Level 3
If Bill and Henry paint a house, they take 24 days to finish painting. If Kenny and Bill paint the same house, they take 8 days to finish painting. If Henry and Mark paint the same house, they take 12 days to finish painting. How many days do Kenny and Mark take to paint the house if they work together?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
The figure shows an empty tank placed below two taps A and B. It takes 10 min to fill the tank with Tap A alone and 2 min Tap B alone.
  1. With only Tap A turned on, what fraction of the tank will be filled in 1 minute?
  2. Starting with an empty tank, how long does it take for both taps together to fill 14 of the tank? Give your answer in seconds.
3 m
Level 3
Faucet X can fill a container completely in 5 hours while Faucet Y takes 1 hour more to fill the same container completely. There is a hole at the bottom of the container which can empty the full container in 10 hours. How long does it take for the container to be completely filled if both faucets are turned on? Express the answer in mixed number of hours.
4 m
Level 3
It takes Faucet X 15 minutes to fill a tank measuring 14 cm by 8 cm by 12 cm completely while it takes Faucet Y only 10 minutes. How long will it take to completely fill the tank with water if both faucets are turned on at the same time and 3 cubic cubes of edges 3 cm, filled with water, are poured into the tank? Leave the answer in minutes and round off to 2 decimal places.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
At 15 25, Mrs Pang started driving at 60 km/h from her home to a supermarket 35 km away. She was in the supermarket for 1 h 15 min.
  1. What time did she leave the supermarket?
  2. After leaving the supermarket, Mrs Pang drove back along the same route and took 48 min to reach home. What was her average speed, in km/h, for the journey home?
4 m
Level 3
After cycling for 30 km, Mark took a break before he continued cycling 13 of the remaining distance. He then realised that he still had 14 of the total distance not completed. If Mark's average speed was 30 km/h, how much time did he take to complete the entire ride? Express the answer in mixed number.
4 m
Level 3
There were some flights of steps with the same amount of steps. For the 1st staircase, Carl walked up some steps and ran up 7 steps. He took 98 seconds. For the next staircase, he ran up 15 steps and walked the rest of the steps, and took a total of 58 seconds. How long would Carl take to walk up 4 flights of steps of the same number of steps? Express the answer in min and s.
4 m
Level 3
Willy drove from Town A to Town B which was 312 km away. He started from Town A at an average speed of 76 km/h. He maintained this speed for 2 h before increasing it by 4 km/h for the rest of the journey to Town B.
  1. How long did he take to complete the whole journey?
  2. What was his average speed from Town A to Town B?
4 m
Level 3
Uncle Lim travelled from City A to City B which was 560 km away. For the first 480 km of the journey, he travelled at a speed of 80 km/h. He then reduced his speed by 40 km/h and completed the rest of the journey. What was his average speed for the whole journey?
4 m
Level 3
At 9.45 a.m., Mark started driving from Town X to Town Y which was 440 km away. For the first 220 km, he travelled at an average speed of 80 km/h. He then decreased his speed by 20 km/h and completed the remaining journey.
  1. Find the total time taken for the whole journey. Express the answer in mixed number.
  2. At what time did she reach Town Y?
4 m
Level 3
A car was on its way from Town X to Town Y. After covering 25 of its journey, it passed a van which was travelling at an average speed of 70 km/h. 5 hours later, the car reached its destination, but the van was still 28 km from Town Y. If the car had also started from Town X, how long would it take to travel from Town X to Town Y? Express the answer in mixed number.
4 m
Level 3
At 10 30 , Aaron left Town A for Town B, driving at a speed of 75 km/h. At 11 30 , Tom also left Town A for Town B driving at a certain speed. Both of them did not change their speed throughout the journey. At 14 30, both of them passed a shopping mall that was 150 km away from Town B. How many minutes earlier did Tom reach Town B than Aaron?
4 m
Level 3
At 5.30 p.m., Bella and Brent left Hotel A for Hotel B at average speeds of 72 km/h and 50 km/h respectively. Upon reaching Hotel B, Bella rested for 20 minutes. She then headed back for Hotel A at an average speed of 72 km/h along the same route. Brent and Bella met each other on their way at 9 p.m.
  1. How much more distance had Bella covered than Brent when they met on their way?
  2. How far apart were Hotel A and Hotel B? Express the answer in mixed number.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
At first, 18 of a tank was filled with water. A tap was turned on for 30 min for more water to flow into the tank. It was then turned off. The line graph shows the volume of water in the tank over the 30 min.
  1. How many litres of water flowed into the tank in one minute?
  2. At the end of 30 min, what fraction of the tank was filled with water?
  3. The tap was turned on again to fill up the tank at the same rate as before. How many more minutes did it take for the tank to be filled completely?
5 m
Level 3
At 8 a.m., Shaira and Joana raced off together from the starting point of a trail. Shaira ran at an average speed of 3 m/s. Joana ran at an average speed of 4 m/s. Upon reaching the end of the trail, Joana rested for 5 minutes. She then immediately ran back along the same route at 4 m/s. At 8.40 a.m., Shaira met Joana.
  1. Find the total distance covered by the two runners when they met each other. Express the answer in km.
  2. Find the length of the trail in km.
4 m
Level 3
Singapore and Kuala Lumpur is 375 km apart. Rael left Singapore for Kuala Lumpur at 10.00 a.m. travelling at an average speed of 75 km/h. Sam left Singapore later than Rael and caught up with him at 12.00 p.m. Sam was travelling at a speed of 90 km/h.
  1. At what time did Sam leave Singapore?
  2. How much later did Rael arrive in Kuala Lumpur than Sam?
4 m
Level 3
At 8 a.m., Rina started from City A and travelled towards City B and his speed remained constant throughout. At 9 a.m., Mandy started her journey from City A towards City B at an average speed of 72 km/h. Mandy overtook Rina at 12 p.m. After overtaking, Mandy carried on her journey at the same average speed and reached at City B at 2:30 p.m.
  1. Find Rina's average speed in km/h.
  2. What is the distance between the two cities?
4 m
Level 3
Timothy took 15 min to jog from his home to his school. After that, he took 20 min to walk the same way home. His walking speed was 3 km/h slower than his jogging speed.
  1. Find Timothy's jogging speed in km/h.
  2. How far was the school from his home?
4 m
Level 3
Building A and Building B were 360 km apart. A car travelled from Building A towards Building B. At the same time, a bus started from Building B to Building A. After travelling 112 hours, the two vehicles were still 144 km apart. If the ratio of the average speed of the bus to that of the car was 4 : 5, find
  1. the average speed of the bus.
  2. the time taken for them to meet. travelling the rest of the journey
4 m
Level 3
Andy and Benny were planning to run on a circular track with a circumference of 400 m. Both of them started jogging together at the same start point and moved round the track in a clockwise direction at uniform speeds. Andy completed a full round in 50 s. Benny completed a full round in 40 s.
  1. How long would it take for Benny to overtake Andy for the first time?
  2. How far was Benny ahead of Andy after 10 s?
4 m