Level 3
Three women, Mrs Zhang, Mrs Lin and Mrs Yap went on a shopping spree. 30% of Mrs Zhang's spending is equal to 15 of Mrs Lin's spending. Mrs Yap's spending is 40% more than Mrs Lin's. If Mrs Lin spends another $804, she will spend the same amount of money as Mrs Yap.
  1. Find the ratio of Mrs Zhang's spending to Mrs Lin's to Mrs Yap's.
  2. How much did Mrs Zhang spend?
4 m
Level 3
A crate contains some kiwis, apples and watermelons. 0.4 of the apples is equal to 80% of the kiwis. The number of watermelons is 12 of the total number of kiwis and apples. If there are 44 more watermelons than kiwis, how many fruits are there in the crate altogether?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Three girls used the same number of pearls to make necklaces. Dana used 25 of her pearls, Esther used 34 of hers and Fina used 23 of hers. They had a total of 1440 pearls at first. How many pearls did each girl use?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Ian had a total of 810 long and short rulers. After selling an equal number of both types, he had 13 of the long rulers and 16 of the short ones left. What was the total number of rulers left?
3 m
Level 3
Rael, Henry and Will shared $117. During a shopping trip, Rael spent 16 of his share, Henry spent 15 of his share and Will spent 12 of his share. Given that all three boys each spent the same amount of money, how much more money do Rael and Henry have than Will in the end?
3 m
Level 3
34 of Eva's money was equal to 12 of Anna's money at first. After Eva spent $1.70 and Anna spent $0.70, Eva had 35 as much money as Anna.
  1. How much did Anna have at first? Express the answer(s) in 2 decimal places.
  2. How much did Eva have in the end? Express the answer(s) in 2 decimal places.
4 m
Level 3
14 of the number of sheep that Farmer Yang head was equal to 25 of the number of sheep that Farmer Tan had. When Farmer Yang sold 300 of his sheep and Farmer Tan bought another 40, the ratio of the number of sheep that Farmer Yang had to the number of sheep Farmer Tan had 7 : 5. What was the total number of sheep that the 2 farmers had at first?
4 m
Level 3
The figure shows 2 completely filled tanks being emptied of the water from 2 different taps. The difference in height between Tank X and Tank Y is 5 cm. The taps at Tank X and Tank Y were turned on at 0700 and 0830. respectively, until both were completely empty. At 1100, the water level in both tanks was the same. At 1230, Tank Y was completely empty and Tank X was only completely empty at 1300. If the rate of the flow of water from each tap was constant throughout, what was the height of Tank Y?
4 m
Level 3
35 of Jack's savings is equal to 23 of Asher's savings. The difference in their savings is equal to 15 of Fred's savings. Jack saves $90 more than Fred. Find the total amount of saving of all 3 boys.
4 m
Level 3
Penny, Vera and Roshel bought a gift for their parents. They shared the cost equally between them. Penny used 25 of her savings, Vera used 58 of her savings and Roshel used 37 of her savings. Penny and Roshel had $170 left. How much did each girl pay for the gift?
4 m
Level 3
After cycling for 30 km, Mark took a break before he continued cycling 13 of the remaining distance. He then realised that he still had 14 of the total distance not completed. If Mark's average speed was 30 km/h, how much time did he take to complete the entire ride? Express the answer in mixed number.
4 m
Level 3
There were some avocados in 3 boxes, E, F and G. 30% of the number of avocados in Box E was equal to 60% of the number of avocados in Box F. The number of avocados in Box G was 60% of the total number of avocados in Box E and F. After Oscar removed 20% of the avocados in Box G, there were 88 more avocados in Box F than in Box G. In the end, how many avocados should be transferred from Box F to Box G so that the avocados in Box G would be the same as Box E?
5 m
Level 3
20% of Nick's savings was $120 more than 30% of Will's savings. After Nick spent 23 of his savings and Will spent 40% of his savings, Nick had $13 more than Will. How much was Nick's saving at first?
5 m
Level 3
23 of Eva's money was equal to 15 of Gillian's money at first. After Eva spent $41 and Gillian spent 25 of her money, Eva had 13 as much money as Gillian.
  1. How much money did Gillian have at first?
  2. How much money did Gillian have in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Three girls gave an equal amount of money to buy a souvenir for Oscar. Diana used 13 of her money. Fiona used 34 of her money and Ruth used 12 of hers. They had a total of $190 at first. How much was the souvenir?
4 m
Level 3
Recca took 5 hours to travel from Country A to Country B at 60 km/h. Then he travelled from Country B to another country at 1.5 times his original speed. 40% of the distance from Country A to Country B is equal to 13 of the distance from Country B to the next country. Find the average speed for the whole journey and express it in mixed number.
5 m
Level 3
The average number of boys in 1A, 1B and 1C is 18. This is 4 more than the average number of girls in the 3 rooms. 27 of the total number of girls are in 1C. 32 of the number of girls in 1B is the same as 37 of the total number of girls in the 3 rooms. What fraction of the total number of boys in the 3 rooms is in 1A if there are 40 pupils in 1A?
5 m