Level 3
The total volume of water in Watering Can A, Watering Can B and Watering Can C was 205 mℓ. I poured out half the volume of water from Watering Can A, doubled the amount of water in Watering Can B and added 55 mℓ of water into Watering Can C. The ratio of the volume of water in Watering Can A to Watering Can B to Watering Can C is now 5 : 4 : 8. Find the total volume of water in the three watering cans now.
4 m
Level 3
Lisa and Gillian had a total of 64 beads. Lisa gave 13 of her beads to Gillian. In return, Gillian gave 15 of the total number of beads that she had to Lisa. In the end, each girl had the same number of beads. How many beads did Gillian have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Hazel had $300 more than Wendy. Hazel gave 35 of her money to Wendy. Wendy then gave 25% of her money to Hazel. In the end, Wendy had $186 more than Hazel. How much did Hazel have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Kate had $280 more than Natalie. Kate gave 35 of her money to Natalie. Natalie then gave 25% of her money to Kate. In the end, Kate had $146 less than Natalie. How much did Kate have at first?
4 m
Level 3
A burger cost three times as much as a sandwich at a cafe. Mr Lim spent 14 of his money on some sandwiches and half of the remaining sum on 2 burgers. He had $30 left.
  1. What was the cost of 1 sandwich?
  2. Mr Lim bought 5 burgers and 6 sandwiches. How much did he spend altogether?
5 m
Level 3
Minzy bought some pouches and bags for her friends. The price of each pouch was $2.40 while the price of each bag was $10.80. For every 4 bags bought, she was given one such pouch for free. After receiving the free pouches, the number of pouches was 13 of the number of bags bought. If Minzy paid a total of $1584, how much more did she pay for the bags than the pouches?
5 m
Level 3
Evelyn bought 50% more hair clips than Linda. Tammy bought 10% fewer hair clips than Evelyn. Evelyn and Linda gave Tammy some hair clips in the ratio 7 : 2. As a result, Tammy had twice as much hair clips as before. Given that Linda had 15 more hair clips than Evelyn in the end, how much hair clips did Evelyn give to Tammy?
5 m
Level 3
Mr Lim had three bags of soil, A, B and C and the mass of each bag of soil was in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3. Mr Lim decided to transfer 30% of soil from Bag A into Bag B and 60% of soil from Bag C into Bag B. Given that the mass of Bag B was 38.4 kg in the end, how many kilograms of soil were transferred into Bag B?
5 m
Level 3
Three cartons, A, B and C, contained 382 marbles. Hazel added some marbles into Carton A and the number of marbles in Carton A tripled. He took out half of the number of marbles from Carton B and added another 98 marbles into Carton C. As a result, the ratio of the number of marbles in Carton A, Carton B and Carton C became 6 : 2 : 9. What was the ratio of the number of marbles in Carton B to the total number of marbles in Carton A and Carton C at first? Give the answer in its lowest term.
4 m
Level 3
A coin bank contains some twenty-cent and fifty-cent coins in the ratio of 4 : 5. When 16 fifty-cent coins were taken out and replaced by some twenty-cent coins, the ratio became 8 : 7. The total value of the twenty-cent coins added was the same as the total value of the fifty-cent coins taken out. Find the sum of money in the coin box.
5 m