Level 3
At the end of May, Xandra had thrice as many 20-cent coins as 50-cent coins in her piggy bank. She took out 70 20-cent coins and exchanged it for 50-cent coins of the same value. In June, she saved another 38 20-cent coins and some 50-cent coins. She then had four times as many 50-cent coins in the end. She had 500 coins in the end. How many 50-cent coins did she save in June?
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Level 3
Xavier and Mark received a total of $468. After Xavier spent 56 of his money and Mark spent 34 of his money, Mark had 3 times as much money as Xavier. How much money did Mark have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Caden bought 4 staplers and 3 notebooks for $42. One stapler cost 8 times as much as one notebook. Find the total cost of 2 staplers and 8 notebooks.
4 m
Level 3
Ethan and Tom had $1672 altogether. After Ethan spent 16 of his money and Tom spent 34 of his money, Ethan was left with four times as much money as Tom. How much money did Tom have at first?
4 m
Level 3
A sum of money was shared among Amy, Brix and Danny. Amy received 18 of the money. Brix received 14 of the money. Danny received the remaining $250. How much was the sum of money?
4 m
Level 3
On Thursday, Cindy, Diana, Kathy and Nicole spent a total of $113. On Friday, Cindy spent twice of what she spent on Thursday, Diana spent the same as what she spent on Thursday, Kathy spent $6 less than what she spent on Thursday, and Nicole spent $3 more than what she spent on Thursday. All of them spent an equal amount on Friday. How much did Cindy and Nicole spend altogether on Thursday?
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Level 3
A fund-raising project lasted 2 weeks. In the first week, Team X raised 4 times as much money as Team Y. ln the second week, Team X raised another $240 while Team Y raised another $160. The total amount raised by Team X was thrice as much money as the total amount raised by Team Y. What was the total amount of money raised by the two teams?
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Level 3
Andy had 4 times as much money as Julian. After Andy spent $164 and Julian spent $38, Julian had thrice as much money as Andy. How much did Andy and Julian have altogether at first?
4 m
Level 3
There were 500 T-shirts at a stall. 25 of them were with collars. T-shirts with collars were priced at $12 each. T-shirts without collars were priced at $8 each. The stall owner sold 38 of the T-shirts with collars and 56 of the T-shirts without collars. How much did he collect from all the T-shirts he sold?
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Level 3
The total cost of 1 orange and 2 pears is $2.40. The total cost of 3 oranges and 5 pears is $6.30. Find the cost of 1 pear.
4 m
Level 3
The cost of 4 paperbacks and 2 comics is $22.40. The cost of 2 paperbacks and 2 comics is $14.40. What is the cost of 6 paperbacks and 6 comics?
4 m
Level 3
18 oranges were sold for $12. How much did 24 oranges cost?
4 m
Level 3
The diagram shows a park which comprises the picnic area and the fountain area. The cost of building the picnic area covering the whole area of Square ABCD is $20 per square metre and the cost of fencing the fountain area is $12 per metre. Given that FH is 250 m, AB is 38 of GK and FE is 150 m, find
  1. the cost of building the picnic area.
  2. the cost of fencing the fountain.
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Level 3
90 marbles cost $15.
  1. How many marbles can I buy with $1?
  2. I have just enough money to buy 54 marbles. How much do I have?
4 m
Level 3
There were some pears, guavas and mangoes. The number of pears was three times the number of guavas. The total number of pears and guavas was half of the number of mangoes. There were 180 fruits altogether. All the mangoes were sold at 6 for $20. How much money was collected from the sale of the mangoes?
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Level 3
A 1-month pass to all art galleries for one person costs $280. The management gives a concession to a group of 56 tourists. For every 8 tourists who purchase the 1 month pass, the 9th tourist gets free access to the art galleries. How much does each tourist pay in this arrangement if they share the total cost equally?
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Level 3 PSLE
Wendy spent 16 of her money on a dress and 3 belts. The dress cost 2 times as much as each belt. Wendy spent 34 of her remaining money on a watch. She spent $160.65 more on the watch than on the 3 belts.
  1. What fraction of Wendy's money was spent on each belt?
  2. How much money did Wendy have at first?
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Level
Linda sold $1078 worth of dresses and jumpsuits. She earned $110 less on the jumpsuits than the dresses. Each jumpsuit is sold for $4 more than each dress. The number of jumpsuits sold was 23 of the number of dresses sold.
  1. How much did Linda earn from the sales of the dresses?
  2. How many dresses were sold?
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Level 3
Marvin earns $80 per day. He receives and extra $50 for every 5 days of work.
  1. How much will he earn altogether after working for 5 days?
  2. How much will he earn altogether after working for 48 days?
3 m
Level 3
Rica was saving money to buy pens. She saved $6 every 4 days. After saving for 28 days, she went to buy pens that were on sale.
  1. What was the most number of pens she could buy?
  2. Rica wanted to buy 38 pens. How much more did she need to save?
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