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?
5 m
Level 3
Three cartons, A, B and C, contained 382 marbles. Hazel added some marbles into Carton A and the number of marbles in Carton A tripled. He took out half of the number of marbles from Carton B and added another 98 marbles into Carton C. As a result, the ratio of the number of marbles in Carton A, Carton B and Carton C became 6 : 2 : 9. What was the ratio of the number of marbles in Carton B to the total number of marbles in Carton A and Carton C at first? Give the answer in its lowest term.
4 m
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Level 3 PSLE
Nick had doughnuts and Ethan had scones. Both gave half of what they had to each other. Nick sold 8 doughnuts and Ethan sold 42 scones. In the end, the ratios of doughnuts to scones for Nick and Ethan were 1 : 5 and 1 : 3 respectively. How many doughnuts did Nick have at first?
4 m
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?
5 m
Level 3
Lisa had four baskets, C, D, E and F which contain a total of 351 kiwis. She transferred 7 kiwis from basket C to basket D, 24 kiwis from basket D to basket E and 38 kiwis from basket E to basket F. The ratio of the number of kiwis in basket C to basket D to basket E changed from 4 : 8 : 11 to 1 : 3 : 9. How many kiwis were in basket F at first?
5 m