Level 3
Some visitors paid a total of $390 for entrance tickets to a theme park. The entrance ticket for a child cost $6. The entrance ticket for an adult cost 3 times as much. If there were 19 more adults than children, how many of the visitors were
  1. children?
  2. adults?
3 m
Level 3
A hoodie cost $13 more than a T-shirt. Anna paid $231 for 3 hoodies and 5 T-shirts. How much did 1 hoodie cost?
3 m
Level 3
During a sale, 8 necklaces and 11 watches cost $2836. If Zoe bought 14 necklaces and 20 watches, she would have spent all her money. Each necklace cost $136 more than a watch. Find the amount that Zoe had at first.
3 m
Level 2
Violet had 6 times as many erasers as Jane at first. After Violet gave 40 erasers to Jane, they each had the same number of erasers in the end. How many erasers did Violet have at first?
3 m
Level 3
Basket G and Basket H have a total of 284 lollipops. After 43 lollipops were transferred from Basket G to Basket H, there were 3 times as many lollipops in Basket H as Basket G. How many lollipops were there in each basket at first?
  1. Basket G
  2. Basket H
3 m
Level 3
Natalie has $127 more than Eva. If Eva gives Natalie $56, the amount of money Natalie has will be 6 times that of Eva's. How much money does Natalie have?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Tina has 130 marbles more than Olivia. If Tina transfers 384 marbles to Olivia, Olivia will have 3 times as many as Tina. How many marbles does Tina have?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
In a school canteen, chairs were arranged in rows such that there were exactly 19 chairs in each row. Mr Ong then brought 6 more chairs into the school canteen and rearranged all the chairs. There are now exactly 7 chairs in each row and 12 more rows than before. How many chairs are there in the school canteen in the end?
3 m
Level 3
Some notebooks can be arranged in exactly 15 per row. If the same number of notebooks is arranged in rows of 7 notebooks each, there will be 4 more rows and 4 notebooks left over. How many notebooks are there altogether?
3 m
Level 3
A jar contained $2 and $5 notes with a total value of $518. 4 pieces of $5 were exchanged for $2 notes of similar value. In the end, the number of $2 notes was the same as the $5 notes. How many $5 notes were there at first?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
Lina had an equal number of red and blue beads. She gave 26 red beads and 14 blue beads to Mary. She gave the remaining beads to Nora. Nora was given 1 red bead for every 3 blue beads. How many beads did Lina have at first?
3 m
Level 3
A purple carton has 4 times as many marbles as a pink carton. Jack added 44 marbles to the purple carton and 21 marbles to the pink carton. If there are 3 times as many marbles in the purple carton as the pink carton, what was the total number of marbles in the two carton before Jack added the marbles?
3 m
Level 3
During a charity drive, Primary 4 raised 4 times as much money as Primary 2 on the first week. On the second week, Primary 4 raised another $200 while Primary 2 raised another $461. During the entire charity event, Primary 4 raised 2 times as much as Primary 2. What was the total amount raised by Primary 4?
3 m
Level 3
Sean and Cathy had some money each. If Cathy gives Sean $49, he will have 3 times as much as Cathy. If Sean gives Cathy $20, he will have the same amount as her. How much money does each person have respectively?
  1. Sean?
  2. Cathy?
3 m
Level 3
3 foreigners have the same mass as 5 locals. Each foreigner's mass is 16 kg more than each local. What is the total mass of the 5 locals in kilograms?
3 m
Level 3
At first, Randy had 160 more red beads than blue beads in a box. Each day, he took out 8 red beads and 5 blue beads from the box. After some time, he only had 20 blue beads left in the box.
  1. How many beads did Randy take out from the box altogether?
  2. How many beads did Randy have at first?
3 m
Level 3
Emily, Gillian and Raeann have equal number of pens. Emily packs all her pens equally into 3 packets. Gillian packs all her pens equally into 4 packets. Raeann packs all her pens equally into 6 packets. 2 packets of Emily's pens, 3 packets of Gillian's pens and 4 packets of Raeann's pens add up to 200 pens. How many pens do they have altogether?
4 m
Level 3
For every good jacket that Mr Zhang sold, he earned $19. He sold defective jackets at a discount, which would cause him to lose $6 per defective jacket. In July, for every 27 jackets sold, 7 were defective. Mr Zhang earned $3042 from the jackets sold.
  1. How many less jackets sold were defective than good?
  2. How much less money did he earn because of the defective jackets?
4 m
Level 3
Henry's freight forwarding company charges $17 for every mirror delivered on time and $10 for every mirror delivered late. In the month of August, Henry freight forwarding company collected $2200. For every 17 mirrors delivered, 15 were delivered on time and 2 were delivered late.
  1. What was the total number of mirrors delivered on time?
  2. How much less money did Henry freight forwarding company collect in August due to the late delivery of the mirrors?
4 m
Level 3
Container E contains only 50-cent coins and Container F contains only 5-cent coins. There are 19 more coins in Container F than in Container E. The amount of money in Container E is $1.75 more than the amount of money in Container F. Find the total amount of money in both containers.
4 m