Level 3
Margie spent $10 on the three items shown. What are those items? Give the answers only in letters in alphabetical order. (Eg a, b, c)
  1. Comb - $2.45
  2. Shampoo - $4.55
  3. Hair Spray - $3.00
  4. Soap - $4.15
4 m
Level 2
5 pomegranates cost as much as 8 mangoes. Each pomegranate costs 40 cents. How much is each mango in cents?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Lynn wanted to buy a dress. She saw a red dress on sale at 10% discount and a blue dress at 20% discount. Both dresses had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the red dress, Lynn would need $3.50 more that what she had. So Lynn bought the blue dress. After that, she had $1 left.
  1. What was the original price of the red dress?
  2. How much money did Lynn have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Jonathan received $31.90 as allowance each week. This week, he saved $18.55 and spent the rest.
  1. How much did he spend this week?
  2. If he saved $6.80 more last week than this week, how much did he save last week?
4 m
Level 3
Kylie bought some Geography books at $17 each. She also bought an equal number of History books at a different price. The average price of one Geography and one History book was $10. Kylie paid $70 more for the Geography books than the History books.
  1. What was the cost of one History book?
  2. How many Geography books did Kylie buy?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Jade and Kylie went shopping together with a total amount of $93.90. Jade spent 2 times as much as Kylie. The amount Kylie had left was $11 more than what she had spent. She had 2 times as much money left as Jade.
  1. How much money did Kylie spend?
  2. How much money did Jade have at first?
4 m
Level 2
Jonson wanted to buy a book that cost $94.75. He had 6 ten-dollar notes and 7 twenty-cent coins. How much was he short of?
4 m
Level 3
At a fruit stall, 280 mangoes were sold in the morning and 35 of the remaining mangoes were sold in the afternoon. As a result, the number of mangoes left became 16 of the total number of mangoes at first. Given that the mangoes were sold at $2.50 in packs of six mangoes, how much did the fruit stall receive from the sale of the mangoes in the afternoon?
4 m
Level 3
Cathy, Zoe and Ruth went shopping together. They brought a total of $1633 with them. Cathy spent 50% of her money. Zoe spent $224 and Ruth spent twice as much money as Cathy. In the end, they had $785 left. How much money did Zoe and Ruth have altogether in the end?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of the number of papayas to the number of peaches that a fruit seller had was 5 : 11. After he sold half of the peaches, there were a total of 252 papayas and peaches left at the fruit stall.
  1. How many papayas were there at the stall?
  2. If he sold the remaining peaches in bags of 6 at $3.50 per bag, how much would he receive for them?
4 m
Level 3
Last Saturday, Jack withdrew an equal number of $10-notes and $50-notes from the bank. After spending 58 pieces of $10-notes and 10 pieces of $50-notes, the ratio of the remaining $10-notes to $50-notes became 2 : 5.
  1. How many $10-notes had he left?
  2. What was the total value of the notes which Jack withdrew from the bank?
4 m
Level 3
Sean and David had some allowance in the ratio of 3 : 7. They shared some money to buy a bracelet for their cousin. The ratio of the amount paid by Sean to the amount paid by David was 1 : 2. If David was left with $176 and Sean had spent 14 of his money, how much was the bracelet they bought?
4 m
Level 3
Subtract $5.20 from the sum of eight $5-note and 5 fifty-cent coins.
4 m
Level 3
Hannah went shopping with 4 times the amount that Kelly brought. The ratio of the amount of money Kelly spent to the amount of money Hannah spent was 2 : 3. In the end, Kelly and Hannah had $12 and $108 respectively. How much did Kelly spend?
4 m
Level 3
I have 8 fifty-cent coins, 4 twenty-cent coins, 9 ten-cent coins and 4 five-cent coins. How much do they add up to?
4 m
Level 2
Adam and Bryan have some money in the ratio of 2 : 5
After Adam receives $400,
the amount that Adam has becomes is 23 that of Bryan's.
  1. How much does Adam have at first?
  2. How much does Bryan have?
  3. How much less does Adam have than Bryan in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Isabelle had $574 less than Jane. Jane spent 35 of her money and Isabelle spent 34 of her money. In the end, Jane had 3 times as much as Isabelle. Find the amount of money Isabelle had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Fiona had four $10-notes and six $2-notes. She bought a story book for $14.55. How much change did she receive?
4 m
Level 3
Reena bought some fruits. She spent $10 more than 23 of her money on some pears. She then spent $8 more than 20% of the remaining money on some pineapples. Given that she had $16 left,
  1. how much did Reena have at first?
  2. how many kilograms of pineapples did she buy if they cost $2 per kg?
4 m
Level 2
Adam and Bryan have some money in the ratio of 5 : 4
After Adam spends $700,
the amount that Adam has left is 23 that of Bryan's.
  1. How much does Adam have at first?
  2. How much does Bryan have?
  3. How much less does Adam have than Bryan in the end?
4 m