Level 3
A shop owner paid a total of $520 for some shirts and some blouses. He paid $200 less for the shirts than the blouses. Each blouse cost $4 more than each shirt. The number of shirts he bought was 23 of the number of blouses bought.
  1. How much did he pay for all the shirts?
  2. How many shirts did he buy?
5 m
Level 3
Xavier gave 111 of his stamps to Joe, 211 of his stamps to Jason and 311 of his stamps to Kim. He then had 20 stamps left. How many stamps had he at first?
4 m
Level 3
Xavier gave 112 of his stamps to Joe, 311 of his remaining stamps to Jason and 58 of the rest of his stamps to Kim. He then had 15 stamps left. How many stamps had he at first?
4 m
Level 3
27 of a bag of balls were green in colour. 25 of the remaining balls were blue in colour and the rest were red in colour. If there were 12 more red balls than green balls, how many balls were there in the bag altogether?
4 m
Level 3
A train left the city with some passengers. At the first station, 15 of the passengers alighted and 16 boarded the train. At the second train station, 13 of the passengers alighted and 17 boarded the train. All 33 passengers alighted from the train at the final train station. How many passengers were there in the train when it left the city?
5 m
Level 3
37 of the people at a gathering are men. 34 of the remainder are women and the rest are children. There are 600 more women than children. How many people are there at the gathering altogether?
4 m
Level 3
112 of the people in a theme park are boys. 111 of the remainder are girls and the rest are adults. There are 990 more adults than girls. How many people are there in the theme park altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Three girls, Isabelle, Zoe and Diana had a total of 1680 marbles. Some exchanges were made. First, Isabelle gave Zoe as many marbles as Zoe had. After that, Zoe gave 34 of whatever she had then to Diana. Finally, Diana gave 27 of whatever she had to Isabelle. As a result, they each had the same number of marbles. How many marbles did Isabelle have at first?
5 m
Level 3
A fruit-seller started the day with 360 oranges. He sold 49 of the oranges and gave 25 of the remainder away. He placed the rest into boxes of 30. How many boxes would he need?
4 m
Level 3
712 of the pupils in a school go to school by bus. 25 of the remaining pupils go to school by car and 13 of the rest cycle to school. The remaining pupils walk to school. The number of pupils who walk to school is 250 fewer than those who go to school by bus. What is the enrolment of the school?
4 m