Level 3
A coin bank contains some twenty-cent and fifty-cent coins in the ratio of 4 : 5. When 16 fifty-cent coins were taken out and replaced by some twenty-cent coins, the ratio became 8 : 7. The total value of the twenty-cent coins added was the same as the total value of the fifty-cent coins taken out. Find the sum of money in the coin box.
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
The total number of fish fingers produced by Machine B and Machine C was 332. The total number of fish fingers produced by Machine B and Machine D was 327. The total number of fish fingers produced by Machine C and Machine D was 367. Find the average number of fish fingers produced by 3 machines.
3 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