Question (2010):
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Question (2009):
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"Jim bought some chocolates and gave half of it to Ken. Ken bought some sweets and gave half of it to Jim. Jim ate 12 sweets and Ken ate 18 chocolates. The ratio of Jim’s sweets to chocolates became 1:7 and the ratio of Ken’s sweets to chocolates became 1:4. How many sweets did Ken buy?"
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Question
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Karen went shopping with some money. She spent
of her money on a necklace and $786 on a ring. Later, she
spent 
of her remaining amount on a watch. If the amount of money
left was $86.35 more than half of the amount she had at first, how much money
did Karen go shopping with at first?
Question
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Box X and Box Y contained only blue and red pens. In Box X, the ratio of the number of blue pens to the number of red pens was 5 : 4. In Box Y, the ratio of the number of blue pens to the number of red pens was 5 : 1. There were 3 times as many pens in Box X as in Box Y.
(a) What was the ratio of the number of blue pens in Box X to the number of red pens in Box Y? Give your answer in its simplest form.
(b) When 66 red pens were put into Box Y, the ratio of the number of blue pens
to the number of red pens in Box Y became 3 : 5. How many red pens were
there in Box Y then?
Question
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Alex, Ben, Charles and David shared the cost of
a dinner. Alex paid of the
amount paid by Ben, Charles
and David. Charles paid 40% of the amount paid by Alex and Ben. The total
amount paid by Alex and Ben is equal to that paid by Charles and David. Given
that David paid $32 more than Alex for the dinner, what was the cost of the
dinner?
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