Level 3
Jane was attempting to read a book within a week. On Monday, she had read 37 of the book. By Friday, she had read another 60 pages and the ratio of the number of pages read to the total number of pages was 9 : 11. Find the average number of pages Jane should have read each day to complete the book in a week.
Level 3
Fanny and Gillian collected some stamps. If Fanny gave Gillian 52 stamps, both would have an equal number of stamps. If Gillian gave Fanny 40 stamps, Fanny would have 5 times as many stamps as Gillian. Find the number of stamps each of them had.
Level 3
There was an equal number of mangoes and pineapples. On Monday, some mangoes were added, such that the number of mangoes increased by 80%. On Tuesday, the number of mangoes further increased by 50% and the number of pineapples decreased by 20%. There were 38 more mangoes than pineapples in the end. How many mangoes and pineapples were there altogether at first?
Level 3
At first, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at a school playground was 2 : 5. When 48 girls and some boys entered the playground, the number of girls increased by 12% and the total number of children at the playground increased by 20%.
How many boys were there at first?
What percentage of the children at the playground were boys in the end? Express your answer as a mixed number.
Level 3
The diagram shows a park which comprises the picnic area and the fountain area. The cost of building the picnic area covering the whole area of Square ABCD is $20 per square metre and the cost of fencing the fountain area is $12 per metre. Given that FH is 250 m, AB is 38 of GK and FE is 150 m, find
the cost of building the picnic area.
the cost of fencing the fountain.
Level 3
The diagram shows a park which comprises the picnic area and the fountain area. The cost of building the picnic area covering the whole area of Square ABCD is $20 per square metre and the cost of fencing the fountain area is $12 per metre. Given that FH is 250 m, AB is 38 of GK and FE is 150 m, find
Level 3 12 similar strips of paper were glued to form a new long strip of paper of length 135 cm. The first and second strip were glued together to form an overlapped length of 3 cm as shown. This was consistent for the rest of the remaining strips of paper. Find the length of each original strip of paper.
Level 3 12 similar strips of paper were glued to form a new long strip of paper of length 135 cm. The first and second strip were glued together to form an overlapped length of 3 cm as shown. This was consistent for the rest of the remaining strips of paper. Find the length of each original strip of paper.
Level 3
There were some pears, guavas and mangoes. The number of pears was three times the number of guavas. The total number of pears and guavas was half of the number of mangoes. There were 180 fruits altogether. All the mangoes were sold at 6 for $20. How much money was collected from the sale of the mangoes?
Level
Linda sold $1078 worth of dresses and jumpsuits. She earned $110 less on the jumpsuits than the dresses. Each jumpsuit is sold for $4 more than each dress. The number of jumpsuits sold was 23 of the number of dresses sold.
How much did Linda earn from the sales of the dresses?
