Level 3
The number of lemons is 5 times as many as the number of durians. After buying another 23 lemons and 111 durians, the number of lemons is the same as the number of durians. What is the number of lemons at first?
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Level 3
Tom bought a watch and a belt. The watch cost $19. The belt cost 3 times as much as the watch.
  1. How much did the belt cost?
  2. How much did Tom pay altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Andy had 4 times as many books as Sean . After Andy and Sean donated 107 books and 20 books away respectively, they were left with an equal number of books. How many books did Andy have at first?
4 m
Level 3
The total volume of water in the 3 jugs is 960 mℓ. Jug X has thrice the volume of water as Jug Y. Jug Z has twice the volume of water in Jug X. Find the volume of water in Jug Z in mℓ.
4 m
Level 3
Abi had 4 times as much money as Joelle. After Abi and Joelle spent $62 and $8 respectively, they were left with an equal amount of money. How much money did Abi have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Melissa and Joyce went on a tour together. Melissa brought twice as much money as Joyce. After Melissa had spent $800 and Joyce had spent $240, they had an equal amount of money left. How much money did each of them have at first?
  1. Joyce
  2. Melissa
4 m
Level 3
The total mass of 2 encyclopedias and 3 comic books is 17 kg. Each encyclopedia weighs 3 kg 500 g more than each comic book. What is the mass of 1 comic book? Express the answer in grams.
4 m
Level 3
A lace is twice as long as an umbrella. The umbrella is thrice as long as the stick. The total length of the lace and the umbrella is 3 m 6 cm. Find the total length of the lace, the umbrella and the stick. Give your answer in m and cm.
4 m
Level 3
Asher had 4 times as many blue files as pink files. After giving away 10 blue files and buying another 17 pink files, he had an equal number of blue and pink files. How many blue files did Asher have at first?
4 m
Level 3
There were thrice as many boys as girls in a gathering. After 12 boys had left the party and another 20 girls had joined the party, there was an equal number of boys and girls in the end. Find the number of boys at first.
4 m
Level 3
Donna took 25 min to complete her Science assignment. She took 7 times as long to making her report presentation. Find the total amount of time she spent doing her Science assignment and making her report presentation. (Give the answer in hours and minutes.)
4 m
Level 3
Jake spent 1 h 30 min to trim and water the plants in his garden. He took twice as long to trim the plants than to water the plants. How long did he spend watering the plants?
4 m
Level 3
A farm had the same number of sheep, cows and geese. After selling 43 cows and buying another 147 geese, the farm now has 3 times as many geese as cows. How many sheep does the farm have?
4 m
Level 3
Gabriel had thrice as much money as Helen. After Gabriel spent $16 and Helen spent $4, Gabriel had $18 more than Helen. How much did Gabriel have in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Tan bought some chairs, tables and lamps for her new cafe. She bought twice as many chairs as lamps. There were 133 lamps. She also bought 27 fewer tables than chairs.
  1. How many chairs did she buy?
  2. How many tables did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
Marie had the same number of red, green and blue beads at first. After giving some red and green beads and 108 blue beads away, Marie had 250 beads left. There were 2 times as many red beads as green beads left. The number of blue beads left was 50 fewer than the number of red beads left. How many blue beads did she have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Lynn collected 550 stamps. Michelle collected 65 stamps more than Lynn. Michelle collected 3 times as many stamps as Nigel. How many stamps did Nigel collect?
4 m
Level 3
Gordon had $108 more than Henry. Every day, Gordon would spend 3 times as much money as Henry. After 4 days, Gordon and Henry were left with equal amount of money. How much did Gordon spend every day?
4 m
Level 3
A conference was held three times a day. 2105 people attended the morning session. 1234 fewer people attended the afternoon session. In the evening, the number of people who attended was 3 times as many as those who went in the afternoon. How many people attended the conference in the evening?
4 m
Level 3
There were 3 times as many boys as girls in the school hall at first. After 12 boys left and 8 girls entered hall, there were 4 more boys than girls remaining in the hall. What was the number of boys in the hall at first?
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