Level 3
In the stationery shop, 14 of the books sold were Math books. 13 of the remaining books sold were English books. The ratio of the number of English books sold to the number of Chinese books was 7 : 6. The number of Science books sold was 56. How many books were sold altogether?
Level 3
At a school sports festival, 13 of the participants were P5 and P6 students. 25 of the remaining participants were P3 and P4 students. The rest were P1 and P2 students in the ratio of 3 : 7 respectively. There were 208 fewer P1 students than the total number of P5 and P6 students. How many students were there at the school sports festival?
Level 3
At a school carnival, each boy received 3 packets of sweets and each girl received 4 packets of sweets. Each accompanying adult received 2 packets of sweets. 27 of the people at the school carnival were adults. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at the carnival was 5 : 8. Given that only 6601 packets of sweets were given away, how many people were there at the carnival?
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
Mr Ken sold some mangosteens, mangoes and lemons. The ratio of the number of mangosteens sold to the total number of fruits sold was 3 : 10. The ratio of the number of mangoes sold to the number of lemons sold was 2 : 19. He sold 110 more lemons than mangosteens. Find the total number of fruits that he sold.
Level 3
Class 5 Goodness and 5 Love had the same number of students. The ratio of the number of girls in 5 Goodness to the number of girls in 5 Love was 1 : 13. The ratio of the number of boys in 5 Goodness to the number of boys in 5 Love was 7 : 1.
What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Class 5 Goodness?
If there were 33 fewer boys than girls in Class 5 Love, how many students were there each class?
Level 3
Daniel had to solve some Science questions during a 3-week school holidays. At the end of the first week, the ratio of the number of questions solved to the number of questions unsolved was 3 : 7. At the end of the second week, Daniel solved another 36 questions and the number of unsolved questions became 14 of the total number of questions. How many questions did Daniel need to solve on the third week to complete his assignment?
Level 3
Janet wanted to finish reading a 231-page book by the end of the week. On Monday she read 37 of the book and by Friday the ratio of the number of pages read to the total number of pages was 9 : 11. Find the number of pages Janet would need to read during the weekend in order for her to complete the entire book.
Level 3
There were some packets and bottles. A packet weighed 3 kg and a bottle weighed 2 kg more. The total weight of the packets was 35 kg heavier than the total weight of the bottles. The number of packets and bottles were in the ratio 5 : 2. What was the total weight of the packets and the bottles?
Level 3
Jeanne's school organized a trip to Japan. At first, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls who planned to participate in the trip was 7 : 5. On the day of registration, 52 girls decided to withdraw and 52 more boys decided to join in. In the end, the number of girls who participated became 20% of the total participants for the trip. How many more boys than girls would visit Japan in the end?
Level 3
During one test, points were awarded for questions answered as shown.
The ratio of the questions correctly to questions answered wrongly to questions that were missed out was 8 : 4 : 2. If Tiffany was awarded 300 points, how many questions are there in all?
Level 3
During one test, points were awarded for questions answered as shown.
The ratio of the questions correctly to questions answered wrongly to questions that were missed out was 8 : 4 : 2. If Tiffany was awarded 300 points, how many questions are there in all?
Level 3
In a bakery, the prices of pastries are listed as follow:
The ratio of the number of scones sold to the number of puffs sold was 4 : 3. The ratio of the number of muffins sold to the number of puffs sold was 8 : 7. The bakery collected $80 more on the sales of muffins than the sales of scones.
How many scones were sold?
How much did the bakery collect from the sales of the pastries?
Level 3
In a bakery, the prices of pastries are listed as follow:
The ratio of the number of scones sold to the number of puffs sold was 4 : 3. The ratio of the number of muffins sold to the number of puffs sold was 8 : 7. The bakery collected $80 more on the sales of muffins than the sales of scones.
How many scones were sold?
How much did the bakery collect from the sales of the pastries?
Level 3
Molly, Nellie and Olivia had a sum of money. The amount of money Molly had was 45 of the amount of money Nellie had. The ratio of the amount of money Nellie had to the total amount of money Olivia and Nellie had was 3: 8. After Olivia gave $15 to Nellie, she had as much money as Nellie. How much more money did Olivia have than Molly in the end?
Level 3
There were 182 red, blue and green marbles in a box. 26 green marbles were removed from the box and the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles became 4 : 3 : 5. Then some yellow marbles were added and the ratio of the number of green marbles to the number of yellow marbles was 13 : 9.
What was the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles at first?
Level 3
Janet had some pencils, erasers and rulers. The ratio of the number of pencils to the number of erasers was 5 : 1. After giving away 16 erasers, the ratio of the number of rulers to the number of erasers was 4 : 1. Janet bought another 184 rulers. As a result, there were an equal number of pencils and rulers. How many erasers did she have at first?
Level 3
Titus bought some custard and apple pastry puffs in the ratio of 7 : 6. After Titus's classmates ate an equal number of the two types of pastry puffs, there were 35% fewer apple than custard pastry puffs. In the end, there were 165 pastry puffs left. How many pastry puffs of each type were eaten?
Level 3
At first, Xandy, Yoko and Zach had some sweets in the ratio 5 : 3 : 4 respectively. Xandy had 190 sweets. Then he gave all his sweets to Yoko and Zach. After receiving the sweets from Xandy, Yoko and Zach had the same number of sweets. How many sweets did Yoko receive from Xandy?
Level 3
Container A and Container B had some liquid in the ratio 7 : 5. After 48 litres of liquid was transferred from A to B, the amount of liquid in Container B became 3 times as much as in Container A. How much liquid were there in the two tanks in all?
Level 3
Amanda and Joe have some books in the ratio 3 : 7. Amanda has 72 less books than Joe. How many books must Joe give to Amanda so that they will have the same number of books?
Level 3
Emma and Peter had a total of $47. After Emma spent 37 of her money and Peter spent $2, the ratio of Emma's money to Kenneth's money became 1 : 2. How much money had Peter at first?
