Level 3
A jar contained $2 and $5 notes with a total value of $518. 4 pieces of $5 were exchanged for $2 notes of similar value. In the end, the number of $2 notes was the same as the $5 notes. How many $5 notes were there at first?
Level 3 PSLE
Lina had an equal number of red and blue beads. She gave 26 red beads and 14 blue beads to Mary. She gave the remaining beads to Nora. Nora was given 1 red bead for every 3 blue beads. How many beads did Lina have at first?
Level 3
A purple carton has 4 times as many marbles as a pink carton. Jack added 44 marbles to the purple carton and 21 marbles to the pink carton. If there are 3 times as many marbles in the purple carton as the pink carton, what was the total number of marbles in the two carton before Jack added the marbles?
Level 3
During a charity drive, Primary 4 raised 4 times as much money as Primary 2 on the first week. On the second week, Primary 4 raised another $200 while Primary 2 raised another $461. During the entire charity event, Primary 4 raised 2 times as much as Primary 2. What was the total amount raised by Primary 4?
Level 3
Sean and Cathy had some money each. If Cathy gives Sean $49, he will have 3 times as much as Cathy. If Sean gives Cathy $20, he will have the same amount as her. How much money does each person have respectively?
Level 3
The figure shows two stacks of identical glasses. The height of the first stack of 8 glasses is 44 cm. The height of the second stack of 5 glasses is 32 cm. The height of the
space in the shelf is 60 cm. What is the maximum number of glasses that you can put in a single stack to be placed in this shelf?
Level 3
The figure shows two stacks of identical glasses. The height of the first stack of 8 glasses is 44 cm. The height of the second stack of 5 glasses is 32 cm. The height of the
space in the shelf is 60 cm. What is the maximum number of glasses that you can put in a single stack to be placed in this shelf?
Level 3
3 foreigners have the same mass as 5 locals. Each foreigner's mass is 16 kg more than each local. What is the total mass of the 5 locals in kilograms?
Level 3
At first, Randy had 160 more red beads than blue beads in a box. Each day, he took out 8 red beads and 5 blue beads from the box. After some time, he only had 20 blue beads left in the box.
How many beads did Randy take out from the box altogether?
Level 3
The mass of 8 exercise books and 3 guide books is 3.7 kg. The mass of 2 exercise books and 7 guide books is 5.3 kg. Find the mass of each guide book.
Level 3
Liam paid $31 for 9 hole punchers and 4 pens. The total cost of a hole puncher and a pen was $4. Violet bought 4 hole punchers and 3 pens. How much did she pay for these items?
Level 3
The cost of the tickets for 8 mothers and 8 children is $72. The cost of the tickets to the theme park for 3 mothers and 5 children is $35. What is the cost of the tickets for 3 mothers and 26 children?
Level 3
Mrs Lin bought 5 kg of shrimp and 2 kg of beef for $96. If she brought 2 kg of shrimp and 5 kg of beef, she would have to pay $3 less. How much did 1 kg of shrimp cost?
Level 3
There are 151 marbles in a big basket and a small basket altogether. The total number of marbles in 3 big baskets and 8 small baskets is 568. How many more marbles are there in a big basket than a small basket?
Level 3
Betty spent $37.80 on an equal number of spoons and plates. If 5 spoons cost $7.20 more than 2 plates while 1 spoon cost as much as 2 plates, how many spoons and plates did she buy?
Level 3
The total cost of 5 suits and 5 hoodies was $285. Tina bought 7 such suits, 5 such hoodies and a cardigan for $543. If the total cost of a cardigan and a suit was $150, find the difference in cost between the suit and the cardigan.
Level 3
Emily, Gillian and Raeann have equal number of pens.
Emily packs all her pens equally into 3 packets.
Gillian packs all her pens equally into 4 packets.
Raeann packs all her pens equally into 6 packets.
2 packets of Emily's pens, 3 packets of Gillian's pens and
4 packets of Raeann's pens add up to 200 pens.
How many pens do they have altogether?
Level 3
For every good jacket that Mr Zhang sold, he earned $19. He sold defective jackets at a discount, which would cause him to lose $6 per defective jacket. In July, for every 27 jackets sold, 7 were defective. Mr Zhang earned $3042 from the jackets sold.
How many less jackets sold were defective than good?
How much less money did he earn because of the defective jackets?
Level 3
Henry's freight forwarding company charges $17 for every mirror delivered on time and $10 for every mirror delivered late. In the month of August, Henry freight forwarding company collected $2200. For every 17 mirrors delivered, 15 were delivered on time and 2 were delivered late.
What was the total number of mirrors delivered on time?
How much less money did Henry freight forwarding company collect in August due to the late delivery of the mirrors?
Level 3
Container E contains only 50-cent coins and Container F contains only 5-cent coins. There are 19 more coins in Container F than in Container E. The amount of money in Container E is $1.75 more than the amount of money in Container F. Find the total amount of money in both containers.
Level 3
Cathy had twice the number of toy bricks as Jenson. Cathy used all her bricks to build 7 identical houses. Jenson used all his bricks to build 5 identical houses. Cathy used 9 more bricks than Jenson for each house. How many bricks did Jenson have?
