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.
  1. Fanny?
  2. Gillian?
4 m
Level 3
Ruth, Queenie and Cathy were playing with beads. Ruth started with 72 beads and then she gained 13 more beads from Queenie. In the second game, Ruth lost 38 of her original number of beads to Cathy. Queenie lost as many beads as Ruth to Cathy. In the final game, Ruth gained 12 of her original number of beads from Queenie. All of them ended up with the same number of beads.
  1. How many beads did Ruth have in the end?
  2. How many beads did Queenie have at first?
5 m
Level 2
Jack has 20 more stamps than Fred. If Fred gives Jack 6 stamps, how many more stamps will Jack have than Fred in the end?
2 m
Level 2
Lee has 30 more stamps than Joe. If Lee gives Joe 6 stamps, how many more stamps will Lee have than Joe in the end?
2 m
Level 2
Shop X has 1354 more uniforms than Shop Y. If 565 uniforms are transferred from Shop X to Shop Y, how many more uniforms will Shop X have than Shop Y?
2 m
Level 3
Melanie, Oprah and Andy shared $4590 among themselves. Oprah and Andy shared 49 of the money equally. After Oprah gave away some of her money to Melanie, Andy had 3 times as much money as Oprah. How much money did Oprah give to Melanie?
5 m
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
Ali has 16 marbles. Gopal has 6 marbles. How many marbles does Ali need to give to Gopal so that they have the same number of marbles?
4 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
Level 3
Keith has 25 as many stickers as Janet. They have a total of 280 stickers. How many stickers must Janet give to Keith so that they will have the same number of stickers?
4 m
Level 3
Risa has 37 as many cards as Abi. They have a total of 160 cards. How many cards must Abi give to Risa so that they will have the same number of cards?
4 m
Level 3
Reggie and Zane had a total of 144 cards. Zane had half as many cards as Reggie. How many cards must Reggie give to Zane so they have an equal number of cards?
4 m
Level 3
Nellie read 14 of a storybook. If she had read another 147 pages, she would have read 56 of the whole storybook altogether. How many pages were there in the storybook?
4 m
Level 3
Ethan and Frank had 78 picture cards. After Ethan gave 15 picture cards to Frank. Frank, in return, gave half of his picture cards to Ethan. In the end, Ethan had twice as many picture cards as Frank. How many picture cards did Ethan have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Abel and Brandon had a total of $156. Abel gave $12 to Brandon. In return, Brandon gave 13 of his money to Abel. In the end, Abel had twice as much money as Brandon. How much money did Abel have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Risa and Isabelle had 856 stamps altogether. They decided to play a game. In the first round, Isabelle lost 58 stamps to Risa. In the second round, Risa lost 38 stamps to Isabelle. At the end of the two rounds, Isabelle had thrice as many stamps as Risa.
  1. How many stamps did Risa have in the end?
  2. How many stamps did Isabelle have at the beginning of the game?
4 m
Level 3
Randy has $20 more than Cheryl. How much must Randy give to Cheryl so that both of them have the same amount of money in the end?
4 m
Level 2
Priscilla has 20 buttons more than Jennifer. If Priscilla gives Jennifer 7 buttons, how many more buttons than Jennifer will Priscilla have?
4 m
Level 2
Priscilla has 20 buttons more than Jennifer. If Priscilla gives Jennifer 23 buttons, how many more buttons than Jennifer will Priscilla have?
4 m
Level 2
Priscilla has 20 buttons more than Jennifer. If Jennifer gives Priscilla 7 buttons, how many more buttons than Jennifer will Priscilla have?
4 m