Level 3
Yvonne baked 140 cupcakes. 35 of the cupcakes were vanilla cupcakes. The rest were milo cupcakes. She gave an equal number of vanilla cupcakes and milo cupcakes away and had 5 times as many vanilla cupcakes as milo cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did she give away?
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Level 3
The ratio of Zoe's to Isabelle's incomes was 6 : 1 at first. After Zoe and Isabelle were given another $654 and $341 respectively, Zoe had 4 times as much money as Isabelle. How much did both of them have in the end?
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Level 3
One avocado cost 4 times as much as one honeydew. Mrs Zhang bought 2 avocados and 4 honeydews for $15. How much would 20 avocados and 16 honeydews cost? Express the answers to 2 decimal places.
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Level 3
Tank A, measuring 40 cm by 30 cm by 50 cm, was filled with water to the brim. Water was then poured from Tank A to Tank B, which has a base area of 900 cm2 until the height of the water level in Tank B became twice that of the water level in Tank A. Find the volume of water in Tank B, leaving the answer in litres.
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Level 3
Abel has b coins. Bobby has three times as many coins as Abel but 8 coins fewer than Jason.
  1. How many coins do they have altogether? (Express your answer in terms of b).
  2. If b = 9, how many stamps do the three boys have altogether?
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Level 3
Lina and Wendy went shopping. After Lina spent $85j, Wendy had 5 times as much as Lina. If Lina had $21j more than Wendy at first,
  1. Express the amount of money that Lina had at first in terms of j.
  2. If j = 10, find the amount of money that the two ladies had left after shopping.
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Level 3 PSLE
A and B are two rectangular tanks. The base area of A is 80 cm2 while that of B is 50 cm2 . At first, A contained water to a height of 40 cm and B was empty, as shown.
  1. What was the volume of the water in A at first? 
  2. Rashid then poured some water from A to B. After that, the height of the water level in A was twice that in B. What was the new height of the water level in A? Round off the answer to 1 decimal place.
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Level 2
The pie charts show the number of each type of stationery items in boxes, A and B. The total number of stationery items in Box A is twice the total number of stationery items in Box B.
  1. Find the percentage of erasers in Box A.
  2. What fraction of stationery items in Box B is erasers?
  3. The number of erasers in Box A is 40. Find the number of erasers in Box B.
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Level 3
The total monthly incomes of 24 men is $51000. 58 of them earn the same monthly income each. Each of the remaining men earns 4 times as much monthly. Find the difference between the higher income and the lower income per month.
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Level 3 PSLE
The pupils at a camp are divided in Group A and Group B. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group A is 5 : 4. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group B is 5 : 1. There are 2 times as many pupils in Group B as in Group A. There are 20 more boys in Group B than Group A. What is the total number of girls?
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