Level 3 PSLE
Matthew spent 37 of his money to buy 6 identical pens. He spent the rest of his money to buy another 4 such pens and 3 identical files.
  1. What fraction of Muthu's money was spent to buy the 3 files? Give your answer in the simplest form
  2. For every 5 files bought, 1 additional file was given free. How many files would Matthew get in total if he were to spend all his money to buy files only?
4 m
Level 3
Zoe spent $54 on some apples, oranges and grapefruits in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 3. The number of apples was 12 the number of oranges. The ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of oranges was 3 : 2. The apples were sold at 2 for a dollar.
  1. How many fruits did she buy altogether?
  2. How much did each orange cost?
5 m
Level 3
Betty spent 45 of her money on 14 stamps and 5 pens. The cost of each pen is 2 times the cost of each stamp. She bought some more stamps with 23 of her remaining money. How many stamps did Betty buy altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Ruth spent $84 on some staplers, markers and files. The ratio of the amount of money she spent on the staplers, markers and files was 5 : 8 : 1. The markers were sold at 10 for $4. The number of staplers she bought was 12 the number of markers. The number of files she bought was 35 the number of markers. Find the price of 1 stapler.
5 m
Level 3
John spent 37 of his salary and gave $880 to his wife. Of the remaining amount, he saved 15 of it and gave 310 of it to his parents. He then donated 23 of what he had left away and gave the remaining $56 to his daughter. What was John's salary?
4 m
Level 3
A total of 846 white rulers and violet rulers are in a container. The ratio of white rulers to violet rulers was 1 : 2. Some pink rulers and yellow rulers were put into the container. For every 4 violet rulers that were already in the container, 14 yellow ones were added. Then the final number of white rulers and pink rulers was 12 the final number of violet rulers and yellow rulers. Find the total number of pink and yellow rulers.
5 m
Level 3
The figure shows 2 completely filled tanks being emptied of the water from 2 different taps. The difference in height between Tank X and Tank Y is 5 cm. The taps at Tank X and Tank Y were turned on at 0700 and 0830. respectively, until both were completely empty. At 1100, the water level in both tanks was the same. At 1230, Tank Y was completely empty and Tank X was only completely empty at 1300. If the rate of the flow of water from each tap was constant throughout, what was the height of Tank Y?
4 m
Level 3
England and Thailand took part in Youth Games. From England, the ratio of the number of male supporters to the number of female supporters was 1 : 3. From Thailand, the ratio of the number of male supporters to the number of female supporters was 3 : 5. The total number of supporters from England was 25 the total number of supporters from Thailand.
  1. What was the ratio of the number of male supporters from England to the total number of male supporters from both countries? Express the answer in the simplest form.
  2. After 1956 male supporters from both countries left, the percentage of all the female supporters became 74%. How many more female supporters from Thailand than England were there at first?
5 m
Level 3
35 of Jack's savings is equal to 23 of Asher's savings. The difference in their savings is equal to 15 of Fred's savings. Jack saves $90 more than Fred. Find the total amount of saving of all 3 boys.
4 m
Level 3
Penny, Vera and Roshel bought a gift for their parents. They shared the cost equally between them. Penny used 25 of her savings, Vera used 58 of her savings and Roshel used 37 of her savings. Penny and Roshel had $170 left. How much did each girl pay for the gift?
4 m