Level 3
60% of the sweets in Packet A were blueberry sweets and the rest were strawberry sweets. Packet B had 25% more blueberry sweets than packet A and twice as many sweets than the total number of sweets in Packet A. Find the percentage of the strawberry sweets in Packet B that would need to be transferred into Packet A, so that there were an equal number of blueberry and strawberry sweets in Packet A.
4 m
Level 3
Tank A has thrice as much water as Tank B. If Gilbert adds 0.5 ℓ of water to Tank A and 1.8 ℓ of water to Tank B, both tanks will have the same volume of water. Find the volume of water in Tank A at first.
4 m
Level 3
Xuan, Penny, Kate and Violet went to buy a gift for their grandmother. They shared the cost equally among themselves. However, Violet forgot to bring her money. So, the other 3 girls paid for the gift first. Kate paid 35 of the amount Xuan and Penny paid. Penny paid $11 more than Xuan. The next day, Violet returned $76 to Kate and some money to Xuan and Penny. How much did Violet return to
  1. Xuan?
  2. Penny?
5 m
Level 2
When a number is divided by 12, the quotient is 74. Add 234 to the same number and divide the sum by 6. What is the new quotient?
3 m
Level 3
There were some avocados in 3 boxes, E, F and G. 30% of the number of avocados in Box E was equal to 60% of the number of avocados in Box F. The number of avocados in Box G was 60% of the total number of avocados in Box E and F. After Oscar removed 20% of the avocados in Box G, there were 88 more avocados in Box F than in Box G. In the end, how many avocados should be transferred from Box F to Box G so that the avocados in Box G would be the same as Box E?
5 m
Level 3
Olivia, Natalie and Kate have 264 marbles. Natalie has 79 as many marbles as Olivia. Kate's marbles is 12 of the total number of Olivia's and Natalie's marbles. How many marbles must Natalie give to Kate so that both Olivia and Kate will have the same number of marbles?
4 m
Level 2
Figure A is made up of 2 identical squares. Figure B has the same perimeter as Figure A. Find the length of one square in Figure A.
3 m
Level 3
Mr Zane had to collect some fruits from two stalls and deliver some fruits to another stall. He collected from Stall W and the ratio of avocados to papayas was 2 : 3. When he reached Stall X, he unloaded 56 of the papayas and some avocados from his vehicle. The ratio of avocados to papayas became 4 : 5. At Stall Y, 124 avocados and 26 papayas were collected and the number of avocados to papayas became the same.
  1. How many fruits were there on his vehicle after visiting Stall Y?
  2. How many avocados were delivered to Stall X?
5 m
Level 3
Wendy had $779 more than Hazel. Wendy spent 0.6 of her money and Hazel spent 50% of her money. In the end, Wendy and Hazel had the same amount of money left. Find the amount of money that Wendy had in the end.
5 m
Level 3
A laptop costs $360 more than a tablet. 4 such tablets cost as much as 2 handphones. If each handphone costs $720. Find the cost of 3 laptops.
4 m
Level 3
Mr Yap bought some pizzas for a group of pupils. There is an equal number of girls and boys. The girls received 5 times as many pizzas as the boys. Each boy ate 13 of a pizza and the boys finished all the pizzas given to them. Each girl ate 16 of a pizza and the girls had 18 12 pizzas left. How many pizzas did Mr Yap buy?
5 m
Level 3
Three girls gave an equal amount of money to buy a souvenir for Oscar. Diana used 13 of her money. Fiona used 34 of her money and Ruth used 12 of hers. They had a total of $190 at first. How much was the souvenir?
4 m
Level 3
At a conference made up of speakers and participants, there were 10% more men than women. The ratio of the male speakers to female speakers was 8 : 5. There was an equal number of male and female participants.
  1. Find the ratio of male speakers to male participants at the conference at first.
  2. Halfway, 89 male participants left the conference and another 73 female participants joined the conference. In the end, there were 34 as many male participants as female participants remaining behind. How many speakers were there at the conference?
5 m
Level 3
Elyse bought some pens. She gave 16 of the pens to her cousin and sold 34 of the remaining pens. After that, she bought another 171 pens and had the same number of pens that she bought at first. How many pens did Elyse buy at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tina and Sarah have some cupcakes each. If Tina gives Sarah 49 cupcakes, Tina will have 34 as many cupcakes as Sarah. If Tina gives Sarah 19 cupcakes, they will have an equal number of cupcakes. How many cupcakes does Tina have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Eva, Sarah and Penny had 1188 marbles. Sarah won some of the marbles from Eva and as a result, Sarah's marbles increased by 20%. Penny then won some marbles from Sarah and Penny's marbles increased by 40%. Finally, Penny lost some of her marbles to Eva and Eva's marbles increased by 20%. In the end, they realised that they each had an equal number of marbles. How many percent less did Eva have in the end than what she had at first? Correct your answer to 1 decimal place.
5 m
Level 3
There are an equal number of 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins in a box. The total value of the 50-cent coins is $2.10 more than the total value of the 20-cent coins. Find the number of 50-cent coins in the box.
4 m
Level 3
There is an equal number of 50-cent coins and 10-cent coins in a box. The total value of the 10-cent coins is $6.80 less than the total value of the 50-cent coins.
  1. Find the total number of coins in the box.
  2. Find the total value of the coins in the box.
4 m
Level 3
Trees were planted along each side of a square garden so that an equal number of trees are found along each side of the garden. If 40 trees were planted, how many trees were there along each side of the garden?
4 m
Level 3
Trees were planted along each side of a triangle shaped garden so that an equal number of trees were found along each side of the garden. If there were 78 trees used, how many trees were there along each side of the garden?
4 m