Level 3
Ryan bought fewer than 15 packets of pencils. Each packet contained 20 pencils. He gave his teachers one packet of pencils each before giving an equal number of pencils to his 11 classmates and had 8 pencils left. He had less than 10 teachers.
  1. How many pencils did each of his classmates receive?
  2. What is the maximum number of teachers he could give a packet each to?
4 m
Level 3
There were some guavas at a fruit stall. In the morning, 16 of the guavas were sold. In the afternoon, another 30 guavas were sold. The total number of guavas sold was 5 less than 712 of the number of guavas the fruit stall had at first.
  1. How many guavas were there at first?
  2. What fraction of the guavas in the stall remained unsold in the afternoon?
5 m
Level 3
The table shows the prices of tickets for a concert performance for an adult ticket and a child ticket. 14 of the tickets sold were for adults. The total amount of money collected from sale of the child tickets was $230 more than the total amount collected from the sale of adult tickets.
  1. How many child tickets were sold?
  2. How much money was collected from the sale of all the tickets?
5 m
Level 3
An equal number of sweets were distributed to 9 girls and 11 boys. Each girl then gave 23 of her share of sweets to the boys. As a result, each boy received 72 more sweets.
  1. How many sweets did each girl have left?
  2. Find the total number of sweets each boy had after receiving more sweets from the girls.
5 m
Level 3
Katrina spent some of her money on a dress, a pair of shoes and some neckties. She spent 15 of her money and an additional $119 on a dress. Next, she spent 27 of the remaining money and an additional $29 on a pair of shoes. Finally, she spent 23 of what she had left on some neckties and had $12 left. How much did Katrina have at first?
5 m