Level 3
At a fruit stall, 280 mangoes were sold in the morning and 35 of the remaining mangoes were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of mangoes left became 16 of the total number of mangoes at first. Given that the mangoes were sold at $2.50 in packs of six mangoes, how much did the fruit stall receive from the sale of the mangoes in the afternoon?
Level 3
The ratio of the number of papayas to the number of peaches that a fruit seller had was 5 : 11. After he sold half of the peaches, there were a total of 252 papayas and peaches left at the fruit stall.
How many papayas were there at the stall?
If he sold the remaining peaches in bags of 6 at $3.50 per bag, how much would he receive for them?
Level 3
Last Saturday, Jack withdrew an equal number of $10-notes and $50-notes from the bank. After spending 58 pieces of $10-notes and 10 pieces of $50-notes, the ratio of the remaining $10-notes to $50-notes became 2 : 5.
How many $10-notes had he left?
What was the total value of the notes which Jack withdrew from the bank?
Level 3
Hannah went shopping with 4 times the amount that Kelly brought. The ratio of the amount of money Kelly spent to the amount of money Hannah spent was 2 : 3. In the end, Kelly and Hannah had $12 and $108 respectively. How much did Kelly spend?
Level 3
Reena bought some fruits. She spent $10 more than 23 of her money on some pears. She then spent $8 more than 20% of the remaining money on some pineapples. Given that she had $16 left,
how much did Reena have at first?
how many kilograms of pineapples did she buy if they cost $2 per kg?
Level 3
Adam has some money.
Adam spends $300 on some stickers and
80% of the remainder on some marbles.
In the end, he has 18 of the total amount left.
How much does Adam have at first?
How much more does Adam spend on marbles than on stickers?
Level 3
Lynn paid $410 for some wafers and scones. The ratio of the boxes of wafers to the boxes of scones was 3 : 2. Each box of wafers cost $5 more than each box of scones. She paid $130 more for the wafers than the scones. What was the price of each box of wafers?
Level 3
Adam and Bryan have a total of $220.
Adam spends 13 of his money and
Bryan spends $30 of his money.
The ratio of Adam's money to Bryan's money becomes 5 : 2.
Level 3
Ivory receives $10 more allowance than Neave each day. Ivory spends $9 more than Neave each day. Their remaining money was saved. How much more money will Ivory save than Neave after 3 days?
Level 3
Jill spent 910 of her money on 20 muffins and 5 croissants. If each muffin costs twice as much as a croissant, how many croissants could Jill buy with the rest of her money?
Level 3 Mr Lin bought 30 boxes of pens at the price of $15 per box. He gave 65 pens to his students and sold the rest of the pens at 80 cents each. If he made a profit of $50, find the number of pens in each box.
Level 2
Liping had just enough money to buy 90 notebooks of the same price. She bought only 30 notebooks for her students and had $120 left. What was the cost of one notebook?
Level 3
The average amount of money collected by a group of students at a flag day event was $125. When another 15 students turned up to help, the total amount donated increased by $1275 and the average amount of money collected became $113. How many students were there in the group at first?
Level 3
Wilfred saves 10% of his allowance. When his allowance was increased by 20%, his savings rose proportionately to $180. What was his original allowance?
Level 3
Wilfred saves 10% of his allowance. When his allowance was decreased by 20%, his savings decreased proportionately to $80. What was his original allowance?
