Level 3
At a wedding function, the ratio of the number of men to the number of women was 13 : 5. If 35% of the women left, what percentage of the men must leave so that there will be an equal number of men and women remaining?
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Level 3
In a box, 45% of the pens are red, 15% are blue and the rest are yellow.
  1. What fraction of the pens is yellow? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. There are 588 yellow pens in the box. How many pens are there in the box altogether?
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Level 3
Last year, there were 48 members in a school music club. The number of girls was 35 the number of boys.
  1. What percentage of the members were girls last year?
  2. This year, 4 boys left the club and 6 girls joined the club. What percentage of the members are girls this year?
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Level 3
60% of the pupils are boys. 40% of the boys and 40% of the girls wear cardigans. What percentage of the pupils do not wear cardigans?
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Level 3
There are 20% as many green beads as red beads in May's collection of beads. The number of purple beads is 30% fewer than the number of red beads. There are 330 more purple beads than green beads.
  1. Find the total number of beads in the collection.
  2. What percentage are the number of red beads as compared to the number of purple beads? Leave your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
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