Level 3
The petrol tank of Fred's convertible was 80% empty. He went to the petrol kiosk and topped up 25ℓ of petrol. When he reached the theme park, the petrol tank was 90% full. Given that he used 4ℓ of fuel to get to the theme park from the kiosk, find the capacity of the petrol tank.
3 m
Level 3
Ethan was fixing a jigsaw puzzle. On the second day, the number of pieces he fixed was 50% of the total number of pieces. After another two weeks, he fixed another 148 pieces and was left with 30% of the puzzle unfixed. How many pieces were left unfixed?
3 m
Level 2
Archie has thrice as many buttons as Flynn. How many buttons must Archie give Flynn so that each of them has 40 buttons?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Rael, Sam and Fred had 180 stickers altogether. Rael gave 310 of his stickers to Sam and 15 of his stickers to Fred. After that, all three boys had the same number of stickers. What was the difference in the number of stickers between Sam and Fed at first?
3 m
Level 3
Daniel had to solve some Science questions during a 3-week school holidays. At the end of the first week, the ratio of the number of questions solved to the number of questions unsolved was 3 : 7. At the end of the second week, Daniel solved another 36 questions and the number of unsolved questions became 14 of the total number of questions. How many questions did Daniel need to solve on the third week to complete his assignment?
4 m
Level 3
Janet wanted to finish reading a 231-page book by the end of the week. On Monday she read 37 of the book and by Friday the ratio of the number of pages read to the total number of pages was 9 : 11. Find the number of pages Janet would need to read during the weekend in order for her to complete the entire book.
4 m
Level 3
Henry had to paint some cartons. On the first day, the number of cartons he painted was 40% of the number of cartons that he had not painted. One week later, he painted another 100 cartons. As a result, the total number of painted cartons became 28 more than 12 of the total number of cartons. How many more cartons were unpainted than painted on the first day?
4 m
Level 3
The number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Kindness was 4 : 7. The number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Joy was 4 : 7. Both classes had the same number of boys. When 18 girls from Primary 4 Kindness joined Primary 4 Joy, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Kindness became 2 : 3. Find the total enrolment of both classes.
4 m
Level 3
Clifford had 80% fewer sweets than Ashwin. After Ashwin gave 210 sweets to Clifford, Clifford had 23 as many sweets as Ashwin. How many sweets did each of them have in the end?

  1. Ashwin
  2. Clifford
4 m
Level 3
David, Ethan and Tim have some marbles. The ratios of their marbles are as follows:

David : (David + Ethan + Tim) = 1 : 5
Ethan : (David + Tim) = 1 : 3

Tim has 42 marbles more than Ethan. In the end, Tim gives away all he has to Ethan and David so that both Ethan and David end up with the same number of marbles, how many marbles has Ethan received from Tim?
4 m