Level 2
A book rental shop rented out books and the rate of rental charges are shown in the table.
Daniel rented 3 books and was charged $13.20. How many days did he rent the books for?
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Level 2
A boutique paid its service staff at a rate shown in the table.
Yen worked there 10 hours a day for 18 days in September. How much did the boutique pay her?
2 m
Level 2
The table shows the charges of hiring a clown for a party. Mrs Pong paid the clown $280 for performing. What was the maximum number of hours the magician could have performed? Give the answer in terms of hours.
2 m
Level 2
The table shows the parking rates at a carpark.
Risa paid $12.60 for her parking charges. What was the greatest number of hours she parked her car at the carpark?
2 m
Level 2
The table shows how much a shop charges a customer for renting a pair of rollerblades.
Ms Chan paid $26 for renting a pair of rollerblades starting from 09 00. What would be the latest time she must return the pair of rollerblades to the shop?
2 m
Level 2
A taxi service charges the following rates:
Mrs Lin paid a taxi fare of $6.50. What was the greatest distance that Mrs Lin could have travelled in the taxi?
2 m
Level 1
A family's average monthly spending for August and September was $713. Their average monthly spending from October to December was $824. What was their total spending from August to December?
2 m
Level 3
In the figure, a fish tank measuring 52 cm by 25 cm by 48 cm contained 2720 mℓ of water. Serene then turned on a tap that flows at a rate of 4.32 ℓ per minute. How long does it take for the tank to be 23 filled with water? Express your answer in min.
3 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 50 cm by 25 cm by 19 cm was 12 filled with water. There was a leak at the bottom of the tank and water seeped out at the rate of 5 m? per second. How many minutes would it take to empty the tank completely? Leave your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 3
10 workers take 9 hours to paint 4 houses. How many hours will 5 workers take to paint 2 houses?
3 m
Level 3
An empty tank measures 50 cm by 20 cm by 35 cm. Water flows into the tank from Tap A at a rate of 25 ℓ per minute. At the same time, water drains from the tank from Tap B at a rate of 18 ℓ per minute. How long would it take to completely fill the tank?
3 m
Level 3
A tank measuring 30 cm by 24 cm by 20 cm was being filled by two taps. Tap X delivered water at a rate of 140 cm3 per minute while Tap Y delivered water at a rate of 100 cm3 per minute. How long did the 2 taps take to fill the tank completely? Express your answer in min.
3 m
Level 3
The line graph shows the distance a driver was from his destination which was 60 km away over a period of time.
  1. How long did he take to reach his destination?
  2. At 10 00, how far had he travelled?
  3. How far did the driver drive during the period of his fastest speed?
3 m
Level 3
John can paint a house in 8 days. Alex can paint the same house in 10 days. How many days would they take to paint the house together?
4 m
Level 3
The figure not drawn to scale shows a cubical tank which is 37 filled with water.
  1. What is the volume of water needed to fill up the tank to the brim?
  2. Water is added to the tank at a rate of 12 litres per minute. At this rate, how long will it take to fill the tank completely? Give your answer in this format. (Eg 1 h 20 min)
4 m
Level 3
Tank L is a cubical container of edge 28 cm. It is completely filled with water. Tank M is a rectangular tank measuring 54 cm by 24 cm by 25 cm. It is filled with water flowing from a tap at a rate of 1.3 ℓ per minute. 5 minutes later, the tap is turned off.
  1. Find the volume of water in Tank M after 5 minutes. Give your answer in litres.
  2. All the water in Tank L is then poured into Tank M without spilling. How much more water is needed to fill Tank M completely? Give your answer in litres.
4 m
Level 3
A cubical tank of edge 30 cm contained some water to a height of 12 cm.
  1. Find the volume of water in the tank at first.
  2. A tap was then turned on for 20 minutes to fill the tank with water at a rate of 0.6 ℓ per minute. How much more water was needed to fill the tank to the brim when the tap was turned off? Leave your answer in litres.
4 m
Level
A rectangular tank 40 cm long, 20 cm wide and 36 cm high was 56 filled with water.
  1. What was the volume of the water in the tank in litres?
  2. A tap was used to drain the water from the tank at a rate of 4 ℓ per minute. The tap was turned off when the tank was 13 filled with water. How long did it take to drain the water?
4 m
Level 3
The table shows the time taken by 4 participants in a race. All the times recorded are in whole numbers. Some of the time recorded were blocked by an ink drop. The average time taken by the 4 participants was 60 seconds. The difference between the time taken by Gabriel and Owen was 2 seconds. Find the shortest possible time taken by Fred.
3 m
Level 3
Jim can paint 1 house in 6 days. With Ron's help, they can paint the same house in 3 days. How many days would Ron take to paint the house alone?
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