Level 2
A pen costs $z while a book costs 90¢ less than the pen.
  1. What is the cost of 2 pens and 1 book? Express your answer in terms of p in its simplest form.
  2. Abel wants to buy 2 pens and 1 book but is short of 30 cents. If the book costs $1.10, how much money does Alex have?
3 m
Level 2
A 2-digit number less than 37 gives a remainder of 6 when divided by 10. It gives a remainder of 4 when divided by 8. List the possible number(s) in ascending order.
2 m
Level 3
In an office tower of 600 workers, 35% of the staff is the same as 70% of the number of visitors. How many less visitors than staff are there in the office tower?
3 m
Level 1
Which has the greater value? Give the answer in letter. (Eg a)
  1. 3000 + 900 + 9
  2. 3000 + 90 + 9
2 m
Level 1
What is the missing number?
5060 is         tens more than 5000.
2 m
Level 2
Will and Lina share some marbles. 23 of Will's marbles is equal to 25 of Lina's marbles. Given that Lina has 14 marbles more than Will, how many marbles do they have altogether?
2 m
Level 1
What is 2000 more than the sum of 4892 and 2984?
2 m
Level 3
The total mass of Cindy, Jen and Marvin is 15p kg. Cindy has a mass of 5p kg. Jen is 2 kg heavier than Cindy.
  1. What is Marvin's mass in terms of p?
  2. If p = 10, what is Marvin's mass?
3 m
Level 1
What is 2000 less than the sum of 4892 and 2984?
2 m
Level 2
Adam pays for a TV set at a discount of 10%.
Bryan pays for the same TV set at a discount of 30%.
Bryan pays $200 less than Adam.
What is the usual price of the TV set?
3 m
Level 1
What is 887 less than 3150?
2 m
Level 3
Sam saved $9 each day and Joelle saved $c more than Sam each day. After 2 weeks, they were still short of $30 to buy a TV set.
  1. How much did the TV set cost? Express your answer in terms of c.
  2. If c = $2, how much did the TV set cost?
3 m
Level 3
Abel has b coins. Bobby has three times as many coins as Abel but 8 coins fewer than Jason.
  1. How many coins do they have altogether? (Express your answer in terms of b).
  2. If b = 9, how many stamps do the three boys have altogether?
3 m
Level 3
Sam took 2 hours to walk from Building A to Building B which was 6 km away. On his way back from Building B to Building A, he increased his average walking speed by 1 km/h. How long did he take for his journey back?
3 m
Level 3
Lina and Wendy went shopping. After Lina spent $85j, Wendy had 5 times as much as Lina. If Lina had $21j more than Wendy at first,
  1. Express the amount of money that Lina had at first in terms of j.
  2. If j = 10, find the amount of money that the two ladies had left after shopping.
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Peter and Justin ran in a race around a 400 m track. Peter ran at a speed of 190 m/min and Justin at a speed that was 25 m/min slower than Peter throughout the race. How many complete rounds would Peter have finished when he had run a distance of 300 m more than Justin?
3 m
Level 3
Tom has $9. Randy has $2m more than Tom. Wayne has $3m less than Randy.
  1. Find the amount of money that Wayne has in terms of m.
  2. Find the total amount of money that the three boys have in terms of m.
  3. If m = 7, how much does Wayne have?
3 m
Level 3
There are 20% as many green beads as red beads in May's collection of beads. The number of purple beads is 30% fewer than the number of red beads. There are 330 more purple beads than green beads.
  1. Find the total number of beads in the collection.
  2. What percentage are the number of red beads as compared to the number of purple beads? Leave your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
4 m
Level 2 PSLE
The graph shows the number of muffins sold each month by a new bakery from July to December.
  1. How many more muffins were sold in October than in August?
  2. What was the percentage increase in the number of muffins sold in November compared to July?
3 m
Level 3
A plate cost $b. A bowl cost $20 less than the plate.
  1. Mother bought 2 plates and 1 bowl. How much did Mother pay in terms of b?
  2. If b = 98, find the total amount that Mother paid.
3 m