Level 3
Tricia used 25 of the ribbon to tie some presents. She threw away 47 of the remaining ribbon. As a result, she had 54 centimetres of ribbon left. How much ribbon did Tricia have at first? Give your answer in centimetres.
4 m
Level 3
During a family day event, Vivian participated in a cross country event. She ran 38 of the distance. She walked 14 of the remaining distance. As a result, she was still 360 m away from the end point. What was the distance of the cross country race? Give your answer in meters.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Figure 1 shows a triangular card ABC with AC = CB. A number of such cards were arranged along the four sides of a rectangular board. Figure 2 shows part of the arrangement. A total of 28 pins were placed at an equal distance of 40 cm apart to hold the cards.
  1. Find the length of XY.
  2. Find the total area of the cards used.
4 m
Level 2
A pipe is 6 cm longer than a rod. Their total length is 1 m 40 cm. How long is the pipe?
2 m
Level 2
Diane cut a stick into 3 parts. 2 parts of the stick were 169 cm each. The last part was 109 cm long. What was the length of the stick before it was cut?
3 m
Level 3
Becky filled a rectangular container which had a base area of 40 cm2 and a height of 25.2 cm with water. Then, she placed 8 identical metal cubes into this container. As a result, the height of the water in the rectangular container increased by 1.6 cm.
  1. What was the length of each side of the metal cube?
  2. After Becky removed the metal cubes from the container, she poured all the water from the container to fill bottles of 0.35 ℓ. What was the maximum number of bottles she could fill?
5 m
Level 2
Joel walked 345 m on the Monday, 238 m on Tuesday and 140 m on Wednesday. What was the total distance he walked over the three days?
3 m
Level 3
In the figure not drawn to scale, 4 identical rectangles were placed around square ABCD to form a larger square, EFGH. The area of one rectangle is 12 cm2, and the area of ABCD is 14 of EFGH. Find the length of one rectangle.
4 m
Level 2
Sofia bought a roll of cloth 650 cm long. She used 345 cm of it to cover a table and 213 cm to cover another smaller table. What was the length of the cloth she had left?
3 m
Level 3
The figure shows a rectangle WXYZ. The lines are extended from point W, X, Y and Z and they meet at point B. The length of YZ is 30 cm. Given that the area of triangle WBZ is 65 cm2 and the area of triangle XBY is 105 cm2, find the breadth of the rectangle in mixed number.
4 m