Level 3
A basket contained violet and purple buttons. There were 60% more violet buttons than purple buttons. When 248 more buttons were poured into the basket, the amount of violet buttons increased by 40% and the amount of purple buttons grew by 60%. How many buttons were in the basket at first?
Level 3
Peter has 70% as many marbles as George. If Peter gives away 50% of the marbles and George gives away 75% of his marbles, they will have 444 marbles altogether. How many marbles do the two of them have?
Level 3
On a shelf, there were 28 T-shirts and hoodies. Mr Lin spilt hot chocolate on the shelf and stained 50% of the hoodies and 20% of the T-shirts. If 20 T-shirts and hoodies were still clean, how many stained hoodies were there?
Level 3
There was an equal number of tables and chairs in the morning. At noon, some tables were added and some chairs were removed, resulting in the number of tables being increased by 20% while the number of chairs decreased by 30%. At 7 p.m. the number of tables increased by 50%. If a total of 32 tables were added during the day, how many more tables than chairs were there in the end?
Level 3
Tim had 40% more muffins than Rael. Tim gave 20% of his muffins to Rael. Rael in return gave 50% of his muffins to Tim. In the end, Rael had 448 less muffins than Tim. How many muffins did Tim have at first?
Level 3
Half an hour ago, 50% of the people at a circus were females. 42 females and 2 males left afterwards. The remaining people were then told to form groups of 5. In each group, there were 3 males. How many people were there at the circus in the end?
Level 3
Ethan had 40% as many beads as Ben. After Ethan and Ben bought another 50 beads and 15 beads respectively, Ethan had 50% more beads than Ben. How many beads did Ethan have at first?
Level 3
Evelyn bought 50% more hair clips than Linda. Tammy bought 10% fewer hair clips than Evelyn. Evelyn and Linda gave Tammy some hair clips in the ratio 7 : 2. As a result, Tammy had twice as much hair clips as before. Given that Linda had 15 more hair clips than Evelyn in the end, how much hair clips did Evelyn give to Tammy?
Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
Level 3
Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
