Level 3
Pauline bought 200 blue and red balloons for a party. The number of red balloons was 35 times as many as the number of blue balloons. Pauline used 13 times as many red balloons as blue balloons and was left with twice as many red balloons as blue balloons. How many balloons did Pauline have in the end?
5 m
Level 3
Miki, Natalie and Ollie each had some beads and decided to play a game with their beads. In round 1, Miki lost 12 of her beads to Natalie. In round 2, Natalie lost 12 of her total number of beads to Ollie. In round 3, Ollie lost 12 of her total number of beads to Miki. In the end, Miki, Natalie and Ollie had 124, 88 and 68 beads respectively. How many beads did Natalie have at first?
5 m
Mrs Tay had an equal number of pears and apples at first. She sold half of the apples and bought another 42 pears. In the end, she had thrice as many pears as apples. Find the number of apples she had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Betty and Caili had an equal number of beads at first. Betty used 12 of her beads and Caili used 16 of her beads. They used 16 beads altogether. How many beads did Caili have in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Henry and Imran had the same number of playing cards. Henry gave away 45 of his playing cards while Imran gave away 57 of his playing cards. Given that Henry gave away 12 playing cards more than Imran, how many playing cards did Henry have at first?
4 m