Level 3 PSLE
A box contained blue and white beads. At first, the number of blue beads was 13 the number of white beads. After 14 of the blue beads and 58 of the white beads were used, 75 beads were left.
  1. What fraction of the beads were used? Leave your answer in the simplest form.
  2. How many beads were there in the box at first?
3 m
Level 3
Sean and David had some allowance in the ratio of 3 : 7. They shared some money to buy a bracelet for their cousin. The ratio of the amount paid by Sean to the amount paid by David was 1 : 2. If David was left with $176 and Sean had spent 14 of his money, how much was the bracelet they bought?
4 m
Level 3
Vincent had some pastries. 27 of them were tarts. The rest were cookies. He sold 35 of the tarts and 14 cookies. In the end, he had 131 pastries left. How many more tarts than cookies did he sell?
3 m
Level 3
A store owner had coconuts and papayas. The ratio of coconuts to papayas was 5 : 2. After 12 of the coconuts and 18 papayas were sold, there were 2 times as many coconuts as papayas left. How many coconuts and papayas were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
At first, Tina had 23 as many stickers as Esther. After Tina bought another 8 stickers and Esther lost 5 stickers, Tina had 45 as many stickers as Esther. Find the number of stickers Tina had at first.
3 m
Level 3
Isabelle had $574 less than Jane. Jane spent 35 of her money and Isabelle spent 34 of her money. In the end, Jane had 3 times as much as Isabelle. Find the amount of money Isabelle had at first.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
There were 95 oranges and apples altogether. After 23 of the oranges and half of the apples were sold, there were a total of 40 oranges and apples left. What fraction of the fruits were oranges at first? Give the answer in its simplest form.
3 m
Level 3
Eva and Fiona went shopping with a total of $200. After Eva spent 34 of her money and Fiona spent $46, the ratio of Fiona's money became 3 times as much as Eva's money. Find the ratio of Eva's money to Fiona's money at first.
4 m
Level 3
Cathy had some coin collection. 14 of them were red and the rest were yellow. She gave away 135 of the yellow coins and 50% of the red coins. She then had 15 of her coin collection left. How many coins did Cathy give away?
4 m
Level 3
Liam had 57 as many 20-cent coins as 1-dollar coins in his piggy bank. Each time, four 20-cent coins and six 1-dollar coins were taken out from the piggy bank. In the end, only seven 20-cent coins and four 1-dollar coins were left in the piggy bank. How many more 1-dollar coins than 20-cent coins were there in the piggy bank at first?
4 m