Level 3
Laura had 1 m of wire. She gave 0.64 m of the wire to Trevor and the remaining wire to Kathy. Trevor used the wire he received to form a square with no leftover. Kathy used the wire she received to form a triangle of equal sides, with no leftover. What was the difference in length between one side of the square and one side of the triangle?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A path of length 28 m is completely covered with identical tiles, following the pattern shown. The width of the path is 70 cm. How many tiles were used to cover the entire path?
3 m
Level 2
5 trees are being planted at equal intervals on a road side of 20 m. If the trees are planted at both ends of the road, what is the distance between each tree?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Figure 1 shows a square tile made up of 2 grey squares, A and B and 2 identical white rectangles C. The length of 1 side of square A is twice the length of 1 side of square B.
  1. What fraction of the square tile in Figure 1 is grey?
  2. Figure 2 shows a wall laid with square tiles. The wall is 9 m by 9 m and is completed covered with square tiles. Find the total area of the wall covered by grey squares.
3 m
Level 2
Mrs Ling planted 6 trees in a row. Each tree is 2 m away from the other. What is the distance between the first and the last tree?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Six identical rectangular boxes can be stacked into a cupboard 0.9 m wide. Two arrangements are shown. The first arrangement in Figure A leaves a 42 cm gap at the top. The second one in Figure B leaves a 10 cm gap at the top and another gap at the side.
  1. In the arrangement shown in Figure B, what is the width of the gap at the side in m?
  2. What is the height of the cupboard in metres?
3 m
Level 2
A lace was cut into two pieces as shown. What was the original length of the lace? Give the answer in m and cm.
2 m
Level 2
Find the distance between the school and the house. Give the answer in km and m.
2 m
Level 3
The figure shows a tank 45 filled with water. The tank is made up of two cuboids. The top cuboid has a square base of length 10 m and a height of 16 m. The bottom cuboid has a square base of length 5 m and height 12 m. Find the height of the water level from the base of the container.
4 m
Level 2
Cathy cuts a piece of string into two pieces. The first piece is 3 m 25 cm long and the second piece is 3 m 3 cm long. What is the length of the string in m and cm at first?
2 m
Level 2
Cathy cuts a piece of string into two pieces. The first piece is 3 m 25 cm long and the second piece is 3 m 3 cm long. What is the length of the string in m and cm at first?
2 m
Level 3
In the diagram shown, 23 identical rubber balls were placed between two walls with equally spaced gaps between them. The first rubber ball and the last rubber ball were touching the front wall and last wall respectively. Given that the distance between the two walls was 399 cm and that the radius of a rubber ball was 7 cm. Find the length of the gap between any two adjacent rubber balls as shown.
3 m
Level 2
Wesley cycled for 790 m while Paul cycled for 4 km 20 m. Find the difference in the distance that they cycled in km and m.
2 m
Level 2
Zara drove 4 km 50 m further than Aubrey. If Zara drove 6 km 120 m, find the distance Aubrey drove in m.
2 m
Level 2
Vanessa drove 5 km 20 m further than Tina. If Tina drove 6 km 140 m, find the distance Vanessa drove in m.
2 m
Level 2
The height of a block of flats is 394 m 5 cm. It is taller than a hotel by 86 m 67 cm. What is the total height of the two buildings?
2 m
Level 2
Abby used a piece of wire 3.68 m long to make 4 squares as shown. What is the length of AB?
3 m
Level 2 PSLE
The graph shows the fare a taxi company charges for the first 8 kilometres.
  1. How much is the taxi fare for the first kilometre?
  2. Zane paid $8 for his taxi ride. What was the distance he travelled?
  3. How much does the taxi company charge for every kilometre after 4 km of travel?
4 m
Level 3
The figure shows 4 identical circles in a square, WXYZ. The area of the square is 16 cm2. Find the area of the shaded part. (Take π = 3.14)
3 m
Level 3
Bethany travels from Town A to Town B and then to Town D.
  1. Find the distance she has travelled in metres.
  2. The cost of petrol consumption for every km travelled is 60 cents. Find the cost of the petrol consumption to travel from Town B to Town C.
  3. Find the shortest distance to travel from Town A to Town D. Leave the answer in km and m.
4 m