Level 3
28 kg of potatoes are sorted into 3 sizes; large, medium and small. The ratio by mass of the large to medium to small potatoes is 10 : 3 : 1. There are 45 as many large potatoes as medium potatoes. There are 34 as many small potatoes as large potatoes. There are 10 large potatoes per kilogram. Find the total number of small and medium potatoes.
4 m
Level 3
Three types of pepper, W, X and Y come in containers of 150 g, 300 g and 400 g respectively. Containers of W, X and Y are mixed together in the ratio 1 : 6 : 7 to obtain 38 kg of an assortment of pepper.
  1. How many containers of W and X are used altogether?
  2. Find the difference between the combined weight of all the pepper in containers X and containers Y as compared to the pepper in containers W. Express the weight in kilograms.
4 m
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Level 3 PSLE
Heidi and Ian have the same total number of coins. Heidi has a number of fifty-cent coins and 62 twenty-cent coins. The total mass of her coins is 1.234 kg. Ian has a number of fifty-cent coins and 102 twenty-cent coins.
  1. Who has more money in coins? How much more in cents? Give your answers in this format. (Eg Adam, $12)
  2. Each fifty-cent coin is 2.6 g heavier than each twenty-cent coin. What is the total mass of Ian's coin in kg?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Betty and Zhulian each had a plate of dough of the same mass for making biscuits. The same mass of dough was used for each biscuit. Betty made 40 biscuits and had 50 g of dough left. Zhulian made 10 biscuits and had 1.1 kg of dough left.
  1. What was the mass of dough needed for each biscuit?
  2. With the remaining dough from both girls, how many more such biscuits can be made at most?
4 m
Level 3
Container A and Container B had 43 kg of sugar and 51 kg of sugar respectively. If 3 kg of sugar and 8.5 kg of sugar are added into Container A and Container B every day, how many days later will the sugar in Container A be half as much as the sugar in Container B?
4 m
Level 3
Container W and Container X were filled completely with sugar. The total mass of 15 of the sugar in Container W and 111 of the sugar in Container X was 640 g. If 411 of the sugar in Container X was poured out, the total mass of the sugar in both containers became 3.54 kg. How much sugar was in
  1. Container W?
  2. Container X?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
A crate filled with 35 mangosteens has a mass of 16.4 kg. The same crate when filled with 15 durians has a mass of 3.64 kg. The mass of 1 mangosteen is twice the mass of 1 durian. Find the mass of the crate when it is empty. Express the answer in g.
5 m
Level 3
A briefcase with 5 magazines in it has a mass of 2.58 kg. When 6 more magazines and 22 guide books are added, the mass becomes 4.28 kg. Each magazine has a mass 2 times as much as each guide book. Find the mass of the briefcase when it is empty. Express the answer in kg.
5 m
Level 1 PSLE
The sum of two whole numbers is 1035.
  1. What is the smallest difference between the two numbers?
  2. Write down these two numbers. (Eg 1, 2)
2 m
Level 2 PSLE
The mass of a box with 50 identical glass marbles is 750 g. When 20 of the marbles are removed, the mass of the box with the remaining marbles is 510 g. What is the mass of each glass marble?
2 m