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 per month. Find the difference between the higher monthly income and the lower monthly income.
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Level 3
There were 4 more girls than boys in the classroom. Excluding 2 boys, the number of boys was 56 of the number of girls. When another 4 girls joined, what fraction of the pupils were girls? Give the answer in its simplest form.
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Level 3
At a school carnival, each boy received 3 packets of sweets and each girl received 4 packets of sweets. Each accompanying adult received 2 packets of sweets. 27 of the people at the school carnival were adults. The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls at the carnival was 5 : 8. Given that only 6601 packets of sweets were given away, how many people were there at the carnival?
4 m
Level 3
28 kg of potatoes are sorted into 3 sizes: large, medium and small. The ratio by mass of the large to medium to small potatoes is 10 : 3 : 1. There are 45 as many large potatoes as medium potatoes. There are 34 as many small potatoes as large potatoes. There are 10 large potatoes per kilogram. Find the total number of small and medium potatoes.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
ABCD is a square. The shaded parts X and Y are two squares with different areas. All the corners of squares X and Y lie either on the sides of square ABCD or on the line AC. If the area of the square is 360 cm2. Find the shaded area.
3 m