Level 3
In a shopping mall, 58 of the customers were female. There were 56 more female customers. Within five minutes, some female customers left the shopping mall. As a result, there were 711 as many male customers as female customers. How many female customers left the shopping mall during the five minutes?
4 m
Level 2
Mr Jones bought a carton of bean bags. There were fewer than 60 bean bags in the carton. The number of bean bags in the carton could be packed into boxes of 4 or 7. What was the greatest possible number of bean bags in the carton?
4 m
Level 3
Henry, Rael and Anna share a sum of money. Henry's share is half of what Rael and Anna receive. Rael's share is 39 of the sum of money. Anna receives $20 less than Henry.
  1. What fraction of the sum of money is Henry's share?
  2. How much is the sum of money?
4 m
Level 3
The Great Store held a promotion during the Christmas season.
  1. Laura spent $180 on each type of item. How many more mugs than plates did she buy?
  2. Elise bought an equal number of plates and mugs. She paid $312 in all. How many mugs and plates did she buy altogether? She paid $312 in all. How many mugs and plates did she buy altogether?
5 m
Level 3
37 of Caleb's money is equal to 15 of Jake's money. After each of them spent $40, Jake had $120 more than Caleb. How much money does Jake have left after spending?
4 m
Level 3
Alan, Bob and Ken had the same number of notes. Jan and Bob had a mix of $10-notes and $2-notes. Alan had 15 $10-notes while Bob had 20 $10-notes. Ken only had $10-notes.
  1. Who had the least amount of money?
  2. How much more did Alan have than Bob?
  3. Bob used all his $2 notes to buy a wallet. He then had $280 less than Ken. How many $10 notes did Ken have?
5 m
Level 3
Aunt Susie is now 46 years old and Tanya is 3 years less than half of Aunt Susie's age. How many years later will Aunt Susie be twice as old as Tanya?
4 m
Level 3
Wendy was 9 years old last year. She was 26 years younger than her mother.
  1. How old will her mother be 5 years later?
  2. In how many years' time will Wendy's age be 13 of her mother's age?
4 m
Level 3
There are a total of 904 goats, cows, chickens and ducks at a farm. The number of chickens was 324 more than the number of goats. The total number of cows and ducks was 2 times the number of goats.
  1. How many cows and ducks were there at the farm?
  2. The total number of legs for all the cows and ducks was 910. How many cows were there in the farm?
5 m
Level 3
Samuel, Celine and Krishnan collected a total of 139 bottle caps. Samuel collected 24 more bottle caps than Celine while Celine collected 35 more bottle caps than Krishnan. How many bottle caps did Celine collect?
4 m