Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. Three pentagons A, B and C are arranged as shown in the figure. The area of Pentagon A is 35 the area of Pentagon B. The area of Pentagon B is 35 the area of Pentagon C.
  1. Find the ratio of the area of Pentagon A to the area of Pentagon C.
  2. 23 of Pentagon A is shaded. What fraction of the whole figure is not shaded?
4 m
Level 3
Tabitha purchased a bottle of rose syrup to make drinks. She used 37 of the liquid in January. She then used the remaining syrup in February and March in the ratio 3 : 7. Given that the amount of the rose syrup used in January was 0.18 ℓ more than that used on the February, how many millilitres of rose syrup did the bottle contain at first?
4 m
Level 3
There were some red, blue and green pens in a box. 19 of the pens were blue. The ratio of the number of red pens to the number of green pens was 3 : 5. There were 288 fewer blue pens than green pens.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of red pens to the number of blue pens to the number of green pens in the box.
  2. How many green pens were there?
4 m
Level 3
Lennie gave 58 of his salary to his wife. He gave 15 of his salary to his four children and left the rest for himself. He had $420 left for himself. Given that his four children received the same amount each, how much did each of his four children receive?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of saloon cars to the total number of cars on display in Ken's car shop was 2 : 7. 25 of the remaining bikes on display were family cars and the rest were electric cars and sports cars in the ratio of 10 : 3. If there were 16 more electric cars than saloon cars, how many sports cars were there?
4 m
Level 2
The bar graph shows the number of packets of different food collected in a donation drive.
  1. 15 of the total number of packets of food collected was coffee. How many packets of rice were collected?
  2. The table shows the mass of each packet of food. What is the difference between the total mass of noodles collected and the total mass of biscuits collected? Give your answer in kg.
3 m
Level 3
There are some pupils in the zoo. 25 of them are girls, of whom 20% of them do not wear caps. 23 of the boys do not wear caps. What is the percentage of the pupils in the zoo who wear caps?
4 m
Level 3
There were 4 more girls than boys in the classroom. Excluding 2 boys, the number of boys was 56 of the number of girls. When another 4 girls joined, what fraction of the pupils were girls? Give the answer in its simplest form.
3 m
Level 3
At a school sports festival, 13 of the participants were P5 and P6 students. 25 of the remaining participants were P3 and P4 students. The rest were P1 and P2 students in the ratio of 3 : 7 respectively. There were 208 fewer P1 students than the total number of P5 and P6 students. How many students were there at the school sports festival?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
ABCD is a square. The shaded parts X and Y are two squares with different areas. All the corners of squares X and Y lie either on the sides of square ABCD or on the line AC. If the area of the square is 360 cm2. Find the shaded area.
3 m
Level
In a stationery kiosk, a box of markers costs thrice as much as a guidebook. Mrs Yong spent 14 of her money to buy 2 boxes of markers. She then spent 47 of her remaining money to buy some guidebooks and had $21.60 left. How much does each guidebook cost?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
At first, Jack had some money. He spent 14 of it on a T-shirt and 25 of the remainder on a pair of shoes. After that, his parents gave him $240. The ratio of the total amount of money he had at the end to the amount of money he had at first was 5 : 4. How much money did Jack have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Three women, Mrs Zhang, Mrs Lin and Mrs Yap went on a shopping spree. 30% of Mrs Zhang's spending is equal to 15 of Mrs Lin's spending. Mrs Yap's spending is 40% more than Mrs Lin's. If Mrs Lin spends another $804, she will spend the same amount of money as Mrs Yap.
  1. Find the ratio of Mrs Zhang's spending to Mrs Lin's to Mrs Yap's.
  2. How much did Mrs Zhang spend?
4 m
Level 3
A crate contains some kiwis, apples and watermelons. 0.4 of the apples is equal to 80% of the kiwis. The number of watermelons is 12 of the total number of kiwis and apples. If there are 44 more watermelons than kiwis, how many fruits are there in the crate altogether?
4 m
Level 3
The total monthly incomes of 24 men is $51000. 58 of them earn the same monthly income each. Each of the remaining men earns 4 times as much monthly. Find the difference between the higher income and the lower income per month.
4 m
Level 3
28 kg of potatoes are sorted into 3 sizes; large, medium and small. The ratio by mass of the large to medium to small potatoes is 10 : 3 : 1. There are 45 as many large potatoes as medium potatoes. There are 34 as many small potatoes as large potatoes. There are 10 large potatoes per kilogram. Find the total number of small and medium potatoes.
4 m
Level 3
At a school carnival, each boy received 3 packets of sweets and each girl received 4 packets of sweets. Each accompanying adult received 2 packets of sweets. 27 of the people at the school carnival were adults. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at the carnival was 5 : 8. Given that only 6601 packets of sweets were given away, how many people were there at the carnival?
4 m
Level 3
The table shows the time taken by some men to complete the night marathon. William completed the race in 56 of the time taken by Stephen. If Nicholas reached the finishing line at 01 45, what time did William cross the finishing line? Leave your answer in 24-hour clock.
3 m
Level
At a concert, 14 of the tickets were sold at full price, 35 of the tickets sold at 40% discount, and the remaining 270 tickets were given away for free. Each ticket was sold at $90. What was the total amount collected from the sale of tickets?
4 m
Level 3
At a gathering, 13 of the people are adults. The remaining group of people is divided into boys and girls in the ratio of 5 : 7. Each boy is given 2 keychains and each girl is given 5 keychains. Each accompanying adult receives 6 keychains. Given that only 368 keychains are given away to boys and adults, how many more children are there than adults?
4 m