Level 3
Jamie had 126 pens. 23 of them were blue pens and the rest were red pens. After she had given away some blue pens, the ratio of the number of blue pens to the number of red pens became 4 : 3. How many blue pens did she give away?
Level 3
Two hours ago, a stallholder started his day with some durians and apples in the ratio of 5 : 2. There were 100 apples. Some of the durians were bought by Mrs Olivia. As a result, the number of durians became 35 of the apples.
How many durians did the stallholder have left?
How many durians must the stallholder buy in order to have an equal number of durians and apples?
Level 3
Jade buys a coat, a vest, a sweater and a windbreaker. The average cost of these items is $36. The total cost of the sweater and the windbreaker is 35 of the total cost of the coat and the vest. If the coat costs $16.60 and the windbreaker costs $11.50, find the difference in cost between the vest and the sweater.
Level 3 23 of Sean's savings comprised of 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins. Sean used some 20-cent coins to purchase a toy. The number of 50-cent coins left was 50% more than the number of 20-cent coins left. Given that Sean had 100 more 50-cent coins than 20-cent coins left in the end, find the amount of money Sean spent on the toy.
Level 3
Annie had 23 as many stamps as Becky. The sum of the number of stamps Annie and Becky had was the same as the number of stamps that Callie had. After trading, Callie gave 20% of her stamps to Annie and received 25% of Becky's stamps. If Becky wanted to increase her number of stamps in the end by 25%, find the ratio of her number of stamps to the sum of Annie's and Callie's stamps in the end.
