Level 3
8 boys were playing a game with 56 balls. Each boy got the same number of balls. Later, 6 boys joined them and the ball were redistributed equally among the boys. How many less balls did each boy get?
4 m
Level 3
Kenny had 960 i-phones and some i-pads in his shop. After selling 230 i-phones and buying another 170 i-pads, he had the same number of i-phones and i-pads. How many i-pads did Kenny have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ben had three times as much money as Colin. After Ben spent $110 and Colin spent $30, they had the same amount of money left.
  1. How much did Colin have at first?
  2. How much had each of them left in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Luke and Sam had an equal number of lollipops at first. After Luke bought another 6 lollipops and Sam lost 9 lollipops, Luke had thrice as many lollipops as Sam. Find the number of lollipops each of them had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Min and Tina had an equal number of candies. After Min bought another 20 candies and Tina bought another 6 candies, Min had thrice as many candies as Tina. Find the number of candies each of them had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Lucy bought 15 oranges and 10 apples on Sunday. Each day, she eats 2 oranges and 1 apple. She starts eating her fruits on Monday.
  1. At the end of which day will there be an equal number of oranges and apples?
  2. How many more apples than oranges were there on Saturday?
4 m
Level 3
A bicycle shop has an equal number of bicycles and tricycles. The total number of wheels is 480. How many tricycles does the bicycle shop have?
4 m
Level 3
Tim had a total of $650, consisting of an equal number of $50-notes, $10-notes and $5-notes. How many notes did Tim have?
4 m
Level 3
The mass of a stone is 42 g. The total mass of this stone and 5 identical marbles is equal to the total mass of 8 such marbles.
  1. Find the mass of each marble.
  2. Find the total mass of 1 stone and 5 marbles.
4 m
Level 3
The total price of 6 grapefruits and 4 avocados is the same as that of 10 grapefruits and 3 avocados. Each grapefruit costs $3 less than each avocado. How much does each avocado cost?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Wesley had 11 jars of balls. At first, each of the jars contained the same number of balls. He took out 24 balls from each jar. After that, the total number of balls left in the 11 jars was equal to the total number of balls in 3 of the jars at first. What was the number of balls in each jar at first?
3 m
Level 2
Violet had 6 times as many erasers as Jane at first. After Violet gave 40 erasers to Jane, they each had the same number of erasers in the end. How many erasers did Violet have at first?
3 m
Level 3
A jar contained $2 and $5 notes with a total value of $518. 4 pieces of $5 were exchanged for $2 notes of similar value. In the end, the number of $2 notes was the same as the $5 notes. How many $5 notes were there at first?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Lina had an equal number of red and blue beads. She gave 26 red beads and 14 blue beads to Mary. She gave the remaining beads to Nora. Nora was given 1 red bead for every 3 blue beads. How many beads did Lina have at first?
3 m
Level 3
Sean and Cathy had some money each. If Cathy gives Sean $49, he will have 3 times as much as Cathy. If Sean gives Cathy $20, he will have the same amount as her. How much money does each person have respectively?
  1. Sean?
  2. Cathy?
3 m
Level 3
3 foreigners have the same mass as 5 locals. Each foreigner's mass is 16 kg more than each local. What is the total mass of the 5 locals in kilograms?
3 m
Level 3
Emily, Gillian and Raeann have equal number of pens. Emily packs all her pens equally into 3 packets. Gillian packs all her pens equally into 4 packets. Raeann packs all her pens equally into 6 packets. 2 packets of Emily's pens, 3 packets of Gillian's pens and 4 packets of Raeann's pens add up to 200 pens. How many pens do they have altogether?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
A fruit seller had an equal number of peaches, starfruits and pomegranates at first. After 46 pomegranates, some peaches and starfruits were sold, there were 76 fruits left. There were 3 times as many peaches as starfruits left. The number of pomegranates left was 15 less than the number of peaches left. How many starfruits were sold?
4 m
Level 3
Henry and Sean have the same amount of money. If Henry spends $43 a day and Sean spends $14 a day, Sean will have $319 when Henry uses up all his money. If Henry spends $13 a day and Sean spends $43 a day, how much will Henry have left when Sean uses up all his money?
4 m
Level 3
A grocer had the same number of lemons, water apples and starfruits at first. After 78 starfruits, some lemons and water apples were set aside, there were 148 fruits left. There were thrice as many lemons as water apples left. The number of starfruits left was 20 less than the number of lemons. How many water apples were set aside?
4 m