Level 3
If Kelly sells a hand phone at a discount of 20% of the usual price, she will make a profit of $40. If she sells it at a discount of 40%, she will incur a loss of $45. Find the price of the hand phone.
Level 3
If Jerome sells a camera at a discount of 5% of the usual price, he will make a profit of $75. If he sells it at a discount of 20%, he will still make a profit of $30. Find the cost price of the camera.
Level 3
If Melvin sells a television at a markup price of 10% above its usual selling price, he will make a profit of $500. If he sells it at a discount of 20% of its usual selling price, he will incur a loss of $100. Find the selling price of the television.
Level 3
Marion had some red and pink marbles. If she gives away 16 red marbles, the number of red marbles will be 10% of the total number of marbles left. If she gives away 48 pink marbles, the number of red marbles will be 25% of the total number of marbles left.
Level 3
Cathy and Queenie have some money. If Cathy spends $7, she will have 45 as much money as Queenie. If Queenie spends $3, Cathy will have 56 as much money as Queenie. How much money does Cathy have?
Level 3
Tina and Sarah have some cupcakes each. If Tina gives Sarah 49 cupcakes, Tina will have 34 as many cupcakes as Sarah. If Tina gives Sarah 19 cupcakes, they will have an equal number of cupcakes. How many cupcakes does Tina have at first?
Level 3
Mr Ho wants to buy the same type of files. If he buys 6 files, he will have $3 left. If he buys 8 files, he will be short of $5.50. How much do 6 files cost?
Level 3
Marnie wants to buy some files of the same price. If she buys 6 files, she will have $7.20 left. If she buys 10 files, she will have no money left.
Level 3
Fanny and Gillian collected some stamps. If Fanny gave Gillian 52 stamps, both would have an equal number of stamps. If Gillian gave Fanny 40 stamps, Fanny would have 5 times as many stamps as Gillian. Find the number of stamps each of them had.
