Level 3
A jar contained $2 and $5 notes with a total value of $518. 4 pieces of $5 were exchanged for $2 notes of similar value. In the end, the number of $2 notes was the same as the $5 notes. How many $5 notes were there at first?
3 m
Level 3
3 foreigners have the same mass as 5 locals. Each foreigner's mass is 16 kg more than each local. What is the total mass of the 5 locals in kilograms?
3 m
Level 3
For every good jacket that Mr Zhang sold, he earned $19. He sold defective jackets at a discount, which would cause him to lose $6 per defective jacket. In July, for every 27 jackets sold, 7 were defective. Mr Zhang earned $3042 from the jackets sold.
  1. How many less jackets sold were defective than good?
  2. How much less money did he earn because of the defective jackets?
4 m
Level 3
Henry's freight forwarding company charges $17 for every mirror delivered on time and $10 for every mirror delivered late. In the month of August, Henry freight forwarding company collected $2200. For every 17 mirrors delivered, 15 were delivered on time and 2 were delivered late.
  1. What was the total number of mirrors delivered on time?
  2. How much less money did Henry freight forwarding company collect in August due to the late delivery of the mirrors?
4 m
Level 3
Container E contains only 50-cent coins and Container F contains only 5-cent coins. There are 19 more coins in Container F than in Container E. The amount of money in Container E is $1.75 more than the amount of money in Container F. Find the total amount of money in both containers.
4 m
Level 3
Cathy had twice the number of toy bricks as Jenson. Cathy used all her bricks to build 7 identical houses. Jenson used all his bricks to build 5 identical houses. Cathy used 9 more bricks than Jenson for each house. How many bricks did Jenson have?
4 m
Level 3
Rael bought some notebooks at $3 each. He later sold them to his customers at $8 each. For customers who bought two notebooks were given another notebook for free. The customers bought either one or two notebooks. Rael gave away 110 free notebooks and collected a total of $1320 more than what he had paid for. How many customers bought just one notebook?
4 m