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
Andy, Benjamin and Caleb had a total of 698 cards at first. After a week, the number of Andy's cards became 3 times the number of cards he had at first. The number of Benjamin's cards decreased by 138. Caleb had half as many cards as he had at first. In the end, the three boys had the same number of cards.

1. How many cards did Caleb have at first?
2. What was the total number of cards that the three boys had in the end?

Level 3
A convenience store sold crabstick, salmon and egg mayo sandwiches. The ratio of the number of crabstick sandwiches made to the total number of sandwiches made was 3 : 7. The ratio of the number of salmon sandwiches made to the total number of sandwiches made was 1 : 5. After the store sold some crabstick sandwiches and made another 42 salmon sandwiches, there was an equal number of crabstick, salmon and egg mayo sandwiches left. Find the number of crabstick sandwiches sold.

Level 3
Madam Naz made pies for sale. 45% of the pies were chicken pies and the rest were potato and sardine pies in the ratio 3 : 1. If a customer bought 75% of the chicken pies and all of the sardine pies, what percentage of the potato pies must Madam Naz sell for her to maintain the original percentage of chicken pies at first? Leave your answer in mixed numbers.

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?

Level 3
Tim's and Natalie's monthly allowances were the same at first. Tim's allowance increased by 50% while Natalie's increased by 20%. Given that Tim's allowance would increase by another 20% if he had received $300 more from his father, find the difference in the children's monthly allowances.

Level 3
Daniel saved some 50-cent coins and $1 notes in his coin box. The total value of the 50-cent coins to the total value of the $1 notes he had was in the ratio 2 : 5. After $14 worth of 50-cent coins and an equal value of $1 notes were added to the coin box, the ratio of the total value of 50-cent coins to the total value of $1 notes became 5 : 9. How many of each type did Daniel have in the end?

1. 50-cent coins?
2. $1 notes?

Level 3
Rachel had 3 times as much money as Paul. After Rachel spent ¹₂ of her money and Paul spent ³₅ of his money, they had a total of $1615 left.

1. How much money did Rachel and Paul have altogether at first?
2. Paul spent ³₅ of his remaining money on a pair of headphones. What fraction of his original amount of money did he spend on the pair of headphones?

Level 2
There was 11 ? of water in a pail and 1.8 ? of water in a basin. Warren then poured in an equal volume of water into each container. Now, the volume of water in the pail is 5 times in the basin. How much water did Warren pour into each container?

Level 3
Leonard had $80 more than his sister. After Leonard spent 25% of his money and his sister spent 75% of her money, they still had $420 left altogether.

1. How much did Leonard have left in the end?
2. Express the amount of money his sister had left as a fraction of the amount of money Leonard had in the end. (Give your answer in the simplest form)

Level 3
At the beginning of the year, the number of members in Club A and Club B were in the ratio 5 : 7. At the end of Term One, some members left Club A to join Club B. The ratio of the number of members in Club A and Club B became 1 : 3. At the middle of Term Two, each club received 54 new members. The ratio of the number of members in Club A and Club B became 2: 3. How many members left Club A to join Club B at the end of Term One?

Level 3 PSLE
The photocopying rates of two machines A and B are as shown. Both machines were use to make a copy of a set of notes which had been divided into teacher set and student set. Machine A took 7 minutes is to photocopy teacher set and Machine B took 9 minutes to photocopy student set.

1. How many pages were there altogether in the set of notes?
2. Another copy of the same set of notes was made using Machine B only. How many minutes did Machine B take?

Level 3
A shop owner had three boxes, containing a total of 1500 plastic cups. The number of plastic cups in Box A to the total number of plastic cups was 3 : 10. He sold 330 plastic cups from Box B and sold ¹₃ of the plastic cups in Box C. The number of plastic cups left in Box B to the number of plastic cups left in Box C was 3 : 1. How many plastic cups were there in Box B at first?

Level 3
²₅ of the crayons in a bag were red and the rest were blue and yellow. 20% of the blue crayons and 12% of the yellow crayons were thrown away. There was an equal number of blue and yellow crayons left. If there were 352 blue and yellow crayons left,

1. what was the number of red crayons?
2. what was the total number of crayons in the bag at first?

Level 3
The ratio of Yvette's money to Linda's money was 1 : 3. After Yvette spent thrice as much as Linda, Yvette and Linda had $6 and $42 left respectively. Find the amount of money each of the girls have at first.

1. Yvette
2. Linda

Level 3
Jeremy has a crate containing some red and green grapes. If he adds in 10 bunches of red grapes, 0.6 of the bunches of grapes in the carton will be green grapes. If he adds in 30 bunches of green grapes, ³₄ of the bunches of grapes in the carton will be green grapes. How many bunches of grapes are there in crate?

Level 3
John spent ²₅ of his salary. He saved ³₇ of it. He then gave ³₈ of what was left to his son and gave the remaining amount of $300 to his daughter. What was John's salary?

Level 3
Benita's salary is 20% less than Amanda's salary and 40% less than Cecilia's salary. If Amanda's salary is $500 less than that of Cecilia's salary,

1. Find Benita's salary.
2. Given that Benita received a 20% pay cut, find Benita's new salary.

Level 3
Ruth spent $84 on some staplers, markers and files. The ratio of the amount of money she spent on the staplers, markers and files was 5 : 8 : 1. The markers were sold at 10 for $4. The number of staplers she bought was ¹₂ the number of markers. The number of files she bought was ³₅ the number of markers. Find the price of 1 stapler.