Level 3
Fabian, Gilbert and Henry had some marbles in the ratio of 2 : 3 : 5. Henry gave 40% of his marbles to Fabian and Gilbert. As a result, Fabian had the same number of marbles as Gilbert and Henry had 36 fewer marbles than Fabian.
  1. What was the percentage increase in Fabian's marbles after receiving from Henry?
  2. How many marbles did Gilbert have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Andy, Bob and Charles collected game cards in the ratio of 7 : 4 : 9. After Charles gave 310 to Andy and Bob, Charles had 60 less game cards than Andy. The number of game cards that Ben had increased by 35%. How many game cards did Andy and Charles have?
4 m
Level 3
Jane's savings is 20% more than Darwin's savings. If Jane's savings is decreased by 20%, their total savings will be $980. How much is Jane's savings?
3 m
Level 3
A fruit seller had apples and durians. The ratio of apples to durians was 5 : 3. After 34 of the apples and 38 durians were sold, there were 2 times as many apples as durians left. How many apples and durians were there at first?
4 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 3
Tank E contained 4 times as many guppies as Tank F. When 10% of the guppies in Tank E and 10% of the guppies in Tank F were transferred to Tank G, Tank G had 120 guppies, which was 20% more guppies than before. How many less guppies were there in Tank F than Tank E in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Cathy had some coin collection. 14 of them were red and the rest were yellow. She gave away 135 of the yellow coins and 50% of the red coins. She then had 15 of her coin collection left. How many coins did Cathy give away?
4 m
Level 3
Nick spent 25 of his money on a watch which cost $90. If he had bought a book instead, he would have only spent 0.25 of his money. How much did the book cost?
3 m
Level 3
Adam and Bryan have some money in the ratio of 5 : 4
After Adam gives 12 of his money to Bryan,
Bryan has $400 more than Adam in the end.
  1. How much does Bryan have at first?
  2. How much does Adam have in the end?
  3. How much does Adam give to Bryan?
4 m
Level 3
Adam has some money.
Adam spends $300 on some stickers and
80% of the remainder on some marbles.
In the end, he has 18 of the total amount left.
  1. How much does Adam have at first?
  2. How much more does Adam spend on marbles than on stickers?
3 m
Level 3
Container A and Container B had 43 kg of sugar and 51 kg of sugar respectively. If 3 kg of sugar and 8.5 kg of sugar are added into Container A and Container B every day, how many days later will the sugar in Container A be half as much as the sugar in Container B?
4 m
Level 3
At a theme park, each adult ticket cost $25 and each child ticket cost $12. On Monday, the number of adult tickets sold was 120 less than the number of child tickets. On Tuesday, the number of adult tickets sold decreased by 10% while the number of child tickets sold increased by 30%. If a total of 816 tickets were sold on Tuesday, how much money was collected on Monday?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of the amount of money that Anna and Yvonne brought along was 4 : 5. For a friend's birthday present, Anna and Yvonne shared the cost in the ratio of 2 : 3. Anna used up 25 of her money to pay for her share. After paying for her share, Yvonne had $78 left. How much was the birthday present?
4 m
Level 3
Eva's salary is 30% more than Betty's salary. When their salaries are increased by 60%, their combined salaries will be $11040. How much was Eva's salary before the increase?
4 m
Level 3
A basket contained violet and purple buttons. There were 60% more violet buttons than purple buttons. When 248 more buttons were poured into the basket, the amount of violet buttons increased by 40% and the amount of purple buttons grew by 60%. How many buttons were in the basket at first?
4 m
Level 3
The number of 20-cent coins in a box is as many as the number of $1-dollar coins. The total value of the coins is $26.40.
  1. Find the total number of coins in the box.
  2. Find the total value of 20-cent coins in the box.
3 m
Level 3
There was an equal number of tables and chairs in the morning. At noon, some tables were added and some chairs were removed, resulting in the number of tables being increased by 20% while the number of chairs decreased by 30%. At 7 p.m. the number of tables increased by 50%. If a total of 32 tables were added during the day, how many more tables than chairs were there in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Lizzy bought some souvenirs for her friends at an average price of $12.50. If Lizzy decided to buy a pen which cost $16 for her father and a bag which cost $35 for her mother, the average price of the souvenirs would become $15.75. How many souvenirs did Lizzy buy for her friends?
3 m
Level 3
If Yvonne gives Oscar $27, the amount of money she has will be 25% of his. If Oscar gives Yvonne $12, he will have the same amount of money as her. How much money did each of them have?
(a) Oscar
(b) Yvonne
4 m
Level 3
Mr Lim had three bags of soil, A, B and C and the mass of each bag of soil was in the ratio 2 : 4 : 3. Mr Lim decided to transfer 30% of soil from Bag A into Bag B and 60% of soil from Bag C into Bag B. Given that the mass of Bag B was 38.4 kg in the end, how many kilograms of soil were transferred into Bag B?
5 m