Level 2
A handbag cost $6 more than a dress but $10 less than a watch. If the total cost of the handbag, the dress and the watch is $z, find the cost of the dress in terms of z.
2 m
Level 2
May and Dora had $n altogether. After May gave $12 to Dora, each of them had the same amount of money. How much did Dora have at first?
2 m
Level 2
Mary baked 400 cookies. She ate 2p of them and divided the remainder equally among her 4 friends.
  1. Find the number of cookies each of her friends received in terms of p?
  2. If p = 12, how many cookies did each of her friends receive?
2 m
Level 2
Benny swam for 3 days. On each day, he would do 2 more laps than the previous day. He did y number of laps on the first day. What was the total number of laps he did for the 3 days? Give your answer in terms of y.
2 m
Level 3
Irene has enough flour to bake either 21a tarts or 18 biscuits. If she has finished baking 5a tarts and 6 biscuits, how many more tarts can she still bake in terms of a?
2 m
Level 1
  1. Simplify 16d + 9 - 9d - 2.
  2. Subtract 11z + 9 from 19z + 13.
3 m
Level 2
Lina had $20m. She bought 4 dresses and 9 skirts. Each dress cost $2m. 3 skirts cost as much as a dress. How much had Lina left?
3 m
Level 2
Lance exercised for a total of (8f + 90) min in a week. For the first 3 days, he exercised for 2f minutes per day. For the next 2 days, he exercised for 30 minutes per day. For how long did he exercise for the rest of the week?
3 m
Level 2
The average score received by Jan, Alicia, Sue and May in a recent Math test was 76 marks. Jan and Alicia both got 8z marks each while Sue got half of May's marks. How many marks did Sue score for the test? Express your answer in terms of z.
3 m
Level 2
A pen costs $z while a book costs 90¢ less than the pen.
  1. What is the cost of 2 pens and 1 book? Express your answer in terms of p in its simplest form.
  2. Abel wants to buy 2 pens and 1 book but is short of 30 cents. If the book costs $1.10, how much money does Alex have?
3 m
Level 3
Angela had $112w left after she spent 57 of her money on a wallet. Then she spent the remaining money on shirts at $16w each.
  1. How much money did Angela spend on the wallet?
  2. How many shirts did she buy?
3 m
Level 3
The table shows the number of pens sold at a bookshop last week.
  1. What was the total number of pens sold last week? Express your answer in terms of b the simplest form.
  2. If b = 20, how many pens were sold on Sunday?
3 m
Level 3
Sam saved $9 each day and Joelle saved $c more than Sam each day. After 2 weeks, they were still short of $30 to buy a TV set.
  1. How much did the TV set cost? Express your answer in terms of c.
  2. If c = $2, how much did the TV set cost?
3 m
Level 3
Abel has b coins. Bobby has three times as many coins as Abel but 8 coins fewer than Jason.
  1. How many coins do they have altogether? (Express your answer in terms of b).
  2. If b = 9, how many stamps do the three boys have altogether?
3 m
Level 3
Lina and Wendy went shopping. After Lina spent $85j, Wendy had 5 times as much as Lina. If Lina had $21j more than Wendy at first,
  1. Express the amount of money that Lina had at first in terms of j.
  2. If j = 10, find the amount of money that the two ladies had left after shopping.
3 m
Level 3
Margaret bought 3 kg of mangoes at $k per kg and 2 kg of papayas at $4k per kg.
  1. Find the amount that she paid for the fruits in terms of k.
  2. If k = 7, how much change did Mrs Lim receive if she paid the fruit seller with a $100 note?
3 m
Level 3
Tom has $9. Randy has $2m more than Tom. Wayne has $3m less than Randy.
  1. Find the amount of money that Wayne has in terms of m.
  2. Find the total amount of money that the three boys have in terms of m.
  3. If m = 7, how much does Wayne have?
3 m
Level 3
A plate cost $b. A bowl cost $20 less than the plate.
  1. Mother bought 2 plates and 1 bowl. How much did Mother pay in terms of b?
  2. If b = 98, find the total amount that Mother paid.
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
The table shows the number of glass bottles collected by 3 boys.
  1. Find the total number of glass bottles Abe, Bob and Tim collected. Express the answer in terms of m in the simplest form.
  2. If m = 9, find the average number of glass bottles the 3 boys collected.
3 m
Level 3
Mrs Jensen paid a total of $38 for 3n pens and 4 markers. Each pen cost $2.
  1. Express the cost of 1 marker in terms of n.
  2. If n = 4, how much did each marker cost?
3 m