Level 3
Edward spent $340 on shopping, $650 on transport and gave 60% of the remainder to his wife. He then saved the rest of the money, which amounted to 10% of his original sum of money. How much did he give his wife?

Level 3
Kate had some fruits at her stall. ³₄ of them were mangosteens, ¹₃ of the remainder were apples and the rest were coconuts. The amounts earned for each mangosteen, each Fuji apple and each coconut sold are $1.50, $3.00 and $4.50 respectively.

The number of mangosteens sold to the number of apples sold to the number of coconuts sold was 3 : 5 : 3. In total, she sold ¹₄ of the fruits and earned $198. How many coconuts did she have at first?

Level 3
20% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 80% of the spectators are adults and there are 3900 more adults spectators than children spectators. How many adult spectators must leave so that 25% of the people in the concert are adult spectators?

Level 3
Jake took part in a 25-km cycling race. There was a water refill station at half the distance of the race.

1. Jake stopped at the water refill station to refill his water bottle. How many kilometres was he away from the starting point to the water refill station?
2. After passing the water refill station, Jake cycled ⁷₁₀ of the remaining distance and stopped. How many metres was he away from the finishing point?

Level 3
Serene spent ³₇ of her money on some pens. She spent ¹₄ of the remaining money on a box of poster colors and ²₃ of what was left on some books.

1. What fraction of her money was left?
2. Given that the books cost $12 more than the box of poster colors, find the sum of money Serene had at first.

Level 3
Perry spent $162 on a jumpsuit. He spent ¹₉ of his remaining money on a sweater. If he still had ⁴₉ of his money left, how much did he have at first?

Level 3
Risa had a sum of money. She spent $308 on a blouse and ⁵₈ of the remainder on a windbreaker. She was left with ¹₁₀ of the original sum of money.

1. What was the total amount Risa spent?
2. How much money did Risa have at first?

Level 3
At a conference made up of speakers and participants, there were 10% more men than women. The ratio of the male speakers to female speakers was 8 : 5. There was an equal number of male and female participants.

1. Find the ratio of male speakers to male participants at the conference at first.
2. Halfway, 89 male participants left the conference and another 73 female participants joined the conference. In the end, there were ³₄ as many male participants as female participants remaining behind. How many speakers were there at the conference?

Level 3
Mrs Lu had a sum of money. She gave her daughter $246 and gave ¹₄ of the money to her niece. She used ³₄ of the remaining money on a computer and was left with ¹₆ of the amount she had at first. What was the sum of money she had at first?

Level 3
Elyse bought some pens. She gave ¹₆ of the pens to her cousin and sold ³₄ of the remaining pens. After that, she bought another 171 pens and had the same number of pens that she bought at first. How many pens did Elyse buy at first?

Level 3
Bryan bought some coupons for a funfair. He used ²₅ of the coupons on games and ³₇ of the remainder on food. He bought another 77 coupons and had 31 more coupons than he had at first. How many coupons did he have at first?

Level 3
A book shop sold ¹₁₀ of the books in the morning. ¹₅ of the remaining books are sold in the afternoon. The shop owner brought in another 172 books and there were 4 more books than there was at first. How many books were there in the shop at first?

Level 3
A survey was conducted with some pupils. ²₉ of them chose basketball as their favourite sport. ³₅ of the remaining pupils chose badminton. ¹₂ of those left chose swimming and the last 56 chose gymnastic. How many more pupils chose badminton than basketball?

Level 3
On Tuesday, Will read ³₇ of a novel. On Wednesday, he read 12 pages of the novel. On Thursday, he read ⁴₇ of the remaining book leaving 36 pages unread.

1. Find the number of pages read on Thursday.
2. Find the total number of pages in the novel.

Level 3
Kylie had some shortbreads. She sold ³₄ of the shortbreads. She ate ¹₃ of the remainder and an additional 4 more. She had 44 shortbreads left in the end. How many shortbreads did Kylie have at first?

Level 3
Reggie had some money. He spent ¹₄ of his money and an additional $33 on books. He spent ⁵₆ of the remainder and an additional $11 on food. He had $14 left. How much money did he have at first?

Level 3
Penelope spent ¹₈ of her money and an additional $21 on a sweater. She spent $9 less than ³₈ of the remainder on a shirt. She then spent $1 less than ¹₂ of what was left on 4 pairs of jeans. She had $23 left in the end. How much did she spend altogether?

Level 3
Hannah bought 20¹₄ m of cloth. She used ³₄ m to make a cushion cover. She used ¹₃ of the remaining cloth to make curtains. How much more cloth did she use to make the curtains than the cushion cover?

Level 3
Kimberly bought 16 ¹₅ m of cloth. She used ²₅ m to make a cushion cover. She used ¹₂ of the remaining cloth to make curtains. How much more cloth did she use to make the curtains than the cushion cover?

Level 3
Warren had 480 pens. He gave ⁵₈ of it to Asher and ⁴₅ of the remainder to Olivia. How many pens had he left?