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The average amount of money collected by a group of students at a flag day event was $125. When another 15 students turned up to help, the total amount donated increased by $1275 and the average amount of money collected became $113. How many students were there in the group at first?
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The average test score of a group of pupils was 57 marks. After 4 pupils who scored an average of 69 marks joined the group, the average score of all the pupils became 61 marks. How many pupils were there in the group at first?
3 m
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The average test score of a group of students was 71 marks. After five students who scored an average of 79 marks left the group, the average score of the group became 69 marks. How many students were there at first?
3 m
Level 3
In a class, 9 girls jumped an average of 1.37 m for their standing broad jump in their fitness test. The boys in the same class jumped an average of 1.65 m in the same test. The total average of the whole class was 1.56 m. How many boys were there?
3 m
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The average height of a group of boys was 143 cm. After 6 girls with a total of 948 cm joined the group, the average height of all the children increased to 146 cm.
  1. What was the average height of the girls?
  2. How many boys were there in the group?
3 m
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Lizzy bought some souvenirs for her friends at an average price of $12.50. If Lizzy decided to buy a pen which cost $16 for her father and a bag which cost $35 for her mother, the average price of the souvenirs would become $15.75. How many souvenirs did Lizzy buy for her friends?
3 m
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A burger cost three times as much as a sandwich at a cafe. Mr Lim spent 14 of his money on some sandwiches and half of the remaining sum on 2 burgers. He had $30 left.
  1. What was the cost of 1 sandwich?
  2. Mr Lim bought 5 burgers and 6 sandwiches. How much did he spend altogether?
5 m
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Minzy bought some pouches and bags for her friends. The price of each pouch was $2.40 while the price of each bag was $10.80. For every 4 bags bought, she was given one such pouch for free. After receiving the free pouches, the number of pouches was 13 of the number of bags bought. If Minzy paid a total of $1584, how much more did she pay for the bags than the pouches?
5 m
Level 3
A pen cost $1.50. A notebook cost $15.50 more than the pen. Clare spent $340 on such pens and notebooks. She bought twice as many pens as notebooks.
  1. How many notebooks did Clare buy?
  2. How much money did Clare spend on the pens?
4 m
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Hazel had $18.60 in coins. She had four times as many 10-cent as 50-cent coins and 11 more $1 coins than 50-cent coins. How many coins does she have in total?
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