Level 3
Min saved two coins every day from Monday to Sunday by putting them into a glass jar. Each coin was either a 5¢ or 20¢ coin. The total value of the coins at the end of 5 weeks was $11.00. How many of the coins were 20¢ coins?
4 m
Level 3
Jim started saving part of his pocket money by putting 2 coins in a money box every day. Each coin was either a 20¢ or 50¢ coin. His mother also put on a $1 coin in the box every 7 days. The total value of the coins after 98 days was $82.30.
  1. How many coins were there altogether?
  2. How many of the coins were 50¢ coins?
4 m
Level 3
Jake took part in a 25-km cycling race. There was a water refill station at half the distance of the race.
  1. Jake stopped at the water refill station to refill his water bottle. How many kilometres was he away from the starting point to the water refill station?
  2. After passing the water refill station, Jake cycled 710 of the remaining distance and stopped. How many metres was he away from the finishing point?
4 m
Level 3
A box containing 60 folders had a mass of 5.01 kg. A box containing 25 post-it-pads has a mass of 6.21 kg. The mass of each post-it-pad was thrice that of each folder. Find the mass of the empty box in grams.
4 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 60 cm by 50 cm by 40 cm was filled with water to a height of 28 cm at first. After 8 completely filled identical jugs of water were poured into the tank, the new water level in the tank became 32 cm.
  1. Find the volume of water in each jug in cubic centimetres.
  2. How much more water would be needed to fill the tank completely? (Give your answer in litres.)
5 m
Level 3
In the figure, triangle DEF was drawn within 3 identical squares of side 9 cm. BC was 8 cm.
  1. Find the area of the shaded figure.
  2. The shaded figure was used as a design and printed on a piece of cloth. After printing, the total shaded area of the piece of cloth was 13005 cm2. What was the length of piece of cloth? (Give your answer in metres.)
4 m
Level 3
There are 2 groups of workers in a factory. There are 5 more workers in the first group than the second group. Each worker in the first group makes 4 toys in a minute but each worker in the second group makes only 3 toys in a minute. Both groups make a total of 4140 toys in an hour.
  1. How many workers are there in the first group?
  2. How many workers are there in the second group?
4 m
Level 3
Jareth wants to make butter cookies using the recipe. To make 20 cookies, you need 125 g of butter, 200 g of flour and 50 g of sugar. He has 500 g of butter, 250 g of sugar and 1 kg of flour. What is the greatest number of cookies he can make?
4 m