Level 3
Jane gave 10% of her collection of pens to Colleen thereby increasing Colleen's collection by 25%. If Jane had 45 pens left, how many pens did Collen have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs. Ben made 248 more white chocolate cookies than dark chocolate cookies. After she gave away 57 of the white chocolate cookies and 13 of the dark chocolate cookies, there were an equal number of white chocolate cookies and dark chocolate cookies left. How many white chocolate cookies did she give away?
3 m
Level 3
A thin wire, 132 cm long, is bent to form Figure 1 which consists of a square and a rectangle. If the wire does not overlap and the breadth of the rectangle is one third its length, what is the perimeter of the figure?
3 m
Level 3
Ming Huat had 255 watermelons and 240 oranges at first. He used 35 of the watermelons and 34 of the oranges. He then bought some more oranges. In the end, 18 of the fruits he had left were watermelons. How many oranges did he buy?
3 m
Level 3
A shop had 30 violins and some guitars. During a sale. 13 of the violins and 15 of the guitars were sold. 64 guitars were left unsold.
  1. How many violins were sold?
  2. How many violins and guitars were sold altogether?
3 m
Level 3
A burger cost three times as much as a sandwich at a cafe. Mr Lim spent 14 of his money on some sandwiches and half of the remaining sum on 2 burgers. He had $30 left.
  1. What was the cost of 1 sandwich?
  2. Mr Lim bought 5 burgers and 6 sandwiches. How much did he spend altogether?
5 m
Level 3
A tank was completely filled with water. The ratio of the length of the tank to its breadth to its height is 8 : 4 : 15.
  1. Given that the height of the tank is 45 cm, find the volume of water in the tank.
  2. All the water in the tank was poured into 2 empty bottles A and B without spilling any water. As a result, Bottle A had 1500 cm3 more water than Bottle B. Find the volume of water in Bottle A. Give your answer in litres.
4 m
Level 3
Minzy bought some pouches and bags for her friends. The price of each pouch was $2.40 while the price of each bag was $10.80. For every 4 bags bought, she was given one such pouch for free. After receiving the free pouches, the number of pouches was 13 of the number of bags bought. If Minzy paid a total of $1584, how much more did she pay for the bags than the pouches?
5 m
Level 3
Luke bought a refrigerator and a laptop. The original price of the refrigerator was $3200 and the original price of the laptop was half the original price of the refrigerator. Luke was given a 25% discount on the laptop. How much did Luke pay altogether?
4 m
Level 3
A furniture shop had a 30% discount storewide. The original price of a massage chair was $2300.
  1. How much was the massage chair after discount?
  2. Danny paid $2590 for a massage chair and a sofa. What was the original price of the sofa?
4 m