spectators than adult spectators. How many adult spectators must join so that 56% of the people are adult spectators?
4 m
Level 3
15 of the guests at a stadium were women. 80% of the remaining guests were men and the rest were children. The number of men was 476 more than the total number of women and children. After some men left the stadium, 20% of the guests that remained were men. How many men left the stadium?
4 m
Level 3
Peter has 70% as many marbles as George. If Peter gives away 50% of the marbles and George gives away 75% of his marbles, they will have 444 marbles altogether. How many marbles do the two of them have?
4 m
Level 3
There were some grapefruits and durians in Container A and Container B. In Container A, the ratio of the grapefruits to the number of durians was 3 : 1. In Container B, the ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of durians was 3 : 2. There were 2 times as many fruits in Container A as in Container B. After 56 durians were put into Container B, the ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of durians in Container B became 1 : 2. How many fruits were there in Container A?
5 m
Level 3
Three cartons, A, B and C, contained 382 marbles. Hazel added some marbles into Carton A and the number of marbles in Carton A tripled. He took out half of the number of marbles from Carton B and added another 98 marbles into Carton C. As a result, the ratio of the number of marbles in Carton A, Carton B and Carton C became 6 : 2 : 9. What was the ratio of the number of marbles in Carton B to the total number of marbles in Carton A and Carton C at first? Give the answer in its lowest term.
4 m
Level 3
The figure, not drawn to scale, is made up of Square A and Rectangles B and C. The area of Square A is 89 of the total area of Rectangles B and C. 14 of Square A is shaded. 14 of Rectangle B is shaded. 16 of Rectangle C is shaded. What fraction of the figure is shaded?
4 m
Level 3
At a fun fair, there were 3 times as many males as females. 59 of the males were boys and the rest were men. 23 of the females were women and the rest were girls. Given that there were 104 more boys than girls, how many children were there altogether?
4 m
Level 3
12 of the pupils in a school were girls and the rest were boys. 25 of the girls and 23 of the boys took part in a school event. 364 pupils did not take part. How many more girls were needed to take part in the school event so that it would be equal to the same number of boys who took part in the event?
4 m
Level 3
John spent 37 of his salary and gave $880 to his wife. Of the remaining amount, he saved 15 of it and gave 310 of it to his parents. He then donated 23 of what he had left away and gave the remaining $56 to his daughter. What was John's salary?
4 m
Level 3
A total of 846 white rulers and violet rulers are in a container. The ratio of white rulers to violet rulers was 1 : 2. Some pink rulers and yellow rulers were put into the container. For every 4 violet rulers that were already in the container, 14 yellow ones were added. Then the final number of white rulers and pink rulers was 12 the final number of violet rulers and yellow rulers. Find the total number of pink and yellow rulers.
5 m
Level 3
England and Thailand took part in Youth Games. From England, the ratio of the number of male supporters to the number of female supporters was 1 : 3. From Thailand, the ratio of the number of male supporters to the number of female supporters was 3 : 5. The total number of supporters from England was 25 the total number of supporters from Thailand.
  1. What was the ratio of the number of male supporters from England to the total number of male supporters from both countries? Express the answer in the simplest form.
  2. After 1956 male supporters from both countries left, the percentage of all the female supporters became 74%. How many more female supporters from Thailand than England were there at first?
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