Level 3
Wesley was asked to deliver 51 crystal bowls. For each crystal bowl safely delivered, he was paid $10. For each broken crystal bowl, he had to pay $18. If he was paid $90, how many crystal bowls were broken?
4 m
Level 3
A group of 22 adults and children went to a bird park. Each adult ticket cost $8 and each child ticket cost $5. The group paid a total of $143 for the tickets. How many adults went to the bird park?
4 m
Level 3
There were 35 children in a team. Each boy was given 5 cupcakes and each girl was given 3 cupcakes. In all, 79 more cupcakes were given to the boys than the girls. How many boys were there?
4 m
Level 3
There were a total of 61 questions in a Science quiz. 4 marks were awarded for each correct answer and 1 marks were deducted for each wrong answer. Cathy answered all the questions and scored 104 marks. How many more correct answers than wrong answers did she answer?
4 m
Level 3
There were a total of 88 questions in a Maths test. 10 marks were awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks were deducted for each incorrect answer or each incomplete answer. Betty could not complete all the questions in time and left the last 11 questions blank. She scored 472 marks. How many more correct answers than wrong answers did she answer?
4 m
Level 3
A ferry can carry a maximum of 35 adults or 40 children. A ticket for an adult cost $45 and a ticket for a child cost $20. A group of adults and children took 3 such ferries at maximum load on a ferry trip. They paid a total of $3795 for the tickets.
  1. How many adults were there?
  2. How many children were there?
5 m
Level 3
A ferry can carry a maximum of 30 adults or 50 children. A ticket for an adult cost $60 and a ticket for a child cost $35. A group of adults and children took 2 such ferries at maximum load on a ferry trip. The total amount paid for the adults was $1115 more than the total amount paid for the children.
  1. How many adults were there?
  2. How many children were there?
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