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1. John saved some money on Monday. From Tuesday to Friday, he saved $3 more
than the day before. If he saved $85 on the 5 days, how much money did he save
on Monday?

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2. The sum of three numbers is 131. The second number is 17 less than the first

number and 21 more than the third number. Find the second number.

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3. Belle is 27 years old this year. She is three times as old as Candice. In how many
years’ time will she be twice as old as Candice?

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4. Jane and Bond had an equal amount of money. Jane spent $78 and Bond spent

$155. Jane then had three times as much as Bond. How much money did Jane
have at first?

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5. Peter has 52 coins. There are 15 ten-cent coins and the rest are twenty-cent coins
and fifty-cent coins. The total value of the coins is $16.10. How many fifty-cent
coins are there?

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6. The total cost of 6 identical dresses and 3 identical blouses cost $405.A dress cost

$13.50 more than a blouse. Find the cost of a dress.

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7. There were 83 more children in Hall A than in Hall B. If 16 children from Hall B
moved to Hall A, Hall A would have four times as many children as Hall B. How
many children were there in HallA at first?

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8. 36 pupils had to make an equal number of bookmarks each to be sold at a charity

funfair. 4 pupils were absent and the bookmarks they had to make were divided
amongst the rest of the pupils equally. In the end, the rest of the pupils had to make
7 more bookmarks each. How many bookmarks were made altogether?

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9. 1272 yellow, red and blue light bulbs were used to decorate a Christmas tree. There
were 146 fewer blue than red light bulbs. The number of yellow light bulbs were
twice the total number of red and blue light bulbs. How many yellow light bulbs
were there?

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10. There were 1485 ml of juice in jugs A and B. When 637 ml of juice was poured from

jug A to jug B, jug B contained twice as much juice as jug A. How much more juice
was there in jugA than jug B?

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