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?
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Level 3 PSLE
Mrs Curry bought a bag and a pair of shoes at a discount. She spent a total of $57.60 on these two items. She spent $9.60 more on the shoes than on the bag.
  1. How much did she spend on the shoes?
  2. The total discount given for the two items was $22.40. She was given a 25% discount for the bag. What was the percentage discount given for the shoes?
4 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 PSLE
Lynn wanted to buy a dress. She saw a red dress on sale at 10% discount and a blue dress at 20% discount. Both dresses had the same original price before the discounts. To buy the red dress, Lynn would need $3.50 more that what she had. So Lynn bought the blue dress. After that, she had $1 left.
  1. What was the original price of the red dress?
  2. How much money did Lynn have at first?
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