Level 3
If Bill and Henry paint a house, they take 24 days to finish painting. If Kenny and Bill paint the same house, they take 8 days to finish painting. If Henry and Mark paint the same house, they take 12 days to finish painting. How many days do Kenny and Mark take to paint the house if they work together?
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Level 3
Zoe spent $54 on some apples, oranges and grapefruits in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 3. The number of apples was 12 the number of oranges. The ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of oranges was 3 : 2. The apples were sold at 2 for a dollar.
  1. How many fruits did she buy altogether?
  2. How much did each orange cost?
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Level 3
Betty spent 45 of her money on 14 stamps and 5 pens. The cost of each pen is 2 times the cost of each stamp. She bought some more stamps with 23 of her remaining money. How many stamps did Betty buy altogether?
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Level 3
Ruth spent $84 on some staplers, markers and files. The ratio of the amount of money she spent on the staplers, markers and files was 5 : 8 : 1. The markers were sold at 10 for $4. The number of staplers she bought was 12 the number of markers. The number of files she bought was 35 the number of markers. Find the price of 1 stapler.
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Level 3
Kate had some fruits at her stall. 34 of them were mangosteens, 13 of the remainder were apples and the rest were coconuts. The amounts earned for each mangosteen, each Fuji apple and each coconut sold are $1.50, $3.00 and $4.50 respectively.

The number of mangosteens sold to the number of apples sold to the number of coconuts sold was 3 : 5 : 3. In total, she sold 14 of the fruits and earned $198. How many coconuts did she have at first?
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Level 3
Zoe had some yellow stickers and pink stickers in 2 baskets. In Basket A, the ratio of the number of yellow stickers to pink stickers was 6 : 5. In Basket B, the number of yellow stickers was 2 times the number of pink stickers. Zoe transferred 25 of the pink stickers from Basket A to Basket B. The number of stickers in Basket A became 144 and the ratio of the number of yellow stickers to pink stickers in Basket B became 6 : 7.
  1. How many pink stickers were transferred from Basket A to Basket B?
  2. What was the number of stickers in Basket B after the transfer?
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Level 3
Xuan, Penny, Kate and Violet went to buy a gift for their grandmother. They shared the cost equally among themselves. However, Violet forgot to bring her money. So, the other 3 girls paid for the gift first. Kate paid 35 of the amount Xuan and Penny paid. Penny paid $11 more than Xuan. The next day, Violet returned $76 to Kate and some money to Xuan and Penny. How much did Violet return to
  1. Xuan?
  2. Penny?
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Level 3
20% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 80% of the spectators are adults and there are 3900 more adults spectators than children spectators. How many adult spectators must leave so that 25% of the people in the concert are adult spectators?
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Level 3
Vincent has some 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins which amount to more than $20 but less than $54. The number of 20-cent coins is 14 of all the coins he has. When he exchanges some 50-cent coins for 20-cent coins, the ratio of the number of 50-cent coins to 20-cent coins he now has become 1 : 6.
  1. What is the largest possible amount of money Vincent has?
  2. What is the total value of 50-cent coins that has been exchanged for 20-cent coins? Express the answer to 2 decimal place.
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Level 3
Last month Mr Zhang gave his wife, Anna $4000 for household expenditure. Anna spent 60% of the sum on rental, 30% on food and saved the rest. This month, Mr Zhang reduced the sum he gave to Anna. Anna spent the same amount on rental and reduced the amount she spent on food by 30%. She saved the remaining 10% of the sum given to her this month. By what percentage was the sum given to Anna reduced?
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