Level 3
Mindy, Jake and Donald shared a sum of money. The amount received by Jake was 23 the amount of money received by Donald. After Mindy had given $48 to Jake and $27 to Donald, Jake gave $3 to Donald. In the end, 3 of them had the same amount of money. Find the difference between the amount of money that Mindy and Jake had at first.
5 m
Level 3
Miki, Natalie and Ollie each had some beads and decided to play a game with their beads. In round 1, Miki lost 12 of her beads to Natalie. In round 2, Natalie lost 12 of her total number of beads to Ollie. In round 3, Ollie lost 12 of her total number of beads to Miki. In the end, Miki, Natalie and Ollie had 124, 88 and 68 beads respectively. How many beads did Natalie have at first?
5 m