Level 3 PSLE
Six identical rectangular boxes can be stacked into a cupboard 0.9 m wide. Two arrangements are shown. The first arrangement in Figure A leaves a 42 cm gap at the top. The second one in Figure B leaves a 10 cm gap at the top and another gap at the side.
  1. In the arrangement shown in Figure B, what is the width of the gap at the side in m?
  2. What is the height of the cupboard in metres?
3 m
Level 3
Jenny's mother gave her $2 to buy 2 pears. Instead, Jenny bought 3 pears and received twenty cents as change. How much change would Jenny receive if she had bought 2 pears?
4 m
Level 2
In the class, 25 of the pupils like rabbits, 13 of the pupils like dogs and the rest like cats.
  1. What fraction of the class like cats?
  2. Given that 6 more pupils like rabbits than cats, find the number of pupils in the class.
3 m
Level 3
A bag had some violet erasers and yellow erasers in the ratio of 3 : 1. Queenie removed 35 violet erasers and put another 15 yellow erasers into the bag. There is now 50% as many violet erasers as yellow erasers in the bag. How many violet erasers were in the bag at first?
4 m
Level 3
A fruit seller sells only soursops and avocados. The ratio of soursops to avocados is 5 : 4. A total of 68 fruits are added. The number of soursops becomes 2 times as many as before and the number of avocados becomes 4 times as many as before. How many fruits are there in the end?
5 m