Level 3
Rica was saving money to buy pens. She saved $6 every 4 days. After saving for 28 days, she went to buy pens that were on sale.
  1. What was the most number of pens she could buy?
  2. Rica wanted to buy 38 pens. How much more did she need to save?
4 m
Level 3
Joe had 170 marbles. He gave away 32 marbles and packed the remaining marbles in bags of 4. Each bag was sold for $5. The remaining marbles that were not packed were sold at 2 for $3. How much did Joe collect in total?
4 m
Level 3
A box of pies cost $15 while a box of muffins cost $17. Each box contained either 4 pies or 3 muffins. Mrs Sanchez bought the same number of pies and muffins. She paid $207 more for the muffins. How many boxes of pies did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
A bakery was having its grand opening promotion for eclairs and bagels at the prices as shown. Mrs Lim spent an equal amount of money on the eclairs and bagels for her company party. She bought 40 more eclairs than bagels. What was the total number of eclairs and bagels bought by Mrs Lim?
4 m
Level 3
Winnie had two rolls of ribbons of the same length but different designs. She cut the first roll of ribbon into equal pieces of length 36 cm and there were 7 hearts on each piece of ribbon and cut the second roll of ribbon into equal pieces of length 54 cm and there were 9 stars on each piece of ribbon as shown. After she finished cutting both rolls of ribbons, she counted that the total number of hearts was 84 more than the total number of stars. Find the length of one roll of ribbon in cm.
4 m
Level 3
Alex earned $750 less than Jay each month. Both of them spent $1800 each month and saved the rest of their salaries. After a few months, Alex saved $2400 and Jay saved $6900.
  1. How much did Alex earn each month?
  2. Alex wanted to go on a trip that would cost him $4000. How many months did he have to save?
4 m
Level 3
Eva spent $314 to buy some boxes of cranberry and apple biscuits. Each box of cranberry biscuits cost $5 and each box of apple biscuits cost $11. The cranberry biscuits were packed in boxes of 12 biscuits each and the apple biscuits were packed in boxes of 5 biscuits each. She bought an equal number of cranberry biscuits and apple biscuits.
  1. How many boxes of cranberry biscuits did she buy?
  2. How many boxes of apple biscuits did she buy?
5 m
Level 3
The Great Store held a promotion during the Christmas season.
  1. Laura spent $180 on each type of item. How many more mugs than plates did she buy?
  2. Elise bought an equal number of plates and mugs. She paid $312 in all. How many mugs and plates did she buy altogether? She paid $312 in all. How many mugs and plates did she buy altogether?
5 m