Level 3
A bus had some passengers at the beginning. After 10 passengers alighted from the bus and another 46 passengers boarded the bus, there were two times as many passengers as before. How many passengers were there on the bus at first?
4 m
Level 1
A durian cost twice as much as a mango. Julie bought 5 durians and 5 mangoes for $30. How much does a mango cost?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
There are two numbers. One is 5 times the other. They have exactly six common factors. Three of the common factors are 1, 2 and 9.
  1. What are the other 3 common factors?
  2. What are the two numbers?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Four girls, Ally, Bernice, Cally and Donna raised money for a charity. Ally and Bernice raised a total of $105. Together, Bernice, Cally and Donna raised a total of $180. The total amount of money raised by all 4 girls is 4 times the amount that Bernice raised. How much money did Bernice raise?
2 m
Level 2
Anna had 76 more marbles than Wendy at first. Wendy gave 19 of her marbles to Anna. Anna now has 3 times as many marbles as Wendy. How many marbles did Wendy have at first?
2 m
Level 2
When Mr Vincent is 34 years old, his nephew is 11 years old. In how many years will he be 2 times as old as his nephew?
2 m
Level 2
Last year, Ben was 4 times as old as his son, Fred. This year, their total age is 52 years old. How old will Ben be when he is 3 times as old as Fred?
2 m
Level 2
Asher had 5 times as many buttons as Carl at first. Then each of them bought an equal number of new buttons. In the end, Carl had 42 buttons and Asher had 3 times as many buttons as Carl. How many buttons did both of them buy altogether?
2 m
Level 2
Mark is 14 years old. His uncle is 42 years older than him. In how many years will Mark's uncle be 3 times as old as Mark?
2 m
Level 3
Violet has 6 times as many tarts as Anna. The total number of Violet's and Anna's tarts is 8 times of Wendy's. Violet and Anna have 294 tarts more than Wendy's. How many more tarts does Violet have than Anna?
3 m
Level 3
Some visitors paid a total of $390 for entrance tickets to a theme park. The entrance ticket for a child cost $6. The entrance ticket for an adult cost 3 times as much. If there were 19 more adults than children, how many of the visitors were
  1. children?
  2. adults?
3 m
Level 2
Violet had 6 times as many erasers as Jane at first. After Violet gave 40 erasers to Jane, they each had the same number of erasers in the end. How many erasers did Violet have at first?
3 m
Level 2 PSLE
Fiona had 52 more beads than Lynn at first. Lynn gave 7 of her beads to Fiona. Fiona now has 4 times as many beads as Lynn. How many beads did Lynn have at first?
3 m
Level 3
Basket G and Basket H have a total of 284 lollipops. After 43 lollipops were transferred from Basket G to Basket H, there were 3 times as many lollipops in Basket H as Basket G. How many lollipops were there in each basket at first?
  1. Basket G
  2. Basket H
3 m
Level 3
Natalie has $127 more than Eva. If Eva gives Natalie $56, the amount of money Natalie has will be 6 times that of Eva's. How much money does Natalie have?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Tina has 130 marbles more than Olivia. If Tina transfers 384 marbles to Olivia, Olivia will have 3 times as many as Tina. How many marbles does Tina have?
3 m
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?
3 m
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?
3 m
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?
  1. Sean?
  2. Cathy?
3 m
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?
4 m