Level 3
Fabian, Gilbert and Henry had some marbles in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. Henry gave 40% of his marbles to Fabian and Gilbert. As a result, Fabian had the same number of marbles as Gilbert and Henry had 36 fewer marbles than Fabian.
  1. What was the percentage increase in Fabian's marbles after receiving from Henry?
  2. How many marbles did Gilbert have at first?
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Level 3
The number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Kindness was 4 : 7. The number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Joy was 4 : 7. Both classes had the same number of boys. When 18 girls from Primary 4 Kindness joined Primary 4 Joy, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Kindness became 2 : 3. Find the total enrolment of both classes.
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Level 3
David, Ethan and Tim have some marbles. The ratios of their marbles are as follows:

David : (David + Ethan + Tim) = 1 : 5
Ethan : (David + Tim) = 1 : 3

Tim has 42 marbles more than Ethan. In the end, Tim gives away all he has to Ethan and David so that both Ethan and David end up with the same number of marbles, how many marbles has Ethan received from Tim?
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Level 3
Howard and Sam had some money at first. Howard received 4 times as much money as Sam every fortnight. At the end of 2 fortnights, both of them had the same amount of money. If Sam had $1500 at first and Howard had $1900 at the end of those 2 fortnights, what was the ratio of Howard's money to the total amount of money at first?
4 m
Level 3
Betty had an equal number of $2 and $10 notes. After spending 43 pieces of $10 and 19 pieces of $2 notes, the ratio of the $2 notes to $10 notes left was 5 : 1. Find the value of the notes left.
4 m
Level 3
Fiona had an equal number of $5 and $10 notes. After spending 40 pieces of $10 and 16 pieces of $5 notes, the ratio of the $5 notes to $10 notes left was 4 : 1. Find the value of the notes at first.
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Level 3
Jane and Wendy had equal amount of money. Each day, Jane spent $4 and Wendy spent $5. When Jane had $60 left, Wendy had 45 as much money left as Jane. How much money did the two girls have at first?
4 m
Level 3
The perimeter of triangle A is equal to that of rectangle B.
  1. Find the length of rectangle B in terms of k.
  2. If k = 3, find the area of rectangle B.
4 m
Level 3
Queenie baked 390 cookies and cupcakes. After she gave 0.3 of the cookies and 0.4 of the cupcakes to her friends, she was left with an equal number of cookies and cupcakes. How many cookies had she left?
4 m
Level 3
Roger had two planks of the same length. He sawed one plank into equal parts of length 90 cm. In each part he drilled 6 small holes as shown in Figure 1. After that, he sawed the other plank into equal parts of length 1.5 m and in each part, he drilled 8 big holes as shown in Figure 2. When he finished drilling, he counted that there were 12 more small holes than big holes. If all the holes are spaced equally, how many holes were there altogether?
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