Level 3
Renee had $420 less than Tom. Tom spent 0.6 of his money and Renee spent 0.5 of her money. In the end, Tom and Renee had the same amount of money left. Find the amount of money Renee had at first.
3 m
Level 3
At a wedding function, the ratio of the number of men to the number of women was 13 : 5. If 35% of the women left, what percentage of the men must leave so that there will be an equal number of men and women remaining?
3 m
Level 3
In a box, 45% of the pens are red, 15% are blue and the rest are yellow.
  1. What fraction of the pens is yellow? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. There are 588 yellow pens in the box. How many pens are there in the box altogether?
3 m
Level 3
Last year, there were 48 members in a school music club. The number of girls was 35 the number of boys.
  1. What percentage of the members were girls last year?
  2. This year, 4 boys left the club and 6 girls joined the club. What percentage of the members are girls this year?
4 m
Level 3
Victor needed exactly 90 m of cloth to make 18 small identical banners and 9 big identical banners. He had some cloth which was just enough to make all the small banners and 5 big banners. He used 12112 cm for each small banner.
  1. How much cloth would he need to make 1 big banner?
  2. How much cloth was he short of to make the remaining big banners?
4 m