Level 3
In a school, 0.8 of the girls and 0.3 of the boys take part in CCAs. There is an equal number of boys and girls who do not take part in CCAs. If 378 pupils do not take part in CCAs, how many more pupils take part in CCAs than those who do not take part in CCAs?
4 m
Level 3
The mass of 4 children, Mandy, Nellie, Peter and Richie were taken. Only 3 children can be weighed at one time. Mandy, Nellie and Peter weighed a total of 55 kg. Nellie, Peter and Richie weighed a total of 56 kg. Mandy, Peter and Richie weighed a total of 57 kg. Mandy, Nellie, and Richie weighed a total of 60 kg. What is the average mass of the 4 children?
3 m
Level 3
There are some pupils in the zoo. 25 of them are girls, of whom 20% of them do not wear caps. 23 of the boys do not wear caps. What is the percentage of the pupils in the zoo who wear caps?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
At first, Leah had a total of 66 blue and purple balloons. 17 purple balloons burst. She then increased the number of blue balloons by 75%. After that, Leah had a total of 79 balloons. How many purple balloons did she have at first?
3 m
Level 3
A car is travelling from Town A to Town B. At 60 km/h, it will arrive four hours later than the scheduled time. At 70 km/h, it will arrive at two hours later than the scheduled time. What is the distance between Town A and Town B?
3 m
Level 2
The pie charts show the number of each type of stationery in boxes, A and B. The total number of stationery in Box A is twice the total number of stationery in Box B.
  1. Find the percentage of erasers in Box A.
  2. What fraction of stationery in Box B is erasers?
  3. The number of erasers in Box A is 40. Find the number of erasers in Box B.
3 m
Level 3
Wendy has a bag containing some violet and blue lollipops. If she adds in 15 violet lollipops, 25% of the lollipops in the bag are blue. If she adds in another 25 blue lollipops, 40% of the lollipops in the bag are blue. How many violet lollipops are in the bag?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
At first, Jack had some money. He spent 14 of it on a T-shirt and 25 of the remainder on a pair of shoes. After that, his parents gave him $240. The ratio of the total amount of money he had at the end to the amount of money he had at first was 5 : 4. How much money did Jack have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Three women, Mrs Zhang, Mrs Lin and Mrs Yap went on a shopping spree. 30% of Mrs Zhang's spending is equal to 15 of Mrs Lin's spending. Mrs Yap's spending is 40% more than Mrs Lin's. If Mrs Lin spends another $804, she will spend the same amount of money as Mrs Yap.
  1. Find the ratio of Mrs Zhang's spending to Mrs Lin's to Mrs Yap's.
  2. How much did Mrs Zhang spend?
4 m
Level 3
A crate contains some kiwis, apples and watermelons. 0.4 of the apples is equal to 80% of the kiwis. The number of watermelons is 12 of the total number of kiwis and apples. If there are 44 more watermelons than kiwis, how many fruits are there in the crate altogether?
4 m
Level 3
There were 4 more girls than boys in the classroom. Excluding 2 boys, the number of boys was 56 of the number of girls. When another 4 girls joined, what fraction of the pupils were girls? Give the answer in its simplest form.
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
ABCD is a square. The shaded parts X and Y are two squares with different areas. All the corners of squares X and Y lie either on the sides of square ABCD or on the line AC. If the area of the square is 360 cm2. Find the shaded area.
3 m
Level 3
The total monthly incomes of 24 men is $51000. 58 of them earn the same monthly income each. Each of the remaining men earns 4 times as much monthly. Find the difference between the higher income and the lower income per month.
4 m
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
The ratio of blue to purple stamps Eva had was 5 : 2. The cost of each of the blue stamps was $1 and the cost of each of the purple stamps was $2. Eva sold 40% of the blue stamps and the total cost of the unsold stamps was $455. How many blue stamps did she have left?
4 m
Level 3
Some pupils took a Math exam. Their average score was 74.7 marks. One of the pupils' scores was wrongly recorded as 68 marks instead of 86 marks. As a result, the average score was calculated as 73.5 marks. How many pupils sat for the exam?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A caterer prepares fish balls for some people attending a party. The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children attending is 2 : 5. Among the children, the ratio of the number of girls to the boys is 4 : 1. A total of 180 fish balls are prepared so that each adult gets 4 fish balls and each child gets 2.
  1. What fraction of the people attending the party are boys?
  2. How many children are attending the party?
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 PSLE
The pupils at a camp are divided in Group A and Group B. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group A is 5 : 4. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group B is 5 : 1. There are 2 times as many pupils in Group B as in Group A. There are 20 more boys in Group B than Group A. What is the total number of girls?
4 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