Level 3
A fruit vendor ordered some fruits. 35% of the fruits he ordered were apples and the rest were oranges. Each apple cost $1.20 and each orange cost 50% more than each apple. The vendor paid a total of $636.
  1. Find the total cost of the apples.
  2. How many oranges did he order?
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Level 3
Jolene and Katie shared some necklaces. Jolene's share was 45% of Katie's share. She then increased her share of the necklaces by taking 20% of Katie's share. Given that Jolene had 18 fewer necklaces than Katie in the end, how many necklaces did the girls have altogether?
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Level 3 PSLE
Linda had a collection of stamps from South Africa, Finland and Jamaica. She had 124 stamps from South Africa. 30% of her stamps were from Finland. She had 12 fewer stamps from Jamaica than from Finland.
  1. What was the total number of stamps in Linda's collection?
  2. Linda's aunt gave her some stamps from Finland. Her total collection increased by 25%. What percentage of her collection was from Finland after that?
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Level 3
Diana baked curry, sardine and chicken buns. She baked 60 curry buns. 20% of her buns were chicken. She baked 12 more sardine buns than chicken buns. How many curry buns and sardine buns did Diana bake altogether?
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Level 3
Wendyville School had 1220 students and Janeville School had 30% more students. When an equal number of students left each school, the ratio of the students in Janeville School to that in Wendyville School became 2 : 1. How many students were there in both schools in the end?
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