Level 3
A group of friends went for lunch together. After lunch, half of them went home. Among those who remained, 7 of them went shopping together while the rest went for a movie. For those who went for the movie, 4 of them went home after the movie and the remaining 5 of them decided to go for dinner. How many friends went for lunch together?
3 m
Level 3
Mrs Wang made some puffs and ate 24. Her neighbour gave her 38 more and Mrs Wang brought 35 puffs to work. In the end, she was left with 76 puffs. How many puffs did Mrs Wang make?
3 m
Level 3
Bryan had some stickers. He gave 15 of his stickers to John and bought 4 new stickers. After that, he gave 13 of his remaining stickers to his brother and bought another 7 new stickers. In the end, Bryan had 55 stickers.
  1. How many stickers did Bryan give to his brother?
  2. How many stickers did Bryan have at first?
4 m
Level 3
John spent 37 of his salary and gave $880 to his wife. Of the remaining amount, he saved 15 of it and gave 310 of it to his parents. He then donated 23 of what he had left away and gave the remaining $56 to his daughter. What was John's salary?
4 m
Level 3
At the bus interchange, some passengers boarded the bus. At the first stop, 17 passengers alighted and 3 passengers boarded the bus. At the second stop, only 24 passengers boarded the bus. When the bus left the second stop, there were 54 passengers on the bus. How many passengers boarded the bus at the interchange?
3 m
Level 3
Mrs Lee gave Wendy and Yvonne some money each on Saturday. On Sunday, Wendy gave 15 of the amount she had to Yvonne. On Monday, Yvonne gave 14 of the amount she had to Wendy. In the end, Wendy had $65 and Yvonne had $147. How much did Yvonne had more than Wendy at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tom and Jerry had $160 altogether. Jerry gave 47 of his money to Tom. After that, Tom gave 35 of his money to Jerry. In the end, Tom had 14 of the total sum of money. How much did Tom have at first?
4 m
Level 3
On Tuesday, Will read 37 of a novel. On Wednesday, he read 12 pages of the novel. On Thursday, he read 47 of the remaining book leaving 36 pages unread.
  1. Find the number of pages read on Thursday.
  2. Find the total number of pages in the novel.
4 m
Level 3
Eva, Sarah and Penny had 1188 marbles. Sarah won some of the marbles from Eva and as a result, Sarah's marbles increased by 20%. Penny then won some marbles from Sarah and Penny's marbles increased by 40%. Finally, Penny lost some of her marbles to Eva and Eva's marbles increased by 20%. In the end, they realised that they each had an equal number of marbles. How many percent less did Eva have in the end than what she had at first? Correct your answer to 1 decimal place.
5 m
Level 3
Kylie had some shortbreads. She sold 34 of the shortbreads. She ate 13 of the remainder and an additional 4 more. She had 44 shortbreads left in the end. How many shortbreads did Kylie have at first?
4 m