Level 3
Tank E contained 4 times as many guppies as Tank F. When 10% of the guppies in Tank E and 10% of the guppies in Tank F were transferred to Tank G, Tank G had 120 guppies, which was 20% more guppies than before. How many less guppies were there in Tank F than Tank E in the end?
4 m
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?
4 m
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.
  1. How many papayas were there at the stall?
  2. If he sold the remaining peaches in bags of 6 at $3.50 per bag, how much would he receive for them?
4 m
Level 3
Cathy, Zoe and Ruth went shopping together. They brought a total of $1633 with them. Cathy spent 50% of her money. Zoe spent $224 and Ruth spent twice as much money as Cathy. In the end, they had $785 left. How much money did Zoe and Ruth have altogether in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Queenie baked 390 cookies and cupcakes. After she gave 0.3 of the cookies and 0.4 of the cupcakes to her friends, she was left with an equal number of cookies and cupcakes. How many cookies had she left?
4 m
Level 3
Sean and David had some allowance in the ratio of 3 : 7. They shared some money to buy a bracelet for their cousin. The ratio of the amount paid by Sean to the amount paid by David was 1 : 2. If David was left with $176 and Sean had spent 14 of his money, how much was the bracelet they bought?
4 m
Level 3
The number of red grapes is the same as the number of green grapes in a bag. After removing 14 of the grapes, there were 36 red grapes and 54 green grapes left in the bag. Then another 20 red grapes and 20 green grapes were removed and there were 512 of the grapes left in the end. How many red grapes were removed altogether?
4 m
Level 3
A store owner had coconuts and papayas. The ratio of coconuts to papayas was 5 : 2. After 12 of the coconuts and 18 papayas were sold, there were 2 times as many coconuts as papayas left. How many coconuts and papayas were there at first?
4 m
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,
  1. how much did Reena have at first?
  2. how many kilograms of pineapples did she buy if they cost $2 per kg?
4 m
Level 3
Isabelle had $574 less than Jane. Jane spent 35 of her money and Isabelle spent 34 of her money. In the end, Jane had 3 times as much as Isabelle. Find the amount of money Isabelle had at first.
4 m