Level 3
Betty had an equal number of $2 and $10 notes. After spending 43 pieces of $10 and 19 pieces of $2 notes, the ratio of the $2 notes to $10 notes left was 5 : 1. Find the value of the notes left.
4 m
Level 3
Fiona had an equal number of $5 and $10 notes. After spending 40 pieces of $10 and 16 pieces of $5 notes, the ratio of the $5 notes to $10 notes left was 4 : 1. Find the value of the notes at first.
4 m
Level 3
Jane and Wendy had equal amount of money. Each day, Jane spent $4 and Wendy spent $5. When Jane had $60 left, Wendy had 45 as much money left as Jane. How much money did the two girls have at first?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Six identical rectangular boxes can be stacked into a cupboard 0.9 m wide. Two arrangements are shown. The first arrangement in Figure A leaves a 42 cm gap at the top. The second one in Figure B leaves a 10 cm gap at the top and another gap at the side.
  1. In the arrangement shown in Figure B, what is the width of the gap at the side in m?
  2. What is the height of the cupboard in metres?
3 m
Level 3
A bag had some violet erasers and yellow erasers in the ratio of 3 : 1. Queenie removed 35 violet erasers and put another 15 yellow erasers into the bag. There is now 50% as many violet erasers as yellow erasers in the bag. How many violet erasers were in the bag at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ian had 140 more stickers than Ethan. Ian gave 25% of his stickers to Ethan. Ethan in return gave 80% of his stickers to Ian. In the end, Ian had 282 more stickers than Ethan. How many stickers did Ian have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Yvonne and Anna have some pens. If Yvonne gives 45 pens to Anna, Anna will have 4 times the number of pens as Yvonne. If Anna gives 104 pens to Yvonne, Yvonne will have 13 as many pens as Anna. How many pens does Yvonne have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Half an hour ago, 50% of the people at a circus were females. 42 females and 2 males left afterwards. The remaining people were then told to form groups of 5. In each group, there were 3 males. How many people were there at the circus in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Hazel had $300 more than Wendy. Hazel gave 35 of her money to Wendy. Wendy then gave 25% of her money to Hazel. In the end, Wendy had $186 more than Hazel. How much did Hazel have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Kate had $280 more than Natalie. Kate gave 35 of her money to Natalie. Natalie then gave 25% of her money to Kate. In the end, Kate had $146 less than Natalie. How much did Kate have at first?
4 m