Level 3
A box containing 60 folders had a mass of 5.01 kg. A box containing 25 post-it-pads has a mass of 6.21 kg. The mass of each post-it-pad was thrice that of each folder. Find the mass of the empty box in grams.
4 m
Level 3
Lynn had 10 kg of flour. She used 12 of the flour to bake a cake and 14 kg of the remaining flour to bake some muffins. How much flour did she have left? Give your answer in grams.
4 m
Level 3
Shan and Ella started off at the same spot and ran at average speeds round a 3-km circular path. Shan took 15 minutes to complete each round. Ella completed each round in 20 minutes.
  1. How far ahead of Ella would Shan be after 1 minute? Express the answer in metres.
  2. How long would it take Shan to meet Ella for the first time?
  3. How many rounds would Shan have completed by then?
4 m
Level 3
A construction worker welded 3 pipes of length 2 m 10 cm each together. This new pipe was only 35 of the length he needed. How long was the pipe he needed?
4 m
Level 3
There are an equal number of 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins in a box. The total value of the 50-cent coins is $2.10 more than the total value of the 20-cent coins. Find the number of 50-cent coins in the box.
4 m
Level 3
A car-wash machine takes 16 h to wash 1 car. Washing the car by hand takes 14 h longer than the car-wash machine.
  1. Find the time taken to wash 1 car by hand.
  2. Find the total time taken to wash 3 cars by hand. Leave your answer in hours and minutes.
4 m
Level 3
There is an equal number of 50-cent coins and 10-cent coins in a box. The total value of the 10-cent coins is $6.80 less than the total value of the 50-cent coins.
  1. Find the total number of coins in the box.
  2. Find the total value of the coins in the box.
4 m
Level 2
Isaac had a total of $10. There were 3 two-dollar notes and some fifty-cent coins. How many fifty-cent coins did he have?
2 m
Level 2
A ribbon is 3 m long. 15 cm of the ribbon was needed to tie a present. How much ribbon was left if Hannah used it to tie 5 similar presents?
2 m
Level 2
Samantha poured 3 similar bottles of water and 4 similar cups of water to fill a 3-litre tank to its brim. If the volume of each bottle of water is 720 mℓ, find the capacity of each cup.
2 m
Level 2
A pipe is 6 cm longer than a rod. Their total length is 1 m 40 cm. How long is the pipe?
2 m
Level 2
The capacity of a fish tank is 5 ℓ. 58 of the tank is filled with water. How much more water must be poured into the tank to fill it to its brim?
4 m
Level 2
37 of a tank is filled with petrol. There is space in the tank for another 24 ℓ of petrol. What is the capacity of the tank? Give the answer in ℓ.
4 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 60 cm by 50 cm by 40 cm was filled with water to a height of 28 cm at first. After 8 completely filled identical jugs of water were poured into the tank, the new water level in the tank became 32 cm.
  1. Find the volume of water in each jug in cubic centimetres.
  2. How much more water would be needed to fill the tank completely? (Give your answer in litres.)
5 m
Level 3
5 poles are placed along the breadth of a rectangular field. The space between 2 poles is 50 m. If 10 poles are placed along the length of the rectangular field in the similar way, what is the perimeter of the rectangle? Give the answer in meters.
3 m
Level 3
Bill bought a total of 11 sweets and chocolate bars. Each sweet cost 40¢. Each chocolate bar cost 60¢. He paid a total of $5.60. How many chocolate bars did he buy?
4 m
Level 3
There were a total of forty-one 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins in a bag. Given that the total amount of money in the bag was $19. How many 20-cent coins were there in the bag?
4 m
Level 2
Jake bought a burger for 45¢ and a stick of hotdog for 30¢. He gave the cashier $1. How much change did he receive? (Give your answer in cents.)
3 m
Level 3
In the figure, triangle DEF was drawn within 3 identical squares of side 9 cm. BC was 8 cm.
  1. Find the area of the shaded figure.
  2. The shaded figure was used as a design and printed on a piece of cloth. After printing, the total shaded area of the piece of cloth was 13005 cm2. What was the length of piece of cloth? (Give your answer in metres.)
4 m
Level 3
There are 2 groups of workers in a factory. There are 5 more workers in the first group than the second group. Each worker in the first group makes 4 toys in a minute but each worker in the second group makes only 3 toys in a minute. Both groups make a total of 4140 toys in an hour.
  1. How many workers are there in the first group?
  2. How many workers are there in the second group?
4 m