Level 3
The total number of beads in Basket W, Basket X and Basket Y was 273. 29 of the beads from Basket W and 21 beads from Basket X were removed. More beads were then added into Basket Y until the number of beads in it was doubled. The ratio of the number of beads in Basket W to Basket X to Basket Y became 7 : 2 : 2.
  1. How many more beads were there in Basket W than Basket X at first?
  2. Find the total number of beads in Basket W and Basket Y in the end.
5 m
Level 3
There were some pink erasers and blue erasers. The erasers were packed into 2 bags. At first, Bag A contained 480 erasers and 40% of them were blue erasers. Bag B contained 300 erasers and 80% of them were blue erasers. How many pink erasers and blue erasers in total must be moved from Bag A to Bag B such that 20% of the erasers in Bag A are pink and 50% of the erasers in Bag B are blue?
5 m
Level 3
Asher has a total of 94 of blue and yellow lollipops. 16 of the blue lollipops and half of the yellow lollipops are new. How many of his yellow lollipops are new if he has a total of 27 new lollipops?
4 m
Level 3
A store had 390 story books. There were Chinese, Malay and English story books in the ratio of 4 : 3 : 6. When the store assistant brought in another 60 new story books, the number of Chinese story books was increased by 20% and the number of Malay story books was increased by 110.
  1. What was the number of English story books that the store assistant brought in?
  2. What was the percentage increase in the number of English story books?
5 m
Level 3
Gillian bought 35 as many stamps as stickers at first. After she bought another 10 stamps and 29 stickers, there were 47 as many stamps as stickers. How many stamps and stickers did Gillian buy at first?
4 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
Container A contains 480 blue buttons and 590 purple buttons. Container B contains 590 blue buttons and 410 purple buttons. How many blue buttons and purple buttons must be removed from Container B to put into Container A so that 50% of the buttons in Container A are blue and 60% of the buttons in Container B are blue?
5 m
Level 3
Lisa bought 58 as many shortbreads as cookies at first. After she bought another 5 shortbreads and 76 cookies, there were 15 as many shortbreads as cookies. How many shortbreads and cookies did Lisa buy at first?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Zane had to collect some fruits from two stalls and deliver some fruits to another stall. He collected from Stall W and the ratio of avocados to papayas was 2 : 3. When he reached Stall X, he unloaded 56 of the papayas and some avocados from his vehicle. The ratio of avocados to papayas became 4 : 5. At Stall Y, 124 avocados and 26 papayas were collected and the number of avocados to papayas became the same.
  1. How many fruits were there on his vehicle after visiting Stall Y?
  2. How many avocados were delivered to Stall X?
5 m
Level 3 PSLE
Risa baked 185 more chicken puffs than tuna puffs. After selling 35 of the chicken puffs and half of the tuna puffs, she had 146 puffs left. How many puffs did she sell?
4 m