Level 2
Kenny had $63. He spent 17 of the money on a pen. He then spent 23 of his remaining money on a pencil case. How much did he spend on the pencil case?
2 m
Level 2
Mrs Tan had 10 ℓ of orange juice. She used 12 of the orange juice for a picnic and 25 of the remaining orange juice to bake orange-flavoured cookies. How much orange juice did she have left? Give your answer in litres.
2 m
Level 2
Lynn had 10 kg of flour. She used 12 of the flour to bake a cake and 14 of the remaining flour to bake some muffins. How much flour did she have left? Give your answer in grams.
2 m
Level 2
Hock Ming spent 37 of his money on a book and 14 of the remainder on a CD. He had $45 left. How much money did he have at first?
2 m
Level 3
60% of the pupils are boys. 40% of the boys and 40% of the girls wear cardigans. What percentage of the pupils do not wear cardigans?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
At first, Jack had some money. He spent 14 of it on a T-shirt and 25 of the remainder on a pair of shoes. After that, his parents gave him $240. The ratio of the total amount of money he had at the end to the amount of money he had at first was 5 : 4. How much money did Jack have at first?
4 m
Level 3
A box contained red, blue and purple markers. 25 of the markers were red and 29 of the remainder were blue markers. The rest were purple markers.
  1. Find the ratio of the number of purple markers to the number of red markers.
  2. There were 160 fewer blue markers than red markers. How many markers were there in the box?
4 m
Level
Jane had some lollipops. She sold 20% of her lollipops and gave half of the remainder to her brother. After that, she bought 26 lollipops and had a total of 32 lollipops in the end. How many lollipops did Jane have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Abi had some bracelets. She gave 13 of the bracelets to her neighbour and gave 25 of the remainder to her brother. She sold the rest at 4 for $6.70. She received a total of $134 from the sales of the bracelets. How many bracelets did she have at first?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
A caterer prepares fish balls for some people attending a party. The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children attending is 2 : 5. Among the children, the ratio of the number of girls to the boys is 4 : 1. A total of 180 fish balls are prepared so that each adult gets 4 fish balls and each child gets 2.
  1. What fraction of the people attending the party are boys?
  2. How many children are attending the party?
4 m
Level 3
Annie had $2480. She spent 25% of her money on an air ticket to Vietnam and 14% of the remaining money on a luggage. How much had she left in the end?
3 m
Level 3
Adam has 200 red stickers, blue stickers and green stickers.
40% of the stickers are blue.
30% of the remaining stickers are red.
The rest are green stickers.
  1. How many green stickers are there?
  2. How many less red stickers than blue stickers?
3 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
A burger cost three times as much as a sandwich at a cafe. Mr Lim spent 14 of his money on some sandwiches and half of the remaining sum on 2 burgers. He had $30 left.
  1. What was the cost of 1 sandwich?
  2. Mr Lim bought 5 burgers and 6 sandwiches. How much did he spend altogether?
5 m
Level 3
  1. Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
  2. Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
4 m
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?
4 m
Level 3
John spent 25 of his salary. He saved 23 of the remainder. He then gave 34 of what was left to his son and gave the remaining amount of $100 to his daughter. What was John's salary?
4 m
Level 3
The number of mangoes at a shop was 70% more than the number of pomegranates. After 60% of the pomegranates were sold, there were 39 more mangoes than pomegranates. Find the total number of mangoes and pomegranates at the shop at first.
4 m
Level 3
Ron and Shawn had 60 sweets each. Ron gave 20% of his sweets to Shawn. After receiving the sweets from Ron, Shawn gave 50% of his total sweets to Tammy. How many sweets had Shawn left?
4 m
Level 3
At an event held at the stadium, 80% of the audience were adults. The female audience was made up of 70% of the children and 30% of the adults. There were 64 more girls than boys.
  1. How many people went to the stadium in total?
  2. Some women left before the event ended, after which 20% of the remaining people at the stadium were women. How many women left the stadium before it ended?
5 m