Level 3
Betty had a total of 39 pieces of $2 and $100 notes at first. She spent 25 of the number of $2 notes and received another 9 pieces of $100 notes from her mother. After that, the number of $100 notes she had was 12 of the remaining notes. How much money did Betty have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Henry and Peter had $690. Henry spent 49 of his money on a television. Peter spent 14 of his money on a stereo system. The television cost $140 more than the stereo system. How much money had Henry left?
5 m
Level 3
The number of ten-cent coins in a jar was 13 the number of fifty-cent coins. Zane took out 19 fifty-cent coins and exchanged them for ten-cent coins. Then he put the money back into the jar. The number of fifty-cent coins became 58 the number of ten-cent coins. How much money was there in the jar?
5 m
Level 3
A train left the city with some passengers. At the first station, 15 of the passengers alighted and 16 boarded the train. At the second train station, 13 of the passengers alighted and 17 boarded the train. All 33 passengers alighted from the train at the final train station. How many passengers were there in the train when it left the city?
5 m
Level 3
Ruth, Queenie and Cathy were playing with beads. Ruth started with 72 beads and then she gained 13 more beads from Queenie. In the second game, Ruth lost 38 of her original number of beads to Cathy. Queenie lost as many beads as Ruth to Cathy. In the final game, Ruth gained 12 of her original number of beads from Queenie. All of them ended up with the same number of beads.
  1. How many beads did Ruth have in the end?
  2. How many beads did Queenie have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Three girls, Isabelle, Zoe and Diana had a total of 1680 marbles. Some exchanges were made. First, Isabelle gave Zoe as many marbles as Zoe had. After that, Zoe gave 34 of whatever she had then to Diana. Finally, Diana gave 27 of whatever she had to Isabelle. As a result, they each had the same number of marbles. How many marbles did Isabelle have at first?
5 m
Level 3
The rectangle is divided into four parts A, B, C and D. The ratio of Part A to Part B is 5 : 3 and the ratio of Part B to Part C is 2 : 1.
  1. Find the ratio of Part A to Part B to Part C.
  2. Given that Part D is 26 cm2 , find the area of the rectangle.
5 m
Level 1 PSLE
Cody packed 596 buttons into four cartons, labelled A, B, C and D. Carton A had the most number of buttons and Carton D had the least. The difference in the number of buttons between Carton A and the number of buttons in the other three cartons were 12, 36 and 64 respectively. How many buttons were there in Carton D?
2 m
Level 2
Anna had 76 more marbles than Wendy at first. Wendy gave 19 of her marbles to Anna. Anna now has 3 times as many marbles as Wendy. How many marbles did Wendy have at first?
2 m
Level 2 PSLE
Reggie and Xuan have some erasers. After Reggie gives 28 erasers to Xuan, he has 30 erasers more than her. How many more erasers than Xuan does Reggie have at first?
2 m
Level 2
When Mr Vincent is 34 years old, his nephew is 11 years old. In how many years will he be 2 times as old as his nephew?
2 m
Level 2
Last year, Ben was 4 times as old as his son, Fred. This year, their total age is 52 years old. How old will Ben be when he is 3 times as old as Fred?
2 m
Level 2
Asher had 5 times as many buttons as Carl at first. Then each of them bought an equal number of new buttons. In the end, Carl had 42 buttons and Asher had 3 times as many buttons as Carl. How many buttons did both of them buy altogether?
2 m
Level 2
Mark is 14 years old. His uncle is 42 years older than him. In how many years will Mark's uncle be 3 times as old as Mark?
2 m
Level 2 PSLE
Abel had 13 more two-dollar notes than five-dollar notes at first. He exchanged $20 worth of five-dollar notes for two-dollar notes. How many less five-dollar notes than two-dollar notes did Abel have after the exchange?
2 m
Level 3
15 spectators and some performers donated a total of $59000 for charity. Each spectator donated $1000 more than each performer. If there were 8 more spectators than performers, how much more money did the spectators donate than the performers?
3 m
Level 3
Violet has 6 times as many tarts as Anna. The total number of Violet's and Anna's tarts is 8 times of Wendy's. Violet and Anna have 294 tarts more than Wendy's. How many more tarts does Violet have than Anna?
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 3
There are some doves and hamsters in a pet shop. There are 38 more doves than hamsters in the pet shop but there are a total of 76 more hamsters' legs than doves' legs in the pet shop. Find the number of doves and hamsters in the pet shop.
3 m
Level 3
Bag W contains 20-cent coins and Bag X contains 5-cent coins. There are 12 more coins in Bag X than in Bag W. The amount of money in Bag W is 165¢ more than the amount of money in Bag X. How many total coins are there?
3 m