Level 3 PSLE
A caterer prepares fish balls for some people attending a party. The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children attending is 2 : 5. Among the children, the ratio of the number of girls to the boys is 4 : 1. A total of 180 fish balls are prepared so that each adult gets 4 fish balls and each child gets 2.
What fraction of the people attending the party are boys?
Level 3
At a gathering, 13 of the people are adults. The remaining group of people is divided into boys and girls in the ratio of 5 : 7. Each boy is given 2 keychains and each girl is given 5 keychains. Each accompanying adult receives 6 keychains. Given that only 368 keychains are given away to boys and adults, how many more children are there than adults?
Level 3 PSLE
The pupils at a camp are divided in Group A and Group B. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group A is 5 : 4. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group B is 5 : 1. There are 2 times as many pupils in Group B as in Group A. There are 20 more boys in Group B than Group A. What is the total number of girls?
Level 3
Jamie had 126 pens. 23 of them were blue pens and the rest were red pens. After she had given away some blue pens, the ratio of the number of blue pens to the number of red pens became 4 : 3. How many blue pens did she give away?
Level 3
Two hours ago, a stallholder started his day with some durians and apples in the ratio of 5 : 2. There were 100 apples. Some of the durians were bought by Mrs Olivia. As a result, the number of durians became 35 of the apples.
How many durians did the stallholder have left?
How many durians must the stallholder buy in order to have an equal number of durians and apples?
Level 3
Three types of pepper, W, X and Y come in containers of 150 g, 300 g and 400 g respectively. Containers of W, X and Y are mixed together in the ratio 1 : 6 : 7 to obtain 38 kg of an assortment of pepper.
How many containers of W and X are used altogether?
Find the difference between the combined weight of all the pepper in containers X and containers Y as compared to the pepper in containers W. Express the weight in kilograms.
Level 3
Mr Ken sold some mangosteens, mangoes and lemons. The ratio of the number of mangosteens sold to the total number of fruits sold was 3 : 10. The ratio of the number of mangoes sold to the number of lemons sold was 2 : 19. He sold 110 more lemons than mangosteens. Find the total number of fruits that he sold.
Level 3
Rael and Ethan had some coins in the ratio of 11 : 6. Ethan and Sean had some coins in the ratio of 2 : 1. Rael sold 112 coins to Sean and ended up with half the number of coins Ethan had. How many coins did Sean have in the end?
Level 3
Class 5 Goodness and 5 Love had the same number of students. The ratio of the number of girls in 5 Goodness to the number of girls in 5 Love was 1 : 13. The ratio of the number of boys in 5 Goodness to the number of boys in 5 Love was 7 : 1.
What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Class 5 Goodness?
If there were 33 fewer boys than girls in Class 5 Love, how many students were there each class?
Level 3
Fabian, Gilbert and Henry had some marbles in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. Henry gave 40% of his marbles to Fabian and Gilbert. As a result, Fabian had the same number of marbles as Gilbert and Henry had 36 fewer marbles than Fabian.
What was the percentage increase in Fabian's marbles after receiving from Henry?
