Level 3
A grocer had the same number of lemons, water apples and starfruits at first. After 78 starfruits, some lemons and water apples were set aside, there were 148 fruits left. There were thrice as many lemons as water apples left. The number of starfruits left was 20 less than the number of lemons. How many water apples were set aside?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Four teams of students sold lemonade for charity.
They collected $5 for a small cup of lemonade and $10 for a big cup of lemonade.
The table shows the number of cups sold by three of the teams.
Team A: 15 Small, 5 Big
Team B: 11 Small, 9 Big
Team C: 8 Small, 10 Big
  1. Which of the three teams collected the most money? Give your answer in letter.
  2. What was the amount of money collected by Team A?
  3. Team D sold as many cups of lemonade as Team A but collected $20 more. How many big cups of lemonade did Team D sell?
4 m
Level 3
Wesley was asked to deliver 51 crystal bowls. For each crystal bowl safely delivered, he was paid $10. For each broken crystal bowl, he had to pay $18. If he was paid $90, how many crystal bowls were broken?
4 m
Level 3
A group of 22 adults and children went to a bird park. Each adult ticket cost $8 and each child ticket cost $5. The group paid a total of $143 for the tickets. How many adults went to the bird park?
4 m
Level 3
There were 35 children in a team. Each boy was given 5 cupcakes and each girl was given 3 cupcakes. In all, 79 more cupcakes were given to the boys than the girls. How many boys were there?
4 m
Level 3
There were a total of 61 questions in a Science quiz. 4 marks were awarded for each correct answer and 1 marks were deducted for each wrong answer. Cathy answered all the questions and scored 104 marks. How many more correct answers than wrong answers did she answer?
4 m
Level 3
There were a total of 88 questions in a Maths test. 10 marks were awarded for each correct answer and 2 marks were deducted for each incorrect answer or each incomplete answer. Betty could not complete all the questions in time and left the last 11 questions blank. She scored 472 marks. How many more correct answers than wrong answers did she answer?
4 m
Level 3
38 Primary 5 pupils and 35 of Primary 6 pupils went on a school learning journey. The number of Primary 6 girls was 2 times the number of Primary 5 girls, and there were 17 more Primary 5 boys than Primary 6 boys. How many more Primary 6 girls than Primary 6 boys went on the learning journey?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Yoko wants to make 14 small identical triangles and 20 large identical triangles using wire. She has made 12 small triangles and 7 large ones using 640 cm of wire. The length of wire she used for 3 large triangles is the same as that for 4 small stars.
  1. How many large triangles can be made with the same length of wire used to make 12 small triangles?
  2. What is the length of wire she needs to make the remaining triangles? Express your answer in cm.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Yoko had two streamers of the same length. She cut the first streamer into equal parts of length 90 cm and to each part she tied 4 blue heart cutouts. After that, she cut the second streamer into equal parts of length 120 cm and to each part she tied 7 red heart cutouts. When she finished tying, she counted that there were 80 more red heart cutouts than blue heart cutouts. How many heart cutouts were there altogether?
5 m
Level 3
A ferry can carry a maximum of 35 adults or 40 children. A ticket for an adult cost $45 and a ticket for a child cost $20. A group of adults and children took 3 such ferries at maximum load on a ferry trip. They paid a total of $3795 for the tickets.
  1. How many adults were there?
  2. How many children were there?
5 m
Level 3
A ferry can carry a maximum of 30 adults or 50 children. A ticket for an adult cost $60 and a ticket for a child cost $35. A group of adults and children took 2 such ferries at maximum load on a ferry trip. The total amount paid for the adults was $1115 more than the total amount paid for the children.
  1. How many adults were there?
  2. How many children were there?
5 m