Level 3
Lucy paid a total of $550 for a brooch, a necklace and a watch. She spent 35 of her money on the brooch. The necklace cost 3 times as much as the watch. How much did she pay for the necklace?
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Level 3
There are a total of 430 large muffins, small muffins and medium muffins at a stall. 35 of these muffins are large muffins. The number of small muffins is 3 times the number of medium muffins. How many more small muffins than medium muffins are there?
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Level 3
Tina paid a total of $210 for a shirt, a pair of socks and a pair of shoes. She spent 27 of her money on the pair of socks. The pair of shoes cost 4 times as much as the shirt. How much more did she pay for the pair of shoes than the shirt?
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Level 3
During the school holidays, Vanessa spent 18 of her day outside playing with her friends and 5 hours on playing board games. The rest of her time was spent in the house. How many hours did he spend in the house that day?
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Level 3
Mrs Tan had 10 ℓ orange juice. She used 12 of the orange juice for a picnic and 25 ℓ of the remaining orange juice to bake orange-flavoured cookies. How much orange juice did she have left? Give your answer in millilitres.
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Level 3
Cheryl bought 114 kg of potatoes on Monday. She cooked 25 kg of potatoes each day on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. What is the mass of the potatoes left on Friday?
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Level 3
Lynn had 10 kg of flour. She used 12 of the flour to bake a cake and 14 kg of the remaining flour to bake some muffins. How much flour did she have left? Give your answer in grams.
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Level 3
Debbie spent $180 on a gown and 23 as much on a bag. She bought a pair of shoes that cost 45 as much as the bag. How much less did she spend on the pair of shoes than on the bag?
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Level 3
A barrel can hold 96 ℓ of water. A tank can hold 12 more litres of water than the barrel. An aquarium can hold 3 times as much water as the tank. If the aquarium is 34 filled with water, how much more water is needed to fill the aquarium completely?
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Level 3
Anisha's monthly salary is $3451. She gives 27 of it to her mother and spends twice as much on daily expenses. If she saves the rest of the money, how much does she save in a year?
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Level 2
8 similar pizzas were shared equally among 5 children. What fraction of the pizzas did 2 children receive?
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Level 3
Fred saved $85 per month for a motorcycle. At the end of 6 months, he found that the amount of savings he had was only 34 the price of the motorcycle.
  1. How much was the motorcycle?
  2. How much more must Fred save in order to buy the motorcycle?
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Level 3
A construction worker welded 3 pipes of length 2 m 10 cm each together. This new pipe was only 35 of the length he needed. How long was the pipe he needed?
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Level 2
A packet of rice weighs 119 kg while a bottle of detergent weighs 213 kg. What is the mass of 2 bottles of detergent and a packet of rice?
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Level 3
Warren bought 4 boxes of chocolates bars. Each box contained 35 chocolate bars. He put 25 of the chocolate bars into a bag and shared the rest of the chocolate bars equally with 3 friends. How many chocolate bars did he give to each friend?
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Level 3
Vanessa ordered a plate of noodles and shared it with Lee. She ate 310 of it. Lee ate twice as much noodles as she did. What fraction of the platter of noodles was left?
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Level 3
A car-wash machine takes 16 h to wash 1 car. Washing the car by hand takes 14 h longer than the car-wash machine.
  1. Find the time taken to wash 1 car by hand.
  2. Find the total time taken to wash 3 cars by hand. Leave your answer in hours and minutes.
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Level 2
The number of female guppies in a tank is 314 times the number of male guppies. What fraction of the guppies in the tank are female guppies?
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Level 2
The total cost of a blouse and a skirt is $65. The cost of the blouse is 23 the cost of the skirt. How much does the skirt cost?
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Level 2
Sean is 18 kg heavier than Leo. Leo's mass is 35 of Sean's mass. Find the total mass of the two boys.
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