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
Benita's salary is 20% less than Amanda's salary and 40% less than Cecilia's salary. If Amanda's salary is $500 less than that of Cecilia's salary,
  1. Find Benita's salary.
  2. Given that Benita received a 20% pay cut, find Benita's new salary.
4 m
Level 3
In a shop that sells t-shirts, 250 blue t-shirts were sold weekly and 25% of the remaining t-shirts that were sold were red. Of the leftover, 40% of the t-shirts sold were yellow t-shirts and the rest were black t-shirts. Given that the number of black t-shirts sold was 20% of the total number of t-shirts sold, how many red and blue t-shirts were sold altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Edward spent $340 on shopping, $650 on transport and gave 60% of the remainder to his wife. He then saved the rest of the money, which amounted to 10% of his original sum of money. How much did he give his wife?
4 m
Level 3
Howard sold 57 more blueberry muffins than banana muffins on Thursday. On Friday, the number of banana muffins he sold decreased by 80% while the number of blueberry muffins he sold remained the same. He sold each tart for $1.80. He sold a total of 153 muffins on Friday. How much money did he receive from the sale of muffins on both days?
4 m
Level 3
In an envelope, there were a total of 144 notes. 75% of them were $1-notes. The rest were $2-notes. Neave took out some $1-notes. As a result, the remaining $1-notes made up 25% of the notes left in the envelope. Find the total value of the $1-notes Neave took out from the envelope.
4 m
Level 3
The number of mangoes at a shop was 70% more than the number of pomegranates. After 60% of the pomegranates were sold, there were 39 more mangoes than pomegranates. Find the total number of mangoes and pomegranates at the shop at first.
4 m
Level 3
60% of the sweets in Packet A were blueberry sweets and the rest were strawberry sweets. Packet B had 25% more blueberry sweets than packet A and twice as many sweets than the total number of sweets in Packet A. Find the percentage of the strawberry sweets in Packet B that would need to be transferred into Packet A, so that there were an equal number of blueberry and strawberry sweets in Packet A.
4 m
Level 3
Nera and Rose shared a bag of marbles. Nera had 40% as many marbles as Rose. When Rose gave 75 marbles to Nera, Nera had 40% more marbles than Rose. Find the total number of marbles the girls shared.
4 m
Level 3
The number of safety cones along the road was 55% of the number of trees planted along it. After 68 safety cones and 68 trees were added to the stretch of road, the number of trees became 20% more than the number of safety cones. How many trees were there at first?
4 m