Level 3
Susan had a collection of 1910 red, blue and yellow beads. After Susan gave away 350 red beads, the number of red beads was 240 fewer than the number of blue beads. Given that the number of yellow beads was twice as many as the number of blue beads, how many red beads did Susan have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Low baked 370 more cupcakes than Emma. After Mrs Low sold 150 of her cupcakes, she had 5 times as many cupcakes as Emma.
  1. How many cupcakes did Emma bake?
  2. How many cupcakes did Mrs Low bake?
4 m
Level 3
Mark had thrice as much money as Paul. After Mark had spent $60, Paul had twice as much money as Mark. How much more money than Paul had Mark at first?
4 m
Level 3
Dennis had 120 marbles more than Jean at first. After Dennis had given away 150 of his marbles to Calvin, Jean had thrice as many marbles as Dennis. Find the number of marbles Dennis had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Daniel had 4 times as much money as Erwin. After Erwin's father gave him $21, the amount of money Daniel had become $3 less than that of Erwin's. How much did Erwin have in the end?
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