Level 3
12 of the pupils in a school were girls and the rest were boys. 25 of the girls and 23 of the boys took part in a school event. 364 pupils did not take part. How many more girls were needed to take part in the school event so that it would be equal to the same number of boys who took part in the event?
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
149 pupils went for a Physical Fitness Test and 25 of them achieved Bronze certificates. 25 of the girls and 13 of the boys achieved Bronze certificates. How many girls did not achieve Bronze certificates?
4 m
Level 3
There are 390 children in a tuckshop. 27 of the boys and 23 of the girls wear spectacles, there are 258 children in the tuckshop who do not wear spectacles. How many girls wear spectacles?
4 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 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
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
Carl had a total of 90 notes. The notes are $10 notes and $5 notes. After he spent 20% of the $10 notes and 60% of the $5 notes on a stereo system, he was left with 4 times as many $5 notes as $10 notes. How much did the stereo system cost?
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
Kate had some fruits at her stall. 34 of them were mangosteens, 13 of the remainder were apples and the rest were coconuts. The amounts earned for each mangosteen, each Fuji apple and each coconut sold are $1.50, $3.00 and $4.50 respectively.

The number of mangosteens sold to the number of apples sold to the number of coconuts sold was 3 : 5 : 3. In total, she sold 14 of the fruits and earned $198. How many coconuts did she have at first?
5 m