Level 3
Mark had some pastries. 47 of them were shortbreads. The rest were scones. He sold 45 of the shortbreads and 11 scones. In the end, he had 198 pastries left. How many pastries did he sell?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Mrs Curry bought a bag and a pair of shoes at a discount. She spent a total of $57.60 on these two items. She spent $9.60 more on the shoes than on the bag.
  1. How much did she spend on the shoes?
  2. The total discount given for the two items was $22.40. She was given a 25% discount for the bag. What was the percentage discount given for the shoes?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
A box contained blue and white beads. At first, the number of blue beads was 13 the number of white beads. After 14 of the blue beads and 58 of the white beads were used, 75 beads were left.
  1. What fraction of the beads were used? Leave your answer in the simplest form.
  2. How many beads were there in the box at first?
3 m
Level 3
Betty, Xuan and Ruth had a total of 1552 pens. Betty gave 13 of her pens away. Ruth gave away 5 times as many pens as Betty and Xuan gave away 267 pens. In the end, they had 523 pens left. How many pens did Xuan and Ruth have in total in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Vincent had some pastries. 27 of them were tarts. The rest were cookies. He sold 35 of the tarts and 14 cookies. In the end, he had 131 pastries left. How many more tarts than cookies did he sell?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Lynn wanted to buy a dress. She saw a red dress on sale at 10% discount and a blue dress at 20% discount. Both dresses had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the red dress, Lynn would need $3.50 more that what she had. So Lynn bought the blue dress. After that, she had $1 left.
  1. What was the original price of the red dress?
  2. How much money did Lynn have at first?
4 m
Level 3
In October, the ratio of boys and girls in a school's rifle club was 4 : 7. In November, 68 new members joined the club. As a result, the ratio of boys to girls in the club became 4 : 3. There were 64 boys in the club in October. How many of the new members were girls?
4 m
Level 3
In a pouch of notes, the number of $2, $5 and $10 are in ratio of 5 : 4 : 6. 15 of the $2-notes and 15 $5-notes are taken out. The remaining notes are worth $541. Find the difference between the value of $10-notes and $2-notes in the end.
4 m
Level 3
At first, Tina had 23 as many stickers as Esther. After Tina bought another 8 stickers and Esther lost 5 stickers, Tina had 45 as many stickers as Esther. Find the number of stickers Tina had at first.
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
There were 95 oranges and apples altogether. After 23 of the oranges and half of the apples were sold, there were a total of 40 oranges and apples left. What fraction of the fruits were oranges at first? Give the answer in its simplest form.
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Zane uses toothpicks to form figures that follow a pattern. The first four figures are shown.
  1. The table shows the number of toothpicks used for each figure. Complete the table for Figure 5 and Figure 6. Give your answers in numbers. (Eg 1, 2)
  2. What is the difference in the number of toothpicks Zane would use for Figure 11 and Figure 13?
  3. How many toothpicks would he use for Figure 50?
4 m
Level 3
A fruit seller had apples and durians. The ratio of apples to durians was 5 : 3. After 34 of the apples and 38 durians were sold, there were 2 times as many apples as durians left. How many apples and durians were there at first?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Jade and Kylie went shopping together with a total amount of $93.90. Jade spent 2 times as much as Kylie. The amount Kylie had left was $11 more than what she had spent. She had 2 times as much money left as Jade.
  1. How much money did Kylie spend?
  2. How much money did Jade have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tank E contained 4 times as many guppies as Tank F. When 10% of the guppies in Tank E and 10% of the guppies in Tank F were transferred to Tank G, Tank G had 120 guppies, which was 20% more guppies than before. How many less guppies were there in Tank F than Tank E in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Cathy, Zoe and Ruth went shopping together. They brought a total of $1633 with them. Cathy spent 50% of her money. Zoe spent $224 and Ruth spent twice as much money as Cathy. In the end, they had $785 left. How much money did Zoe and Ruth have altogether in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Queenie baked 390 cookies and cupcakes. After she gave 0.3 of the cookies and 0.4 of the cupcakes to her friends, she was left with an equal number of cookies and cupcakes. How many cookies had she left?
4 m
Level 3
Sean and David had some allowance in the ratio of 3 : 7. They shared some money to buy a bracelet for their cousin. The ratio of the amount paid by Sean to the amount paid by David was 1 : 2. If David was left with $176 and Sean had spent 14 of his money, how much was the bracelet they bought?
4 m
Level 3
A store owner had coconuts and papayas. The ratio of coconuts to papayas was 5 : 2. After 12 of the coconuts and 18 papayas were sold, there were 2 times as many coconuts as papayas left. How many coconuts and papayas were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
Isabelle had $574 less than Jane. Jane spent 35 of her money and Isabelle spent 34 of her money. In the end, Jane had 3 times as much as Isabelle. Find the amount of money Isabelle had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Eva and Fiona went shopping with a total of $200. After Eva spent 34 of her money and Fiona spent $46, the ratio of Fiona's money became 3 times as much as Eva's money. Find the ratio of Eva's money to Fiona's money at first.
4 m