Level 3
Andy, Benjamin and Caleb had a total of 698 cards at first. After a week, the number of Andy's cards became 3 times the number of cards he had at first. The number of Benjamin's cards decreased by 138. Caleb had half as many cards as he had at first. In the end, the three boys had the same number of cards.
  1. How many cards did Caleb have at first?
  2. What was the total number of cards that the three boys had in the end?
5 m
Level 3
Madam Naz made pies for sale. 45% of the pies were chicken pies and the rest were potato and sardine pies in the ratio 3 : 1. If a customer bought 75% of the chicken pies and all of the sardine pies, what percentage of the potato pies must Madam Naz sell for her to maintain the original percentage of chicken pies at first? Leave your answer in mixed numbers.
5 m
Level 3
Tim's and Natalie's monthly allowances were the same at first. Tim's allowance increased by 50% while Natalie's increased by 20%. Given that Tim's allowance would increase by another 20% if he had received $300 more from his father, find the difference in the children's monthly allowances.
5 m
Level 3
Rachel had 3 times as much money as Paul. After Rachel spent 12 of her money and Paul spent 35 of his money, they had a total of $1615 left.
  1. How much money did Rachel and Paul have altogether at first?
  2. Paul spent 35 of his remaining money on a pair of headphones. What fraction of his original amount of money did he spend on the pair of headphones?
5 m
Level 3
Leonard had $80 more than his sister. After Leonard spent 25% of his money and his sister spent 75% of her money, they still had $420 left altogether.
  1. How much did Leonard have left in the end?
  2. Express the amount of money his sister had left as a fraction of the amount of money Leonard had in the end. (Give your answer in the simplest form)
5 m
Level 3
Abigail and Charlie received $656 in total from their father. After Abigail spent 25 of her money and Charlie deposited 511 of his money into his savings account, Abigail had thrice as much money as Charlie.
  1. Find the amount of money Abigail received from her father.
  2. If Charlie' savings increased by 25% after the deposit, how much was Charlie' savings in the bank in the end?
5 m
Level 3
A shop owner had three boxes, containing a total of 1500 plastic cups. The number of plastic cups in Box A to the total number of plastic cups was 3 : 10. He sold 330 plastic cups from Box B and sold 13 of the plastic cups in Box C. The number of plastic cups left in Box B to the number of plastic cups left in Box C was 3 : 1. How many plastic cups were there in Box B at first?
5 m
Level 3
25 of the crayons in a bag were red and the rest were blue and yellow. 20% of the blue crayons and 12% of the yellow crayons were thrown away. There was an equal number of blue and yellow crayons left. If there were 352 blue and yellow crayons left,
  1. what was the number of red crayons?
  2. what was the total number of crayons in the bag at first?
5 m
Level 3
The ratio of Yvette's money to Linda's money was 1 : 3. After Yvette spent thrice as much as Linda, Yvette and Linda had $6 and $42 left respectively. Find the amount of money each of the girls have at first.
  1. Yvette
  2. Linda
5 m
Level 3
In a thrift shop, the number of beads was 23 of the total number of beads and erasers together. The shopkeeper sold the beads and erasers in sets of 1 bead and 4 erasers. After selling all the erasers, he still had 133 beads left. How many erasers were in the thrift shop at first?
4 m
Level 3
Faith baked a total of 350 muffins and puffs. After giving away 80% of the puffs and 75% of the muffins, she was left with twice as many puffs as muffins. Find the number of puffs Faith gave away.
4 m
Level 3
There were 229 lemons and soursops in a stall at first. After 15 of the lemons and 12 of the soursops were sold, there were a total of 182 lemons and soursops now. How many lemons are there now?
4 m
Level 3
There are 200 more teachers in School X than in School Y. After 25% of the teachers left School X and 50% of teachers left School Y, the number of teachers who remained in School X is thrice that of the number of teachers in School Y. Find the number of teachers in School X at first.
4 m
Level 3
The total number of beads in Basket W, Basket X and Basket Y was 273. 29 of the beads from Basket W and 21 beads from Basket X were removed. More beads were then added into Basket Y until the number of beads in it was doubled. The ratio of the number of beads in Basket W to Basket X to Basket Y became 7 : 2 : 2.
  1. How many more beads were there in Basket W than Basket X at first?
  2. Find the total number of beads in Basket W and Basket Y in the end.
5 m
Level 3
Asher has a total of 94 of blue and yellow lollipops. 16 of the blue lollipops and half of the yellow lollipops are new. How many of his yellow lollipops are new if he has a total of 27 new lollipops?
4 m
Level 3
There are 25% more red crayons than blue crayons in a bag. After John removed 40% of the red crayons and increased the number of blue crayons by 10%, there are now 70 fewer red crayons than blue crayons. Find the number of blue crayons at first.
4 m
Level 3
A store had 390 story books. There were Chinese, Malay and English story books in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 6. When the store assistant brought in another 60 new story books, the number of Chinese story books was increased by 20% and the number of Malay story books was increased by 110.
  1. What was the number of English story books that the store assistant brought in?
  2. What was the percentage increase in the number of English story books?
5 m
Level 3
Gillian bought 35 as many stamps as stickers at first. After she bought another 10 stamps and 29 stickers, there were 47 as many stamps as stickers. How many stamps and stickers did Gillian buy at first?
4 m
Level 3
Natalie sold lavenders and tulips in her shop on Mother's Day. 70% of the flowers she sold on that day were lavenders and she sold 81 tulips.
  1. What was the total number of flowers sold?
  2. 10% of the flowers in the shop were sold on that day. 10% of the flowers left were tulips. How many tulips were left?
4 m
Level 3
20% of Nick's savings was $120 more than 30% of Will's savings. After Nick spent 23 of his savings and Will spent 40% of his savings, Nick had $13 more than Will. How much was Nick's saving at first?
5 m