Level 3
A jar contained $2 and $5 notes with a total value of $518. 4 pieces of $5 were exchanged for $2 notes of similar value. In the end, the number of $2 notes was the same as the $5 notes. How many $5 notes were there at first?
Level 3 PSLE
Lina had an equal number of red and blue beads. She gave 26 red beads and 14 blue beads to Mary. She gave the remaining beads to Nora. Nora was given 1 red bead for every 3 blue beads. How many beads did Lina have at first?
Level 3
A purple carton has 4 times as many marbles as a pink carton. Jack added 44 marbles to the purple carton and 21 marbles to the pink carton. If there are 3 times as many marbles in the purple carton as the pink carton, what was the total number of marbles in the two carton before Jack added the marbles?
Level 3
During a charity drive, Primary 4 raised 4 times as much money as Primary 2 on the first week. On the second week, Primary 4 raised another $200 while Primary 2 raised another $461. During the entire charity event, Primary 4 raised 2 times as much as Primary 2. What was the total amount raised by Primary 4?
Level 3
Sean and Cathy had some money each. If Cathy gives Sean $49, he will have 3 times as much as Cathy. If Sean gives Cathy $20, he will have the same amount as her. How much money does each person have respectively?
Level 3
3 foreigners have the same mass as 5 locals. Each foreigner's mass is 16 kg more than each local. What is the total mass of the 5 locals in kilograms?
Level 3
At first, Randy had 160 more red beads than blue beads in a box. Each day, he took out 8 red beads and 5 blue beads from the box. After some time, he only had 20 blue beads left in the box.
How many beads did Randy take out from the box altogether?
Level 3
Emily, Gillian and Raeann have equal number of pens.
Emily packs all her pens equally into 3 packets.
Gillian packs all her pens equally into 4 packets.
Raeann packs all her pens equally into 6 packets.
2 packets of Emily's pens, 3 packets of Gillian's pens and
4 packets of Raeann's pens add up to 200 pens.
How many pens do they have altogether?
Level 3
For every good jacket that Mr Zhang sold, he earned $19. He sold defective jackets at a discount, which would cause him to lose $6 per defective jacket. In July, for every 27 jackets sold, 7 were defective. Mr Zhang earned $3042 from the jackets sold.
How many less jackets sold were defective than good?
How much less money did he earn because of the defective jackets?
Level 3
Henry's freight forwarding company charges $17 for every mirror delivered on time and $10 for every mirror delivered late. In the month of August, Henry freight forwarding company collected $2200. For every 17 mirrors delivered, 15 were delivered on time and 2 were delivered late.
What was the total number of mirrors delivered on time?
How much less money did Henry freight forwarding company collect in August due to the late delivery of the mirrors?
Level 3
Container E contains only 50-cent coins and Container F contains only 5-cent coins. There are 19 more coins in Container F than in Container E. The amount of money in Container E is $1.75 more than the amount of money in Container F. Find the total amount of money in both containers.
Level 3
Cathy had twice the number of toy bricks as Jenson. Cathy used all her bricks to build 7 identical houses. Jenson used all his bricks to build 5 identical houses. Cathy used 9 more bricks than Jenson for each house. How many bricks did Jenson have?
Level 3
When Mrs Yang was 45 years old, her son was 2 times her daughter's age. Mrs Yang would be twice her son's age when her daughter was 30 years old. How old would Mrs Yang be when her daughter was 18 years old?
Level 3
Rael and Ken had $229 and $193 respectively. Each of them bought a hoodie and a T-shirt at the same price. The cost of the hoodie was 3 times as much as the T-shirt. In the end, Rael had 5 times as much money as Ken. What was the difference between the cost of the T-shirt and the hoodie?
Level 3
Oscar is 3 times as old as his brother. In 14 years' time, Oscar will be 10 years less than twice of his brother's age. How old was Oscar 2 years ago?
Level 3
Ken's current age is 7 times as old as Xavier's age years ago. Today, Xavier's age is Ken's age the same number of years ago. How old is Ken's age now if the total of their current age is 33?
Level 3 PSLE
A fruit seller had an equal number of peaches, starfruits and pomegranates at first. After 46 pomegranates, some peaches and starfruits were sold, there were 76 fruits left. There were 3 times as many peaches as starfruits left. The number of pomegranates left was 15 less than the number of peaches left. How many starfruits were sold?
Level 3 PSLE
There were a total of 162 tables and benches in a school field. There were 2 times as many benches as tables. After 18 benches and some tables were removed, there were 5 times as many benches as tables left. How many tables were removed from the school field?
Level 3
Anna and Tina went shopping with $450 and $315 respectively. Tina spent 2 times as much as Anna. After shopping, the amount of money Anna had left was 2 times the remaining money of Tina. How much did they spend in total?
Level 3
Fred and Tim went shopping with a total amount of $225. They had $175 left after shopping. Fred's remaining money was 3 times the amount he paid for. Tim's remaining money was 4 times the amount he had spent.
