Level 3
Asher had $460 more money than Oscar at first. After Asher spent 34 of his money to buy a pair of pants and Oscar spent 15 of his money to buy a blouse, they had a total of $254 left. How much more did the pair of pants cost than the blouse?
4 m
Level 3
A store owner had 130 more oranges than lemons. After he sold 80% of the oranges and 30% of the lemons, he was left 19 more lemons than oranges. What fraction of the fruits left were lemons?
5 m
Level 3
Kate had 96 more buttons than Violet. After Kate gave away 13 of her buttons and Violet gave away 34 of her buttons, Violet had 199 less buttons than Kate. How many buttons did Kate have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Zane had $120 less than Xavier. If Xavier spends $460 and Zane's mother gave Zane $200, Xavier will have 14 as much money as Zane. How much money did Zane and Xavier have?
4 m
Level 3
Yvonne and George collect pens and stickers. George has 70 more stickers than pens. George has 3 times the number of pens Yvonne has, and Yvonne has 40% more stickers than George. After Yvonne gives George all of her pens and George gives Yvonne 60% of his stickers, George has 64 more pens than stickers. Find the number of stickers Yvonne has at first.
5 m
Level 3
Auntie Zoe baked 45 more strawberry cookies than cheese cookies. After she gave 13 of the strawberry cookies and 0.4 of the cheese cookies to Hazel, she was left with 119 fewer cheese cookies than strawberry cookies. How many cookies did she bake?
5 m
Level 3
Sarah had 70% as many candies as Xuan. Sarah gave away 10% of her candies and Xuan bought another 99 candies. As a result, Sarah now has 30% as many candies as Xuan. Find the number of candies that Xuan had at first.
5 m
Level 3
Jane and Tina had $652. Tina had $76 more than Jane. Jane spent 2 times as much as Tina and was left with 23 as much as Tina. How much did Jane spend?
4 m
Level 3
The average points accumulated by 6 children is 91.5. They have all attained different points which are whole numbers. The lowest point is 70 while the highest point is 100.
  1. Find the average points achieved by the 4 children whose marks lie between the highest and the lowest.
  2. Find the smallest possible second lowest mark among these 6 children.
  3. Find the largest possible second lowest mark among these 6 children.
5 m
Level 3
At the bird park were some adults. 12 of the number of tourists was equal to 2 times the number of locals. When another 19 tourists entered and 51 tourists left, the ratio of the number of tourists to the number of locals become 7 : 2. Find the number of tourists at the bird park at first.
5 m