Level 3
Sabrina and Pamela had a total of $220 at first. After Sabrina spent 35 of her money and Pamela spent 23 of her money, they had the same amount of money left.
  1. How much money did Sabrina have at first?
  2. Pamela has the same number of $2-notes and $10-notes at first. How many $10-notes did she have at first?
4 m
Level 3
There were 258 pears and apples in a fruit stall. 25 of the pears and 37 of apples were sold. Given that there were 151 pears and apples left, how many pears were there in the fruit stall at first?
4 m
Level 3
Sally and Tricia had $65 at first. Sally spent 58 of her money and Tricia spent 23 of her money. Given that they had $24 left, how many much did Sally have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Esther spent 12 of her money on some pies and 37 of her remaining money on 8 buns. Each bun cost thrice as much as a pie. How many pies did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
Risa and Isabelle had 856 stamps altogether. They decided to play a game. In the first round, Isabelle lost 58 stamps to Risa. In the second round, Risa lost 38 stamps to Isabelle. At the end of the two rounds, Isabelle had thrice as many stamps as Risa.
  1. How many stamps did Risa have in the end?
  2. How many stamps did Isabelle have at the beginning of the game?
4 m
Level 3
The total cost of the TV, the radio and the heater is $2700. The heater costs twice as much as the radio. The TV costs twice as much as the total price of the heater and radio. How much more does the TV cost than the heater?
4 m
Level 2
There are 9 times as many adults as children in a cinema. There are 105 children and 438 men. How many women are there in the cinema?
4 m
Level 3
There are twice as many children as adults in a concert. There are 236 more boys than girls. If there are 762 people in the concert,
  1. how many children are there?
  2. how many girls are there?
  3. how many boys are there?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Toh bought an equal number of dresses and blouses. Each dress cost $33 and each blouse cost $7. Mrs Toh paid $147 for the blouses. What was the total amount of money spent?
4 m
Level 3
In a farm, there are thrice as many horses as chickens. Given that there are 168 legs altogether, how many chickens are there in the farm?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Krishnan bought 4 times as many plates as cups from a shop. Each plate cost $7 and each cup cost $4. If Mrs Krishnan spent a total $160, how many plates did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
360 adults and children bought tickets to visit the zoo. There were 5 times as many children as adults. One child ticket cost $8 each. How much money was collected from the sales of the child tickets?
4 m
Level 3
A school paid a total of $432 for a group of students and their teachers for a zoo trip. The price of an adult ticket was $8 and a student ticket was $5. Given that there were 20 times as many students as teacher. How many students did the school pay for the zoo trip?
4 m
Level 3
A bag of 280 sweets were distributed to a group of boys and girls. Each boy received 3 sweets and each girl received 5 sweets. Given that there were thrice as many boys as girls, how many boys were there in the group?
4 m
Level 3
There are 7 more penguins than tigers in a zoo. If there is a total of 200 legs, how many penguins are there in the zoo?
4 m
Level 3
John has 2 bags and 5 packets of beads. He has a total of 124 beads. Each packet contains 8 more beads than each bag. How many beads are there in each packet?
4 m
Level 3
At a funfair, an adult ticket costs $3 and a child ticket costs $1. Last Sunday, the funfair sold 179 more adult tickets than child tickets. A total of $1101 was collected. How many child tickets were sold?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Ong bought some muffins and donuts at the prices shown.
Muffin $2 each
Donut $1 each
She bought 3 more donuts than muffins and spent $18 altogether. How many muffins did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Kok had some 20-cent and $1 coins in her handbag. She had 7 more 20-cent coins than $1 coins. The total value of the coins was $11. What was the total number of coins that Mrs Kok had in her handbag?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Lim employed some welders and painters for his construction site. A painter was paid $20 a day and a welder was paid $35 a day. Given that he employed 4 times as many welders as painters and a total of $1280 was paid to these workers for the day, how many more welders than painters did Mr Lim employ for his site?
4 m