Level 3
Mary had a ribbon 23 m long. She cut off 19 m of the ribbon from each end and the remaining ribbon into shorter pieces each 118 m long.
  1. Find the length of the remaining ribbon after 19 m had been cut from each end.
  2. How many 118 m long pieces of ribbon did she get?
3 m
Level 3
Justin had $59.10 less than Betty. He spent 57 of his money on a stapler which cost $10.50. Betty spent 29 of her money on a vest. How much had Betty left?
4 m
Level 3
Benedict cycled to his bakery with 16 trays of eggs. There were 24 eggs in each tray. He fell on his way and broke 13 of the eggs. He sold 58 of the good eggs and put the remaining eggs equally into 12 small baskets. How many eggs did he put into each basket?
3 m
Level 3
Paul had some apple macarons and apricot macarons. He gave away 160 macarons to his brother. 25% of them were apple macarons and the rest were apricot macarons. Paul gave some apple macarons to his sister. 25 of all the macarons he gave away to his brother and his sister were apple macarons.
  1. How many apricot macarons did he give his brother?
  2. How many apple macarons did he give his sister?
4 m
Level 3
Ming Huat had 255 watermelons and 240 oranges at first. He used 35 of the watermelons and 34 of the oranges. He then bought some more oranges. In the end, 18 of the fruits he had left were watermelons. How many oranges did he buy?
3 m
Level 3
Siti had some stickers at first. She gave 29 of her stickers to her brother and 16 of her stickers to her best friend. After that, her mother gave her another 10 stickers. She had 87 stickers in the end. How many stickers did Siti have at first?
4 m
Level 3
14 of the flowers in a flower shop were sunflowers, 13 of them were carnations and the remaining 60 stalks were roses.
  1. How many stalks of flowers were there in the shop?
  2. At the end of the day, the number of flowers sold was 10 more than the number of flowers left. How many stalks of flowers were sold?
4 m
Level 3
Jen had a sum of money. She spent an equal amount of money daily. At the end of the eighth day, she was left with 25 of her money. At the end of the tenth day, she was left with $12. How much money did she have at first?
4 m
Level
Box A and Box B are identical. 78 of Box A and 35 of Box B are filled with sand. The mass of Box B with its contents is 79 the mass of Box A with its contents. The total mass of the two boxes with their contents is 528 kg. Find the mass of an empty box.
4 m
Level 3
Jake took part in a 25-km cycling race. There was a water refill station at half the distance of the race.
  1. Jake stopped at the water refill station to refill his water bottle. How many kilometres was he away from the starting point to the water refill station?
  2. After passing the water refill station, Jake cycled 710 of the remaining distance and stopped. How many metres was he away from the finishing point?
4 m
Level 3
Serene spent 37 of her money on some pens. She spent 14 of the remaining money on a box of poster colors and 23 of what was left on some books.
  1. What fraction of her money was left?
  2. Given that the books cost $12 more than the box of poster colors, find the sum of money Serene had at first.
4 m
Level 3
Risa had a sum of money. She spent $308 on a blouse and 58 of the remainder on a windbreaker. She was left with 110 of the original sum of money.
  1. What was the total amount Risa spent?
  2. How much money did Risa have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Lu had a sum of money. She gave her daughter $246 and gave 14 of the money to her niece. She used 34 of the remaining money on a computer and was left with 16 of the amount she had at first. What was the sum of money she had at first?
4 m
Level 3
Hannah bought 2014 m of cloth. She used 34 m to make a cushion cover. She used 13 of the remaining cloth to make curtains. How much more cloth did she use to make the curtains than the cushion cover?
4 m
Level 3
Kimberly bought 16 15 m of cloth. She used 25 m to make a cushion cover. She used 12 of the remaining cloth to make curtains. How much more cloth did she use to make the curtains than the cushion cover?
3 m
Level 3
Warren had 480 pens. He gave 58 of it to Asher and 45 of the remainder to Olivia. How many pens had he left?
4 m
Level 3
Aaron spent 14 of his money on a book. He spent 34 of the remaining money on a DVD.
  1. What fraction of his money was left?
  2. If he had left $12, how much money did Aaron have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Tom spent 27 of his salary on a television and 310 of his remaining money on a DVD player. If he was left with $630 himself, how much was his salary?
4 m
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