Level 3
Tim had 40% more muffins than Rael. Tim gave 20% of his muffins to Rael. Rael in return gave 50% of his muffins to Tim. In the end, Rael had 448 less muffins than Tim. How many muffins did Tim have at first?
Level 2
Sarah read 4 books in 3 h 18 min. She took the same amount of time to read each of the first 3 books. She took 54 min longer to read the fourth book than each of the first 3 books. She finished reading all the books at 19 28. What time did she start reading the fourth book?
Level 3
Mei had a piece of wire 180 cm long. She wanted to bend the wire into a figure shown. How much more wire did she need?
(Note: All lines meet at right angles)
Level 3
Mei had a piece of wire 180 cm long. She wanted to bend the wire into a figure shown. How much more wire did she need?
(Note: All lines meet at right angles)
Level 3
Mrs. Ben made 248 more white chocolate cookies than dark chocolate cookies. After she gave away 57 of the white chocolate cookies and 13 of the dark chocolate cookies, there were an equal number of white chocolate cookies and dark chocolate cookies left. How many white chocolate cookies did she give away?
Level 3
Hazel had $300 more than Wendy. Hazel gave 35 of her money to Wendy. Wendy then gave 25% of her money to Hazel. In the end, Wendy had $186 more than Hazel. How much did Hazel have at first?
Level 3
Kate had $280 more than Natalie. Kate gave 35 of her money to Natalie. Natalie then gave 25% of her money to Kate. In the end, Kate had $146 less than Natalie. How much did Kate have at first?
Level 3 A tank was completely filled with water. The ratio of the length of the tank to its breadth to its height is 8 : 4 : 15.
Given that the height of the tank is 45 cm, find the volume of water in the tank.
All the water in the tank was poured into 2 empty bottles A and B without spilling any water. As a result, Bottle A had 1500 cm3 more water than Bottle B. Find the volume of water in Bottle A. Give your answer in litres.
Level 3
Evelyn bought 50% more hair clips than Linda. Tammy bought 10% fewer hair clips than Evelyn. Evelyn and Linda gave Tammy some hair clips in the ratio 7 : 2. As a result, Tammy had twice as much hair clips as before. Given that Linda had 15 more hair clips than Evelyn in the end, how much hair clips did Evelyn give to Tammy?
Level 3
Mrs Lu had a total of 520 purple and yellow lilies in the ratio of 8 : 5. After she had given away 6 times as many purple lilies as yellow lilies, the number of purple and yellow lilies left was in the ratio of 10 : 9. How many more purple lilies than yellow lilies did she give away?
Level 3
A pen cost $1.50. A notebook cost $15.50 more than the pen. Clare spent $340 on such pens and notebooks. She bought twice as many pens as notebooks.
Level 3
A briefcase with 5 magazines in it has a mass of 2.58 kg. When 6 more magazines and 22 guide books are added, the mass becomes 4.28 kg. Each magazine has a mass 2 times as much as each guide book. Find the mass of the briefcase when it is empty. Express the answer in kg.
Level 3
Three cartons, W, X and Y contained a certain number of pens. Carton Y contained 27 as many pens as W and X combined. There were 98 more pens in Carton W than in Carton Y. Carton X contained 127 more pens than Carton Y. How many pens were in Carton X?
Level 3
Hazel had $18.60 in coins. She had four times as many 10-cent as 50-cent coins and 11 more $1 coins than 50-cent coins. How many coins does she have in total?
Level 3 3 pupils shared the cost of a present equally. When calculating the amount each pupil had to pay, a mistake was made. The cost of the present was divided by 4 instead of 3. Each pupil ended up paying $3.90 less than the correct amount. What should be the correct amount for each share?
Level 3
Oscar bought some mangosteens and coconuts in the ratio of 2 : 5 respectively. The cost of a mangosteen was $1.50 more than the cost of a coconut. He spent a total of $81 buying the mangosteens and coconuts. The total cost of the coconuts was $9 more than the total cost of the mangosteens. How much did 1 mangosteen cost?
Level 3 PSLE
Annie and Bindy made some butter muffins and raisin muffins. Annie made 33 more butter muffins than raisin muffins. Bindy made 65 more raisin muffins than butter muffins. The total number of butter muffins made up 42% of the total number of muffins they made. How many raisin muffins did they make altogether?
Level 3
The average rainfall for the months of January to May was 155 mm. Each month from January to May, the rainfall was 1 mm more than the month before it. What was the rainfall in January?
Level 3
Albert had $2.20 less than Caden. After Albert gave $2.50 to Caden, Caden would have thrice as much money as Albert. How much money had Caden at first?
