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?
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Level 3
The table shows the day of the week that 1st January falls on from year 1981 to 2000. Note that Day 1 of the week is a Monday and Day 7 is a Sunday. There are 31 days in the month of January.
  1. What number does letter C represent?
  2. What number does letter F represent?
  3. Which day of the week will 1st February 2012 fall on?
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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?
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Level 3
By considering the diagrams and the pattern developed in the table, answer the following questions.
  1. If there are 5 kids, find the number of handshakes.
  2. If there are 50 kids, find the number of handshakes.
  3. If there are 190 handshakes, how many kids are there?
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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?
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Level 3
The figure, not drawn to scale, is made up of Square A and Rectangles B and C. The area of Square A is 89 of the total area of Rectangles B and C. 14 of Square A is shaded. 14 of Rectangle B is shaded. 16 of Rectangle C is shaded. What fraction of the figure is shaded?
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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
At a fun fair, there were 3 times as many males as females. 59 of the males were boys and the rest were men. 23 of the females were women and the rest were girls. Given that there were 104 more boys than girls, how many children were there altogether?
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Level 3
12 of the pupils in a school were girls and the rest were boys. 25 of the girls and 23 of the boys took part in a school event. 364 pupils did not take part. How many more girls were needed to take part in the school event so that it would be equal to the same number of boys who took part in the event?
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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.
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