Level 3
Jen and David started running together along a cross country track. When David completed the track in 40 minutes, Jen had run only 58 of the track. Jen’s average speed was 75 m/min slower than David’s.
  1. How long was the cross country track in m?
  2. Find Jen’s average speed in m/min.
3 m
Level 3
Ali is b years old. Bill is four times as old as Ali and Calvin is 6 years younger than Bill.
  1. Express Calvin's age in terms of b.
  2. Ali is 10 years old as of now. ln how many years' time will Calvin be 3 times as old as Ali?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Alice and Hilda started jogging from the same point of a 5 km track round a housing estate. They started at the same time but in opposite directions. Alice jogged past Hilda after 2 km. Both of them did not change their speeds throughout. Alice took 30 min to complete one round. What was Hilda's jogging speed in m/min?
3 m
Level 3
At 7 a.m., a black car and a green car left the office and travelled at average speeds in opposite directions round a 25-km route. The black car took 15 minutes to complete each round while the green car took 20 minutes.
  1. Find the speed of the black car.
  2. Find the speed of the green car.
  3. If the 2 cars travelled without any interval of rest, at what time would the 2 cars next meet again at the office?
3 m
Level 3
Vivian and Kyle started cycling at uniform speeds from the same place in opposite direction round an 800-m forest trail. Vivian took 40 seconds to complete each round while Kyle took 50 seconds.
  1. Find the distance covered per second by Vivian in m.
  2. Find the distance covered per second by Kyle in m.
  3. When the two cyclists next met again at the starting point, how far would Vivian have covered? Express the answer in km.
3 m
Level 3
Bus X and Bus Y left the same bus station at uniform speeds in the same direction round a 48-km circular route. Bus X took 45 minutes to complete each round while Bus Y took 30 minutes.
  1. How long would it take Bus Y to meet Bus Y for the first time? Express the answer in mixed number of hours.
  2. How far would Bus X be behind Bus Y after 12 hour?
3 m
Level 3
Helen and Jomarie started off from the same place and drove at uniform speeds in the same direction round a 40-km circular racing track. Helen completed each round in 40 minutes. Jomarie took 50 minutes to complete each round.
  1. How far would Jomarie be behind Helen after 1 hour?
  2. How long after they started would it take Helen to meet Jomarie for the first time?
3 m
Level 3
Liam had 57 as many 20-cent coins as 1-dollar coins in his piggy bank. Each time, four 20-cent coins and six 1-dollar coins were taken out from the piggy bank. In the end, only seven 20-cent coins and four 1-dollar coins were left in the piggy bank. How many more 1-dollar coins than 20-cent coins were there in the piggy bank at first?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Mr Lee used two printers with different printing rates for a printing job. He started Machine A at 10 00 and started Machine B two minutes later. He stopped both machines at 10 05. The graphs show the total number of pages printed by each machine from the start of printing.
  1. How many pages had been printed by Machine A at the time Mr Lee started Machine B?
  2. What was the difference in the number of pages printed by the two machines from 10 00 to 10 05?
  3. Which machine, A or B, has a faster printing rate? What is the difference in the number of pages printed by the machines in one minute? Give your answer in this format. (Eg A, 1)
4 m
Level 3
This figure is not drawn to scale. A rectangular glass tank 72 cm by 50 cm by 35 cm has 2 compartments, X and Y, with a water height of 30 cm in X and 15 cm in Y. A hole in the slider caused water to leak from X to Y. It was found that the water level in both compartments became the same after some time.
  1. What is the height of water in the tank now?
  2. It took 112 h for the water in both compartments to reach the same level. Assuming that water leaked at a constant rate, how much water flowed from X to Y in 1 minute? Express the answer to 1 decimal place in cm³.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
One copier took 60 minutes while another took 100 minutes to print the same number of leaflets. The faster copier printed 6 more leaflets per minute than the slower one.
  1. The slower copier completed the job at 2.00 p.m. At what time was the printing started?
  2. What was the total number of leaflets printed by the two copiers?
4 m
Level 3
During Christmas, Vincent's candle and Ethan's candle were placed on an altar. Vincent's candle was 3 cm longer than Ethan's candle. Vincent's candle and Ethan's candle were lit at 5:30 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. respectively. They burnt down to the same height at 10:30pm. At 1:30 a.m., Ethan's candle was burnt out while Vincent's candle was burnt out at 3:30 a.m. Find the original heights of Vincent's candle and Ethan's candle.
4 m
Level 3
If Joey and Vic work together on a project, they will complete it in 4 days. If Vic were to work with Richard on the same project, they will take a day longer. If Richard and Teddy work together, they will take 100% more time than Joey and Vic. If Joey and Teddy were to work together, how many more days will they take to complete the project compared to Vic and Richard working together?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
The figure shows Tap A, Tap B and an empty tank with a capacity of 54.2 litres. Water flows Tap A at 3.1 litres per minute and from Tap B at 2.9 litres per minute. Tap A was turned on first. Tap B was turned on 2 minutes later. The taps were turned off at the same time when the tank was completely filled without overflowing. How much water flowed from Tap A?
4 m
Level 3
A tank is to be filled to the brim. Tap A takes 20 minutes to fill the tank while Tap B takes 15 minutes to fill it. How long will it take to completely fill the tank with water if both the taps are turned on at the same time? Leave the answer in minutes and round off to 1 decimal place.
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
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
Two rectangular tanks are shown. At first, Tank X was empty and one quarter of Tank Y was filled with water. Both taps were turned on at the same time and water from both taps flowed at the same rate of 1.6 litres per minute. How much time will it take for the height of the water to be the same in both tanks? (1 litre = 1000 cm3 )
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