Level 3
At first, Randy had 160 more red beads than blue beads in a box. Each day, he took out 8 red beads and 5 blue beads from the box. After some time, he only had 20 blue beads left in the box.
How many beads did Randy take out from the box altogether?
Level 3
The mass of 8 exercise books and 3 guide books is 3.7 kg. The mass of 2 exercise books and 7 guide books is 5.3 kg. Find the mass of each guide book.
Level 3
Liam paid $31 for 9 hole punchers and 4 pens. The total cost of a hole puncher and a pen was $4. Violet bought 4 hole punchers and 3 pens. How much did she pay for these items?
Level 3
The cost of the tickets for 8 mothers and 8 children is $72. The cost of the tickets to the theme park for 3 mothers and 5 children is $35. What is the cost of the tickets for 3 mothers and 26 children?
Level 3
Mrs Lin bought 5 kg of shrimp and 2 kg of beef for $96. If she brought 2 kg of shrimp and 5 kg of beef, she would have to pay $3 less. How much did 1 kg of shrimp cost?
Level 3
There are 151 marbles in a big basket and a small basket altogether. The total number of marbles in 3 big baskets and 8 small baskets is 568. How many more marbles are there in a big basket than a small basket?
Level 3
Betty spent $37.80 on an equal number of spoons and plates. If 5 spoons cost $7.20 more than 2 plates while 1 spoon cost as much as 2 plates, how many spoons and plates did she buy?
Level 3
The total cost of 5 suits and 5 hoodies was $285. Tina bought 7 such suits, 5 such hoodies and a cardigan for $543. If the total cost of a cardigan and a suit was $150, find the difference in cost between the suit and the cardigan.
Level 3
Emily, Gillian and Raeann have equal number of pens.
Emily packs all her pens equally into 3 packets.
Gillian packs all her pens equally into 4 packets.
Raeann packs all her pens equally into 6 packets.
2 packets of Emily's pens, 3 packets of Gillian's pens and
4 packets of Raeann's pens add up to 200 pens.
How many pens do they have altogether?
Level 3
For every good jacket that Mr Zhang sold, he earned $19. He sold defective jackets at a discount, which would cause him to lose $6 per defective jacket. In July, for every 27 jackets sold, 7 were defective. Mr Zhang earned $3042 from the jackets sold.
How many less jackets sold were defective than good?
How much less money did he earn because of the defective jackets?
Level 3
Henry's freight forwarding company charges $17 for every mirror delivered on time and $10 for every mirror delivered late. In the month of August, Henry freight forwarding company collected $2200. For every 17 mirrors delivered, 15 were delivered on time and 2 were delivered late.
What was the total number of mirrors delivered on time?
How much less money did Henry freight forwarding company collect in August due to the late delivery of the mirrors?
Level 3
Container E contains only 50-cent coins and Container F contains only 5-cent coins. There are 19 more coins in Container F than in Container E. The amount of money in Container E is $1.75 more than the amount of money in Container F. Find the total amount of money in both containers.
Level 3
Cathy had twice the number of toy bricks as Jenson. Cathy used all her bricks to build 7 identical houses. Jenson used all his bricks to build 5 identical houses. Cathy used 9 more bricks than Jenson for each house. How many bricks did Jenson have?
Level 3
When Mrs Yang was 45 years old, her son was 2 times her daughter's age. Mrs Yang would be twice her son's age when her daughter was 30 years old. How old would Mrs Yang be when her daughter was 18 years old?
Level 3
Rael and Ken had $229 and $193 respectively. Each of them bought a hoodie and a T-shirt at the same price. The cost of the hoodie was 3 times as much as the T-shirt. In the end, Rael had 5 times as much money as Ken. What was the difference between the cost of the T-shirt and the hoodie?
Level 3
Oscar is 3 times as old as his brother. In 14 years' time, Oscar will be 10 years less than twice of his brother's age. How old was Oscar 2 years ago?
Level 3
Ken's current age is 7 times as old as Xavier's age years ago. Today, Xavier's age is Ken's age the same number of years ago. How old is Ken's age now if the total of their current age is 33?
Level 3 PSLE
A fruit seller had an equal number of peaches, starfruits and pomegranates at first. After 46 pomegranates, some peaches and starfruits were sold, there were 76 fruits left. There were 3 times as many peaches as starfruits left. The number of pomegranates left was 15 less than the number of peaches left. How many starfruits were sold?
Level 3 PSLE
There were a total of 162 tables and benches in a school field. There were 2 times as many benches as tables. After 18 benches and some tables were removed, there were 5 times as many benches as tables left. How many tables were removed from the school field?
Level 3
Anna and Tina went shopping with $450 and $315 respectively. Tina spent 2 times as much as Anna. After shopping, the amount of money Anna had left was 2 times the remaining money of Tina. How much did they spend in total?
