Level 3
Adam has some money.
Adam spends $300 on some stickers and
80% of the remainder on some marbles.
In the end, he has 18 of the total amount left.
How much does Adam have at first?
How much more does Adam spend on marbles than on stickers?
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?
Level 3 PSLE Heidi and Ian have the same total number of coins. Heidi has a number of fifty-cent coins and 62 twenty-cent coins. The total mass of her coins is 1.234 kg. Ian has a number of fifty-cent coins and 102 twenty-cent coins.
Who has more money in coins? How much more in cents? Give your answers in this format. (Eg Adam, $12)
Each fifty-cent coin is 2.6 g heavier than each twenty-cent coin. What is the total mass of Ian's coin in kg?
Level 2
A basket which contains 8 similar packets of sugar and 6 similar packets of salt has a mass of 6 kg 960 g. The basket alone is 480 g. Each packet of sugar has a mass of 540 g. Find the mass of each packet of salt in kg.
Level 3
Lynn paid $410 for some wafers and scones. The ratio of the boxes of wafers to the boxes of scones was 3 : 2. Each box of wafers cost $5 more than each box of scones. She paid $130 more for the wafers than the scones. What was the price of each box of wafers?
Level 3
Aunt Tina baked 50 less cookies than muffins. After she gave 35 of the muffins and 0.7 of the cookies to Cathy, she was left with 88 fewer cookies than muffins. How many muffins did she bake?
Level 2 Tony paid $63.80 for a hat, a shirt and a watch. The shirt cost $4.50 more than the hat. The watch cost $9.80 more than the shirt. Find the total cost of the watch and the hat.
Level 3
Lisa had 740 more candies than Anna. Lisa used
56
of her candies and Anna used 12 of her candies. In the end, Lisa had 2 times as much as Anna. Find the number of candies Anna had at first.
Level 3
Ivory receives $10 more allowance than Neave each day. Ivory spends $9 more than Neave each day. Their remaining money was saved. How much more money will Ivory save than Neave after 3 days?
Level 3 PSLE
The students of a test are divided equally into two groups. In the first group, there are 30 more boys than girls. In the second group, there are 12 more girls than boys. 40% of all the students are girls. How many students are boys?
Level 3
There were some cars, vans and buses. 23 of the total vehicles were cars and vans. There were 16 buses and thrice as many cars as vans. How many more cars than vans were there?
Level 3
A rectangular block is sprayed grey on all the six faces before it is cut into 36 identical cubes as shown in the diagram. The total surface area of the 36 individual cubes is 576 cm2 more than the surface area of the original block that is sprayed grey. What is the volume of the rectangular block?
Level 3
A rectangular block is sprayed grey on all the six faces before it is cut into 36 identical cubes as shown in the diagram. The total surface area of the 36 individual cubes is 576 cm2 more than the surface area of the original block that is sprayed grey. What is the volume of the rectangular block?
