Level 3
Howard and Sam had some money at first. Howard received 4 times as much money as Sam every fortnight. At the end of 2 fortnights, both of them had the same amount of money. If Sam had $1500 at first and Howard had $1900 at the end of those 2 fortnights, what was the ratio of Howard's money to the total amount of money at first?
4 m
Level 3
Betty had an equal number of $2 and $10 notes. After spending 43 pieces of $10 and 19 pieces of $2 notes, the ratio of the $2 notes to $10 notes left was 5 : 1. Find the value of the notes left.
4 m
Level 3
Fiona had an equal number of $5 and $10 notes. After spending 40 pieces of $10 and 16 pieces of $5 notes, the ratio of the $5 notes to $10 notes left was 4 : 1. Find the value of the notes at first.
4 m
Level 3
Jane and Wendy had equal amount of money. Each day, Jane spent $4 and Wendy spent $5. When Jane had $60 left, Wendy had 45 as much money left as Jane. How much money did the two girls have at first?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Allie had a total of 225 pink and blue beads. She used 45 pink beads and 60% of the blue beads. After that, the ratio of the number of pink beads to blue beads Allie had was 1 : 2.
  1. What fraction of her blue beads did Allie use? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. How many beads did Allie have in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Mark had some pastries. 47 of them were shortbreads. The rest were scones. He sold 45 of the shortbreads and 11 scones. In the end, he had 198 pastries left. How many pastries did he sell?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A box contained blue and white beads. At first, the number of blue beads was 13 the number of white beads. After 14 of the blue beads and 58 of the white beads were used, 75 beads were left.
  1. What fraction of the beads were used? Leave your answer in the simplest form.
  2. How many beads were there in the box at first?
3 m
Level 3
Betty, Xuan and Ruth had a total of 1552 pens. Betty gave 13 of her pens away. Ruth gave away 5 times as many pens as Betty and Xuan gave away 267 pens. In the end, they had 523 pens left. How many pens did Xuan and Ruth have in total in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Vincent had some pastries. 27 of them were tarts. The rest were cookies. He sold 35 of the tarts and 14 cookies. In the end, he had 131 pastries left. How many more tarts than cookies did he sell?
3 m
Level 3
In October, the ratio of boys and girls in a school's rifle club was 4 : 7. In November, 68 new members joined the club. As a result, the ratio of boys to girls in the club became 4 : 3. There were 64 boys in the club in October. How many of the new members were girls?
4 m