Level 3
City X and City Y are 420 km apart. At 3.45 p.m., Joni is travelling at a uniform speed left City X for City Y while Ben set off from City Y to City X along the same road at a uniform speed, which was 12 km/h slower than that of Joni. The two met at 6.45 p.m.
  1. Find the speed of Joni.
  2. If Ben continued to travel at the same speed, how long would it take for him to reach his destination after the two met? Express the answer in mixed number.
5 m
Level 3
A bakery was having its grand opening promotion for eclairs and bagels at the prices as shown. Mrs Lim spent an equal amount of money on the eclairs and bagels for her company party. She bought 40 more eclairs than bagels. What was the total number of eclairs and bagels bought by Mrs Lim?
4 m
Level 3
Kylie had half the amount of coins Xavier had. Xavier had 3 times the amount of coins as Peter. There were a total of 33 coins. How many more coins did Kylie have than Peter?
4 m
Level 3
Serene had 47 as many chocolates as Melvin. Melvin had 45 as many chocolates as Esther. If Esther had 38 more chocolates than Serene, find the total number of chocolates that was shared among these 3 children at first.
4 m
Level 3
Raju and Shian left Town A for Town B at the same time. When Raju reached Town B in 4 hours, Shian had only completed 38 of the distance between the two towns. Shian's speed was 30 km/h slower than Raju. What was Raju's speed?
5 m
Level 3
Winnie had two rolls of ribbons of the same length but different designs. She cut the first roll of ribbon into equal pieces of length 36 cm and there were 7 hearts on each piece of ribbon and cut the second roll of ribbon into equal pieces of length 54 cm and there were 9 stars on each piece of ribbon as shown. After she finished cutting both rolls of ribbons, she counted that the total number of hearts was 84 more than the total number of stars. Find the length of one roll of ribbon in cm.
4 m
Level 3
In a class, 14 of the students and an additional 3 boys like basketball. 13 of the remaining students in the class less 3 students like badminton and the rest of the 25 students in the class like rugby. How many students are there in the class?
4 m
Level 3
Jeremy had 16 as many stamps as Tom. Tom had twice as many stamps as David. If Jeremy had 300 stamps fewer than David,
  1. How many stamps did Jeremy have?
  2. How many stamps did they have altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Alex earned $750 less than Jay each month. Both of them spent $1800 each month and saved the rest of their salaries. After a few months, Alex saved $2400 and Jay saved $6900.
  1. How much did Alex earn each month?
  2. Alex wanted to go on a trip that would cost him $4000. How many months did he have to save?
4 m
Level 3
Nick spent $716 on jackets and cardigans. The number of cardigans he bought was 12 the number of jackets he bought. The cost of a cardigan was $11 more than the cost of a jacket. He paid $180 more on jackets than on cardigans. Find the cost of 8 jackets and 5 cardigans.
5 m
Level 3
A shop owner paid a total of $520 for some shirts and some blouses. He paid $200 less for the shirts than the blouses. Each blouse cost $4 more than each shirt. The number of shirts he bought was 23 of the number of blouses bought.
  1. How much did he pay for all the shirts?
  2. How many shirts did he buy?
5 m
Level 3 PSLE
Peiyi and Jamal bought storybooks at the prices shown.
  1. Peiyi bought an equal number of large and small storybooks. She spent $175 more on the large ones. How many storybooks did she buy altogether?
  2. Jamal spent an equal amount of money on the large and small storybooks. What fraction of the storybooks he bought were large?
5 m
Level 3
Tessa baked 136 cupcakes every day. Five days after Tessa started baking, Jessa started baking 180 cupcakes each day. How many cupcakes had Tessa baked when Jessa had baked 580 more cupcakes than Tessa?
4 m
Level 3
At a funfair, there were 13 as many boys as girls and 25 as many adults as children. If there were 24 more adults than boys at the funfair, find the total number of people at the funfair.
4 m
Level 3
There were some adults and children at a party. 38 of the people were adults. 34 of the children were boys and the rest were girls. There were 20 girls.
  1. How many children were there?
  2. How many more children than adults were at the party?
4 m
Level 3
Four times a number is 8120. What is 930 more than thrice the number?
4 m
Level 3
Abi received $30 more pocket money than Gwen each month. Both of them spent $160 per month and saved the rest. After a few months, Abi saved $1800 but Gwen only saved $1260.
  1. What was Abi's monthly pocket money?
  2. Gwen wanted to save a total of $2380. How many more months did she need in order to save this amount?
4 m
Level 3
27 of a bag of balls were green in colour. 25 of the remaining balls were blue in colour and the rest were red in colour. If there were 12 more red balls than green balls, how many balls were there in the bag altogether?
4 m
Level 3
37 of the people at a gathering are men. 34 of the remainder are women and the rest are children. There are 600 more women than children. How many people are there at the gathering altogether?
4 m
Level 3
112 of the people in a theme park are boys. 111 of the remainder are girls and the rest are adults. There are 990 more adults than girls. How many people are there in the theme park altogether?
4 m