Level 3
Mrs Lu had a total of 520 purple and yellow lilies in the ratio of 8 : 5. After she had given away 6 times as many purple lilies as yellow lilies, the number of purple and yellow lilies left was in the ratio of 10 : 9. How many more purple lilies than yellow lilies did she give away?
Level 3 PSLE
Nick had doughnuts and Ethan had scones. Both gave half of what they had to each other. Nick sold 8 doughnuts and Ethan sold 42 scones. In the end, the ratios of doughnuts to scones for Nick and Ethan were 1 : 5 and 1 : 3 respectively. How many doughnuts did Nick have at first?
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?
Level 3
Lisa had four baskets, C, D, E and F which contain a total of 351 kiwis. She transferred 7 kiwis from basket C to basket D, 24 kiwis from basket D to basket E and 38 kiwis from basket E to basket F. The ratio of the number of kiwis in basket C to basket D to basket E changed from 4 : 8 : 11 to 1 : 3 : 9. How many kiwis were in basket F at first?
Level 3
149 pupils went for a Physical Fitness Test and 25 of them achieved Bronze certificates. 25 of the girls and 13 of the boys achieved Bronze certificates. How many girls did not achieve Bronze certificates?
Level 3
There are 390 children in a tuckshop. 27 of the boys and 23 of the girls wear spectacles, there are 258 children in the tuckshop who do not wear spectacles. How many girls wear spectacles?
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?
Level 3
If Bill and Henry paint a house, they take 24 days to finish painting.
If Kenny and Bill paint the same house, they take 8 days to finish painting.
If Henry and Mark paint the same house, they take 12 days to finish painting.
How many days do Kenny and Mark take to paint the house if they work together?
Level 3
Zoe spent $54 on some apples, oranges and grapefruits in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 3. The number of apples was 12 the number of oranges. The ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of oranges was 3 : 2. The apples were sold at 2 for a dollar.
Level 3
Betty spent 45 of her money on 14 stamps and 5 pens. The cost of each pen is 2 times the cost of each stamp. She bought some more stamps with 23 of her remaining money. How many stamps did Betty buy altogether?
