Level 3
Abi received $30 more pocket money than Gwen each month. Both of them spent $160 per month and saved the rest. After a few months, Abi saved $1800 but Gwen only saved $1260.
  1. What was Abi's monthly pocket money?
  2. Gwen wanted to save a total of $2380. How many more months did she need in order to save this amount?
4 m
Level 3
Alan, Bob and Ken had the same number of notes. Jan and Bob had a mix of $10-notes and $2-notes. Alan had 15 $10-notes while Bob had 20 $10-notes. Ken only had $10-notes.
  1. Who had the least amount of money?
  2. How much more did Alan have than Bob?
  3. Bob used all his $2 notes to buy a wallet. He then had $280 less than Ken. How many $10 notes did Ken have?
5 m
Level 2
Osman placed a number of paper clips measuring 5 cm each on a straight line leaving a gap of 2 cm between each paper clip. The distance between the tip of first paper clip and the end of the last paper clip was 61 cm. How many paper clips did Osman place on the straight line?
4 m
Level 3
Peter had some money. He bought 8 similar shirts and had $44 left. If he bought 5 similar shirts instead, he would have $92 left. How much did 7 similar shirts cost?
4 m
Level 3
If Benny gives each of his friends 4 balloons, he will have 30 left. If he gives each of them 6 balloons, he will have 10 balloons left. How many friends does Benny give balloons to?
4 m
Level 3
Jen bought some eggs to bake cakes for a party. If she used 8 eggs for each cake, she would be short of 18 more eggs to bake all cakes. If she used 10 eggs for each cake, she would be short of 70 more eggs.
  1. How many cakes did she bake?
  2. How many eggs did Jen buy?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Tay has some money to buy some burgers. If she buys 13 burgers, she would be short of $10. If she buys 9 burgers, she would have $6 left. How much money does Mrs Tay have?
4 m
Level 3
Merry has some flowers. If she arranges 9 flowers in each vase, she will have 6 flowers left. If she arranges 11 flowers in each vase, one of the vases will have only 7 flowers. What is the number of vases Merry has?
4 m
Level 3
Ms. Tan has some marbles in a bag. The number of marbles is less than 50. If she gives 8 marbles to each pupil, she will have none left. If she gives 9 marbles to each pupil, she will need 4 more marbles.
  1. How many pupils does Ms. Tan have?
  2. How many marbles are there in the bag?
4 m
Level 3
Cynthia has some sweets to give to her pupils in her class. It she gives 4 sweets to each pupil, she will have 2 sweets left. It she gives 7 sweets to each pupil, she will need 13 extra sweets.
  1. How many pupils does Cynthia have?
  2. How many sweets does Cynthia have?
4 m