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?
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Level 3
One eating house bought 168 kg of beef and mutton. 13 of the beef and 45 of the mutton were sold. The amount of mutton sold was 12 kg more than the amount of beef sold.
  1. How much mutton did the eating house buy?
  2. How much beef did the eating house buy?
4 m
Level 3
Penelope was packing her spoons, plates and bowls to be moved to her new shop. She packed 65 more spoons than plates, and 22 more bowls than spoons. While moving 35 of her spoons and 110 of the plates were broken. The remaining 389 items were not broken. How many bowls did she have?
4 m
Level 3
There were some pears, guavas and mangoes. The number of pears was three times the number of guavas. The total number of pears and guavas was half of the number of mangoes. There were 180 fruits altogether. All the mangoes were sold at 6 for $20. How much money was collected from the sale of the mangoes?
4 m
Level
Linda sold $1078 worth of dresses and jumpsuits. She earned $110 less on the jumpsuits than the dresses. Each jumpsuit is sold for $4 more than each dress. The number of jumpsuits sold was 23 of the number of dresses sold.
  1. How much did Linda earn from the sales of the dresses?
  2. How many dresses were sold?
4 m