Level 3
Yvonne baked 140 cupcakes. 35 of the cupcakes were vanilla cupcakes. The rest were milo cupcakes. She gave an equal number of vanilla cupcakes and milo cupcakes away and had 5 times as many vanilla cupcakes as milo cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did she give away?
3 m
Level 3
The ratio of Zoe's to Isabelle's incomes was 6 : 1 at first. After Zoe and Isabelle were given another $654 and $341 respectively, Zoe had 4 times as much money as Isabelle. How much did both of them have in the end?
3 m
Level 3
One avocado cost 4 times as much as one honeydew. Mrs Zhang bought 2 avocados and 4 honeydews for $15. How much would 20 avocados and 16 honeydews cost? Express the answers to 2 decimal places.
3 m
Level 3
Tank A, measuring 40 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm, was filled with water to the brim. Water was then poured from Tank A to Tank B, which has a base area of 900 cm2 until the height of the water level in Tank B became twice that of the water level in Tank A. Find the volume of water in Tank B, leaving the answer in litres.
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 PSLE
A and B are two rectangular tanks. The base area of A is 80 cm2 while that of B is 50 cm2 . At first, A contained water to a height of 40 cm and B was empty, as shown.
  1. What was the volume of the water in A at first? 
  2. Rashid then poured some water from A to B. After that, the height of the water level in A was twice that in B. What was the new height of the water level in A? Round off the answer to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 2
The pie charts show the number of each type of stationery items in boxes, A and B. The total number of stationery items in Box A is twice the total number of stationery items in Box B.
  1. Find the percentage of erasers in Box A.
  2. What fraction of stationery items in Box B is erasers?
  3. The number of erasers in Box A is 40. Find the number of erasers in Box B.
3 m
Level 3
The total monthly incomes of 24 men is $51000. 58 of them earn the same monthly income each. Each of the remaining men earns 4 times as much monthly. Find the difference between the higher income and the lower income per month.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
The pupils at a camp are divided in Group A and Group B. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group A is 5 : 4. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group B is 5 : 1. There are 2 times as many pupils in Group B as in Group A. There are 20 more boys in Group B than Group A. What is the total number of girls?
4 m
Level 3
Fred's father is 7 times as old as his son. His father will be 35 years old in 7 years' time. In how many years' time will Fred be 60% that of his father?
4 m
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
The perimeter of the figure formed by 3 squares, A, B and C, is 54 cm. The length of Square C is 12 the length of Square B. The length of Square A is twice the length of Square B. Find the area of Square A.
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 PSLE
Jade and Kylie went shopping together with a total amount of $93.90. Jade spent 2 times as much as Kylie. The amount Kylie had left was $11 more than what she had spent. She had 2 times as much money left as Jade.
  1. How much money did Kylie spend?
  2. How much money did Jade have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ali is b years old. Bill is four times as old as Ali and Calvin is 6 years younger than Bill.
  1. Express Calvin's age in terms of b.
  2. Ali is 10 years old as of now. ln how many years' time will Calvin be 3 times as old as Ali?
4 m
Level 3
A fruit seller had apples and durians. The ratio of apples to durians was 5 : 3. After 34 of the apples and 38 durians were sold, there were 2 times as many apples as durians left. How many apples and durians were there at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tank E contained 4 times as many guppies as Tank F. When 10% of the guppies in Tank E and 10% of the guppies in Tank F were transferred to Tank G, Tank G had 120 guppies, which was 20% more guppies than before. How many less guppies were there in Tank F than Tank E in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Cathy, Zoe and Ruth went shopping together. They brought a total of $1633 with them. Cathy spent 50% of her money. Zoe spent $224 and Ruth spent twice as much money as Cathy. In the end, they had $785 left. How much money did Zoe and Ruth have altogether in the end?
4 m
Level 3
A store owner had coconuts and papayas. The ratio of coconuts to papayas was 5 : 2. After 12 of the coconuts and 18 papayas were sold, there were 2 times as many coconuts as papayas left. How many coconuts and papayas were there at first?
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