Level 3
Kathy bought some buttons. She gave 13 of the buttons to her cousin and sold 35 of the remaining buttons. After that, she bought another 33 buttons and had the same number of buttons that she bought at first. How many buttons did Kathy buy at first?
Level 3
Lee spent 18 of his money on balloons, 13 of the remaining money on a cake and $16 on drinks. He had 12 of his money. How much money did he have at first?
Level 3
At a school swimming event, 14 of the students were boys. Given that 25 of the girls and 35 of the boys did not know how to swim, how many students were there altogether if there were 154 swimmers at the event?
Level 3
There were 210 books in a bookstore. 57 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books. 23 of the fiction books and 56 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the bookstore?
Level 3
A stall was selling flowers. 13 of the earnings are from the sale of 9 lavenders and 17 sunflowers. Of the rest of the earnings, 34 are from the sale of lavenders and 14 are from the sale of sunflowers. Each sunflower costs thrice as much as each lavender. How many flowers were sold?
Level 3 Nicole baked 187 puffs and tarts. She burnt 7 pieces and counted the remaining pieces. 16 of the tarts and 56 of the puffs were strawberry flavoured. There were equal number of tarts and puffs that were banana flavoured.
How many unburnt banana puffs were there?
What fraction of the unburnt pastries were strawberry puffs?
Level 3
Tickets for a drama performance were sold to senior citizens, adults and children at different prices as shown. 14 of the tickets sold were bought by senior citizens and 13 of them were bought by adults. The rest were bought by children.
What fraction of the tickets sold that were bought by children?
A total amount of $2240 was collected from the sale of the tickets. How many children bought the tickets?
Level 3
Tickets for a drama performance were sold to senior citizens, adults and children at different prices as shown. 14 of the tickets sold were bought by senior citizens and 13 of them were bought by adults. The rest were bought by children.
What fraction of the tickets sold that were bought by children?
A total amount of $2240 was collected from the sale of the tickets. How many children bought the tickets?
Level 3
Gwen had some Chinese and English novels. She sold 13 of her Chinese novels and 14 of her English novels. 78 of the books sold were Chinese books. What fraction of the novels did Gwen sell?
