Level 3
A fruit seller had apples and durians. The ratio of apples to durians was 5 : 3. After 34 of the apples and 38 durians were sold, there were 2 times as many apples as durians left. How many apples and durians were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
Mark had some pastries. 47 of them were shortbreads. The rest were scones. He sold 45 of the shortbreads and 11 scones. In the end, he had 198 pastries left. How many pastries did he sell?
3 m
Level 3
Jen and David started running together along a cross country track. When David completed the track in 40 minutes, Jen had run only 58 of the track. Jen’s average speed was 75 m/min slower than David’s.
  1. How long was the cross country track in m?
  2. Find Jen’s average speed in m/min.
3 m
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
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