Level 3 PSLE
At first, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a club was 4 : 1. After 10 boys and 10 girls joined the club, the ratio became 3 : 1.
  1. Did the percentage of members who were girls increase (1), decrease (2) or remain the same (3)? Give your answer in number. (Eg Increase = 1)
  2. In the end, how many boys were there in the club?
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Level 2
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5.
Each girl is given 4 stickers.
Each boy is given 2 stickers.
The total number of stickers is 220.
  1. How many children are there?
  2. How many more boys than girls are there?
  3. How many more stickers are given to the girls than the boys?
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Level 3
At a wedding function, the ratio of the number of men to the number of women was 13 : 5. If 35% of the women left, what percentage of the men must leave so that there will be an equal number of men and women remaining?
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Level 2
The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys is 3 : 5.
Each girl is given 4 stickers.
Each boy is given 2 stickers.
The total number of children is 80.
  1. How many stickers are given to the children?
  2. How many less girls than boys are there?
  3. How many less stickers are given to the boys than the girls?
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Level 1 PSLE
Charles has a number of 10¢, 20¢ and 50¢ coins in the ratio 4 : 2 : 1. The total value of all the coins is $156. What is the total value of the 20¢ coins?
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Level 3
A special tea is a mixture of three kinds of tea leaves A, B and C in the ratio 5 : 3 : 2.
1 kg of each kind of tea leaves costs $4, $20 and $10 respectively.
What is the cost of 15 kg of this special tea?
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Level 3
The ratio of Henry's total points to that of Vincent's in a mock test was 6 : 7. In the next mock test, Henry's points increased by 70%. By what percentage must Vincent's points be increased if their total points were to be the same? Round off the answer to the nearest whole number.
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Level 1
Adam has blue and red stickers in the ratio of 5 : 2.
He has 30 more blue stickers than red stickers.
  1. How many stickers does Adam have?
  2. If Adam gives away 10 blue stickers, what is the new ratio of the number of blue stickers to blue stickers?
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Level 2
Adam and Bryan have some stickers in the ratio of 3 : 2.
When Adam gives away 40 stickers,
the ratio of the stickers becomes 1 : 3.
  1. How many stickers do they have at first?
  2. How many stickers do they have in the end?
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Level 3 PSLE
On Saturday, the number of adults to boys to girls visiting a zoo was 3 : 6 : 5. On Sunday, the number of adults visiting the zoo remained the same. However, the number of boys increased by 50% and the number of girls decreased by 20%.
  1. What was the ratio of the number of adults to boys to girls visiting the zoo on Sunday?
  2. On Saturday, 572 boys and girls visited the zoo. What was the total number of visitors at the zoo on Sunday?
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