Level 3
Liam had 57 as many 20-cent coins as 1-dollar coins in his piggy bank. Each time, four 20-cent coins and six 1-dollar coins were taken out from the piggy bank. In the end, only seven 20-cent coins and four 1-dollar coins were left in the piggy bank. How many more 1-dollar coins than 20-cent coins were there in the piggy bank at first?
4 m
Level 3
Aunt Tina baked 50 less cookies than muffins. After she gave 35 of the muffins and 0.7 of the cookies to Cathy, she was left with 88 fewer cookies than muffins. How many muffins did she bake?
4 m
Level 3
Adam and Bryan have a total of $220.
Adam spends 13 of his money and
Bryan spends $30 of his money.
The ratio of Adam's money to Bryan's money becomes 5 : 2.
  1. How much does Bryan have at first?
  2. How much does Adam have in the end?
3 m
Level 3
Lisa had 740 more candies than Anna. Lisa used 56 of her candies and Anna used 12 of her candies. In the end, Lisa had 2 times as much as Anna. Find the number of candies Anna had at first.
4 m
Level 3
A fruit seller sells only soursops and avocados. The ratio of soursops to avocados is 5 : 4. A total of 68 fruits are added. The number of soursops becomes 2 times as many as before and the number of avocados becomes 4 times as many as before. How many fruits are there in the end?
5 m
Level 3
Rael, Peter and Zane had a total of 839 erasers. The ratio of Peter's erasers to Zane's erasers was 4 : 3 at first. Rael and Peter each gave away 12 of their erasers. Given that the three boys had 502 erasers left, how many erasers did Rael have at first?
4 m
Level 3
25% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 60% of the spectators are adults and there are 420 less child spectators than adult spectators. How many adult spectators must join so that 56% of the people are adult spectators?
4 m
Level 3
15 of the guests at a stadium were women. 80% of the remaining guests were men and the rest were children. The number of men was 476 more than the total number of women and children. After some men left the stadium, 20% of the guests that remained were men. How many men left the stadium?
4 m
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?
4 m
Level 3
There were some grapefruits and durians in Container A and Container B. In Container A, the ratio of the grapefruits to the number of durians was 3 : 1. In Container B, the ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of durians was 3 : 2. There were 2 times as many fruits in Container A as in Container B. After 56 durians were put into Container B, the ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of durians in Container B became 1 : 2. How many fruits were there in Container A?
5 m