Level 3 PSLE
Annie and Bindy made some butter muffins and raisin muffins. Annie made 33 more butter muffins than raisin muffins. Bindy made 65 more raisin muffins than butter muffins. The total number of butter muffins made up 42% of the total number of muffins they made. How many raisin muffins did they make altogether?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
One copier took 60 minutes while another took 100 minutes to print the same number of leaflets. The faster copier printed 6 more leaflets per minute than the slower one.
  1. The slower copier completed the job at 2.00 p.m. At what time was the printing started?
  2. What was the total number of leaflets printed by the two copiers?
4 m
Level 3
During Christmas, Vincent's candle and Ethan's candle were placed on an altar. Vincent's candle was 3 cm longer than Ethan's candle. Vincent's candle and Ethan's candle were lit at 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. respectively. They burnt down to the same height at 10:30pm. At 1:30 a.m., Ethan's candle was burnt out while Vincent's candle was burnt out at 3:30 a.m. Find the original heights of Vincent's candle and Ethan's candle.
4 m
Level 3
If Joey and Vic work together on a project, they will complete it in 4 days. If Vic were to work with Richard on the same project, they will take a day longer. If Richard and Teddy work together, they will take 100% more time than Joey and Vic. If Joey and Teddy were to work together, how many more days will they take to complete the project compared to Vic and Richard working together?
4 m
Level 3
At a fun fair, there were 3 times as many males as females. 59 of the males were boys and the rest were men. 23 of the females were women and the rest were girls. Given that there were 104 more boys than girls, how many children were there altogether?
4 m
Level 3
12 of the pupils in a school were girls and the rest were boys. 25 of the girls and 23 of the boys took part in a school event. 364 pupils did not take part. How many more girls were needed to take part in the school event so that it would be equal to the same number of boys who took part in the event?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Three boys, Az, Ben and Ix had the same number of notes. Az and Ben each had of mix of $10-notes and $2-notes. Az had 7 $2-notes while Ben had 13 $2-notes. Ix had only $10-notes.
  1. Of the three boys, who had the most money?
  2. What was the difference in the total value of Az and Ben's notes?
  3. Ben used all his $10-notes to buy a present. He then had $164 less in notes than Ix. How many $10-notes did Ix have?
5 m
Level 3
Faucet X can fill a container completely in 5 hours while Faucet Y takes 1 hour more to fill the same container completely. There is a hole at the bottom of the container which can empty the full container in 10 hours. How long does it take for the container to be completely filled if both faucets are turned on? Express the answer in mixed number of hours.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
In a shop, candles are sold only in boxes. A box of 8 short candles costs $2.30 and a box of 5 long candles costs $3.70.
  1. Dan wants 17 short candles and 3 long candles for his lanterns. What is the least amount of money that Dan will need to spend on the candles?
  2. Zara bought 14 more long candles than short candles from the shop. The total number of candles she bought was fewer than 50. How much did Zara spend on the candles altogether?
5 m
Level 3
35 of Jack's savings is equal to 23 of Asher's savings. The difference in their savings is equal to 15 of Fred's savings. Jack saves $90 more than Fred. Find the total amount of saving of all 3 boys.
4 m
Level 3
A bag of candies was distributed equally among 16 pupils. When 7 of these pupils gave up 35 of their share, the rest of the pupils received 14 more candies each. How many candies were there in the bag?
4 m
Level 3
In a factory, Machine A was turned on first and it produced 313 wontons. Then Machine A and Machine B were turned on at the same time to continue production. For every 4 wontons Machine A produced, Machine B produced 6 wontons. Machine B produced 45 less than 12 of the total number of wontons produced. How many wontons were produced altogether?
5 m
Level 3
Willy drove from Town A to Town B which was 312 km away. He started from Town A at an average speed of 76 km/h. He maintained this speed for 2 h before increasing it by 4 km/h for the rest of the journey to Town B.
  1. How long did he take to complete the whole journey?
  2. What was his average speed from Town A to Town B?
4 m
Level 3
Tim had 672 coins. 27 were pink and the rest were yellow and blue. The ratio of the number of yellow coins to the number of blue coins was 1 : 3. Tim decided to buy some more pink coins to increase the number of pink coins to half of the total number of coins.
  1. How many less yellow coins than pink coins did he have at first?
  2. How many more pink coins did he have to buy?
5 m
Level 3
Uncle Lim travelled from City A to City B which was 560 km away. For the first 480 km of the journey, he travelled at a speed of 80 km/h. He then reduced his speed by 40 km/h and completed the rest of the journey. What was his average speed for the whole journey?
4 m
Level 3
At 9.45 a.m., Mark started driving from Town X to Town Y which was 440 km away. For the first 220 km, he travelled at an average speed of 80 km/h. He then decreased his speed by 20 km/h and completed the remaining journey.
  1. Find the total time taken for the whole journey. Express the answer in mixed number.
  2. At what time did she reach Town Y?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of the number of biscuits in Container H to the number of biscuits in Container J was 5 : 3. 20% of the biscuits in Container H and 0.6 of those in Container J were round. After transferring the biscuits between the 2 containers, the number of square biscuits in both containers are the same. Likewise, the number of round biscuits in both containers are the same. If a total of 162 of biscuits were moved, how many more biscuits were there in Container H than Container J at first?
5 m
Level 3 PSLE
Yasmin uses stars and circles to form figures that follow a pattern as shown.
  1. The table shows the number of stars and circles for the first four figures. Complete the table for Figure 5. List the answers in the following order using commas. (Eg i, ii, iii)
  2. A figure in the pattern has a total of 121 stars and circles. What is the figure number?
  3. Another figure in the pattern has 50 more stars than circles. What is the total number of stars and circles in the figure?
5 m
Level 3
Mrs Yap had 40% more books than Mdm Zhang. Miss Lin had 20% fewer books than Mrs Yap. Mrs Yap and Mdm Zhang gave Miss Lin some books in the ratio of 1 : 4. As a result, Miss Lin had 50% more books than before. Given that Miss Lin had 423 more books than Mdm Zhang in the end, how many books did Mrs Yap give to Miss Lin?
5 m
Level 3
At a wedding, 49 of the guests were men and the rest were women. Some men then left the wedding and the remaining number of men were 25 of the guests. 44 men then joined the wedding. The number of guests in the end was 12 more than the number of guests at first. How many guests were there at first?
4 m