Level 3
Nera and Rose shared a bag of marbles. Nera had 40% as many marbles as Rose. When Rose gave 75 marbles to Nera, Nera had 40% more marbles than Rose. Find the total number of marbles the girls shared.
4 m
Level 3
Xuan, Penny, Kate and Violet went to buy a gift for their grandmother. They shared the cost equally among themselves. However, Violet forgot to bring her money. So, the other 3 girls paid for the gift first. Kate paid 35 of the amount Xuan and Penny paid. Penny paid $11 more than Xuan. The next day, Violet returned $76 to Kate and some money to Xuan and Penny. How much did Violet return to
  1. Xuan?
  2. Penny?
5 m
Level 3
Olivia, Zoe, Betty and Natalie received a sum of money. Olivia received 38 of the total amount of money Zoe, Betty and Natalie received. Zoe received 17 of the total amount of money Betty and Natalie received. Betty received 13 as much money as Natalie. If Olivia received $275 more than Betty, find the total sum of money the 4 girls received.
4 m
Level 3
There were some avocados in 3 boxes, E, F and G. 30% of the number of avocados in Box E was equal to 60% of the number of avocados in Box F. The number of avocados in Box G was 60% of the total number of avocados in Box E and F. After Oscar removed 20% of the avocados in Box G, there were 88 more avocados in Box F than in Box G. In the end, how many avocados should be transferred from Box F to Box G so that the avocados in Box G would be the same as Box E?
5 m
Level 3
The number of safety cones along the road was 55% of the number of trees planted along it. After 68 safety cones and 68 trees were added to the stretch of road, the number of trees became 20% more than the number of safety cones. How many trees were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
At 10 30 , Aaron left Town A for Town B, driving at a speed of 75 km/h. At 11 30 , Tom also left Town A for Town B driving at a certain speed. Both of them did not change their speed throughout the journey. At 14 30, both of them passed a shopping mall that was 150 km away from Town B. How many minutes earlier did Tom reach Town B than Aaron?
4 m
Level 3
The average number of mangosteens in Carton C, Carton D and Carton E is 24 and it is 8 more than the average number of papayas in the 3 cartons. 16 of the papayas are in Carton C and the papayas in Carton C is 80% of the number of papayas in Carton D. If each carton has the same number of fruits, what percentage of the fruits in Carton E are mangosteens?
5 m
Level 3
Jack, George, Henry and Asher shared $1495. Asher received 310 of the total amount of money received by Jack, George and Henry. Jack received 37 of the total amount for George and Henry. George received 23 as much money as Henry. If George gave all his money to Asher, how much did Asher have more than Jack in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Four years ago, Will's age was 25% of Ray's age. Eight years from their current age, Will's age will be 37.5% of Ray's age. How many years is Ray older than Will?
4 m
Level 3
At 5.30 p.m., Bella and Brent left Hotel A for Hotel B at average speeds of 72 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. Upon reaching Hotel B, Bella rested for 20 minutes. She then headed back for Hotel A at an average speed of 72 km/h along the same route. Brent and Bella met each other on their way at 9 p.m.
  1. How much more distance had Bella covered than Brent when they met on their way?
  2. How far apart were Hotel A and Hotel B? Express the answer in mixed number.
4 m