Level 3
28 kg of potatoes are sorted into 3 sizes; large, medium and small. The ratio by mass of the large to medium to small potatoes is 10 : 3 : 1. There are 45 as many large potatoes as medium potatoes. There are 34 as many small potatoes as large potatoes. There are 10 large potatoes per kilogram. Find the total number of small and medium potatoes.
4 m
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?
4 m
Level 3
The length of Bamboo Pole G is 14 of the length of Bamboo Pole H and the length of Bamboo Pole H is 13 of the length of Bamboo Pole I and 110 of the length of Bamboo Pole J. What fraction of the total length of the 4 planks is Bamboo Pole I?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
At a swimathon, each swimmer completed either a 2-km route, a 4-km route or an 5-km route. 15 of the swimmers completed the 2-km route, 720 of the participants completed the 4-km route and the rest completed the 5-km route. For every 1 km a participant swam, $8 was donated to charity. A total of $12960 was donated to charity.
  1. What is the ratio of the number of swimmers who completed the 2-km route to the number who completed the 4-km route to the number who completed the 5-km route?
  2. What is the total number of swimmers at the swimathon?
4 m
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.
  1. How many durians did the stallholder have left?
  2. How many durians must the stallholder buy in order to have an equal number of durians and apples?
4 m