Level 3
Sarah had 70% as many candies as Xuan. Sarah gave away 10% of her candies and Xuan bought another 99 candies. As a result, Sarah now has 30% as many candies as Xuan. Find the number of candies that Xuan had at first.
Level 3
Cathy and Queenie have some money. If Cathy spends $7, she will have 45 as much money as Queenie. If Queenie spends $3, Cathy will have 56 as much money as Queenie. How much money does Cathy have?
Level 3
At the bird park were some adults. 12 of the number of tourists was equal to 2 times the number of locals. When another 19 tourists entered and 51 tourists left, the ratio of the number of tourists to the number of locals become 7 : 2. Find the number of tourists at the bird park at first.
Level 3
Tina and Sarah have some cupcakes each. If Tina gives Sarah 49 cupcakes, Tina will have 34 as many cupcakes as Sarah. If Tina gives Sarah 19 cupcakes, they will have an equal number of cupcakes. How many cupcakes does Tina have at first?
Level 3
Mr Yap bought some pizzas for a group of pupils. There is an equal number of girls and boys. The girls received 5 times as many pizzas as the boys. Each boy ate 13
of a pizza and the boys finished all the pizzas given to them. Each girl ate 16 of a pizza and the girls had 18 12
pizzas left. How many pizzas did Mr Yap buy?
Level 3
On Monday, there were 320 more adults than children at the funfair. On Tuesday, the number of adults increased by 65% and the number of children increased by 55%. There were 1552 people on Tuesday. How many adults were there on Monday?
Level 3
At a conference made up of speakers and participants, there were 10% more men than women. The ratio of the male speakers to female speakers was 8 : 5. There was an equal number of male and female participants.
Find the ratio of male speakers to male participants at the conference at first.
Halfway, 89 male participants left the conference and another 73 female participants joined the conference. In the end, there were 34 as many male participants as female participants remaining behind. How many speakers were there at the conference?
Level 3
Mrs Lee gave Wendy and Yvonne some money each on Saturday. On Sunday, Wendy gave 15 of the amount she had to Yvonne. On Monday, Yvonne gave 14 of the amount she had to Wendy. In the end, Wendy had $65 and Yvonne had $147. How much did Yvonne had more than Wendy at first?
Level 3
A stationery booth sells markers in packs of 4 and 5. At first, there were 4 times as many packs of 4 as packs of 5. After selling half of the packs of 4 and some packs of 5, Mr Zhang packs 15 additional packs of 5. How many packs of 4 are sold if there are 6 times as many packs of 4 as packs of 5 and there is a total of 348 unsold markers?
Level 3
Tom and Jerry had $160 altogether. Jerry gave 47 of his money to Tom. After that, Tom gave 35 of his money to Jerry.
In the end, Tom had 14 of the total sum of money. How much did Tom have at first?
Level 3
Eva, Sarah and Penny had 1188 marbles. Sarah won some of the marbles from Eva and as a result, Sarah's marbles increased by 20%. Penny then won some marbles from Sarah and Penny's marbles increased by 40%. Finally, Penny lost some of her marbles to Eva and Eva's marbles increased by 20%. In the end, they realised that they each had an equal number of marbles. How many percent less did Eva have in the end than what she had at first? Correct your answer to 1 decimal place.
Level 3 PSLE
At John's fruit stall, 34 of the apples were red and the rest were green. He sold half of the total number of apples. 16 of the apples sold were green. 28 green apples were left. How many red apples did John sell?
Level 3
10 days ago, Ruth had a total of 250 green and violet stickers. 40% of her stickers were violet stickers. Today, her father gave her some more stickers. As a result, her green stickers increased by 30%. Now, 50% of her stickers are violet stickers. How many violet stickers did her father give her?
Level 3
Nick and Ken have some yellow staplers and some pink staplers. The number of pink staplers Nick has is equal to the number of yellow staplers Ken has. 14 of Nick's staplers are yellow and 15 of Ken's staplers are pink. There are a total of 112 yellow staplers. Find the total number of staplers they have.
Level 3 PSLE
At John's fruit stall, 34 of the apples were red and the rest were green. He sold 12 of the total number of apples. 56 of the apples sold were red. 10 green apples were left. How many red apples did John sell?
Level 3
Wendy had a total of 406 violet and pink beads. She used 35 of her violet beads and bought another 38 pink beads. The number of pink beads she had then became 13 the number of violet beads. How many less pink beads than violet beads did she have at first?
Level 3
Roshel had some peaches and oranges in 2 baskets.
In Basket A, the number of peaches to the number of oranges was in the ratio of 5 : 9.
In Basket B, there were thrice as many peaches as oranges.
After Roshel transferred 13 of the oranges from Basket A to Basket B,
the number of fruits left in Basket A was 187
and the ratio of the number of peaches to the number of oranges in Basket B became 7 : 8.
How many fruits were in Basket B in the end?
Level 3
Ethan had a total of 350 apples and lemons.
He sold 13 of the lemons
and bought another 14 apples.
In the end, the number of apples he had was 14 the number of lemons.
How many more lemons than apples did he have at first?
Level 3
Jaslyn had some $10 notes and some $5 notes. 47 of the notes were $10 notes and the rest were $5 notes. After Jaslyn had spent $450 worth of $5 notes and 14 of $10 notes, she had 34 of the notes left. Find the number of $5-notes Jaslyn had left.
Level 3 PSLE
Sandra made some biscuits to sell. 34 of them were chocolate biscuits and the rest were almond biscuits. After selling 210 almond biscuits and 56 of the chocolate biscuits, she had 15 of the biscuits left. How many biscuits did Sandra sell?
