Level 3
Tim had 672 coins. 27 were pink and the rest were yellow and blue. The ratio of the number of yellow coins to the number of blue coins was 1 : 3. Tim decided to buy some more pink coins to increase the number of pink coins to half of the total number of coins.
  1. How many less yellow coins than pink coins did he have at first?
  2. How many more pink coins did he have to buy?
5 m
Level 3
At a wedding, 49 of the guests were men and the rest were women. Some men then left the wedding and the remaining number of men were 25 of the guests. 44 men then joined the wedding. The number of guests in the end was 12 more than the number of guests at first. How many guests were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
20% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 80% of the spectators are adults and there are 3900 more adults spectators than children spectators. How many adult spectators must leave so that 25% of the people in the concert are adult spectators?
5 m
Level 3
Last month Mr Zhang gave his wife, Anna $4000 for household expenditure. Anna spent 60% of the sum on rental, 30% on food and saved the rest. This month, Mr Zhang reduced the sum he gave to Anna. Anna spent the same amount on rental and reduced the amount she spent on food by 30%. She saved the remaining 10% of the sum given to her this month. By what percentage was the sum given to Anna reduced?
5 m
Level 3
Roshel had some peaches and oranges in 2 baskets. In Basket A, the number of peaches to the number of oranges was in the ratio of 5 : 9. In Basket B, there were thrice as many peaches as oranges. After Roshel transferred 13 of the oranges from Basket A to Basket B, the number of fruits left in Basket A was 187 and the ratio of the number of peaches to the number of oranges in Basket B became 7 : 8. How many fruits were in Basket B in the end?
5 m