Level 3
Tickets for a theme park were sold at $83 and $117. All the tickets were completely sold out. The amount collected for the $117 tickets was $80145. Given that the number of $117 tickets was 17 of the number of $83 tickets, how much more money was collected from the sales of the $83 ticket than the $117 ticket?
3 m
Level 3
Howard and Sam had some money at first. Howard received 4 times as much money as Sam every fortnight. At the end of 2 fortnights, both of them had the same amount of money. If Sam had $1500 at first and Howard had $1900 at the end of those 2 fortnights, what was the ratio of Howard's money to the total amount of money at first?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Tickets for a zoo trip were sold to teachers and pupils at different prices as shown.
Price per ticket:
Teacher $20
Pupil $8
14 of the tickets sold were bought by teachers. The total amount of money collected from the sale of tickets to pupils was $416 more than the total amount collected from the sale of tickets to teachers. How much money was collected from the sale of tickets altogether?
3 m
Level 3
Betty had an equal number of $2 and $10 notes. After spending 43 pieces of $10 and 19 pieces of $2 notes, the ratio of the $2 notes to $10 notes left was 5 : 1. Find the value of the notes left.
4 m
Level 2
Eugene was given some money. He spent $3.35 on a notebook and all of the remainder on 5 pens that cost $1.40 each. How much money did he have at first?
3 m
Level 3
Jane's savings is 20% more than Darwin's savings. If Jane's savings is decreased by 20%, their total savings will be $980. How much is Jane's savings?
3 m
Level 3
Bryan went on a tour with his wife and two children. An average of $799 was spent on each child while an average of $1081 was spent on each adult. On the whole, what was the average amount spent on each person for the trip?
3 m
Level 3
Fiona had an equal number of $5 and $10 notes. After spending 40 pieces of $10 and 16 pieces of $5 notes, the ratio of the $5 notes to $10 notes left was 4 : 1. Find the value of the notes at first.
4 m
Level 2
Fiona is saving up to buy a dress. She saves $1.20 in a week. After saving for 7 weeks, she finds that she is still short of $19.90. What is the cost of the dress?
3 m
Level 2
Mary bought some correction tapes and stickers for $43. She bought more correction tapes than pens and paid $15 for the additional correction tapes. If 1 correction tape and 1 pen cost $7, how many pens did she buy?
2 m
Level 2
A blouse costs $4.50 more than a shirt. A skirt costs $15.20 more than the blouse. Jelly bought 5 of each item. She paid $376 for them. How much did she pay for the skirts she bought?
3 m
Level 3
Jane and Wendy had equal amount of money. Each day, Jane spent $4 and Wendy spent $5. When Jane had $60 left, Wendy had 45 as much money left as Jane. How much money did the two girls have at first?
4 m
Level 2
Mrs Tan went to the market with $78.40. After she had bought 8 kg of beef, she had $40.80 left. How much did each kilogram of beef cost?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A fruit stall sold peaches at 70¢ and apples at 40¢ each. Sally bought some peaches and Tom bought some apples from the stall. Sally spent $1.10 more than Tom, but had 7 fruits fewer than Tom.
  1. How many peaches did Sally buy?
  2. How much did Tom spend on the apples?
4 m
Level 3
Emma and Peter had a total of $47. After Emma spent 37 of her money and Peter spent $2, the ratio of Emma's money to Kenneth's money became 1 : 2. How much money had Peter at first?
4 m
Level 2
Tim was paid $0.12 for each egg he collected. If he broke the egg, $0.03 would be deducted from his pay. In one morning, he earned $24.57. For every 10 good eggs he collected, he broke 1 egg. How many eggs did he collect altogether that morning?
3 m
Level 3
Marion bought 20 kiwi face cream as gifts. How much did she have to pay?
3 m
Level 3
Brandon walked around a rectangular field from W to X to Y and to Z. He covered a distance of 560 m. The length of the field is thrice the breadth. If it cost $5 to put up a fence of 1 m, how much would it cost to fence around the whole field?
3 m
Level 3
3 sisters, Tammy, Hazel and Yoko, paid a total of $168 for a gift. Tammy paid 14 of what the rest paid. Hazel paid 16 of what the rest paid. How much did Yoko pay?
3 m
Level 3
Richard paid $30.30 for 4 papaya and 2 grapefruits. A grapefruit was $2.25 cheaper than a papaya. What was the cost of a papaya?
3 m