Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 60 cm by 50 cm by 25 cm was to be filled with water by two taps, A and B. Tap A which fills the tank at a rate of 8ℓ per minute was first turned on for 5 minutes before Tap B was turned on as well. If the tank was filled to the brim in a total of 7 minutes from the time when Tap A was first turned on, what is the rate at which Tap B fills the tank? Give the answer in ℓ per minute correct to 1 decimal place.
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Level 3
An empty rectangular tank has a capacity of 90ℓ and a height of 50 cm. At 10 am, Tap A is turned on to fill the tank at a rate of 4ℓ per minute for 15 minutes. After 5 minutes, Tap B is turned on to drain water from the tank at a rate of 2ℓ per minute for 18 minutes. What is the height of the water level in the tank in the end? Express the answer in 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 3
Tank A measuring 54 cm by 14 cm by 25 cm contains 4.7 ℓ of water. It is being filled with water flowing from Tap X at 0.9ℓ/min and Tap Y at 995 mℓ/min. Both taps are turned on at the same time. How long does it take to fill up Tank A till it is 75% full? Correct the answer to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 3
A tank with a square base area of 121 cm2 is 60% filled with water. If 4 pails of water are poured into the tank, 756 cm3 of water would overflow. If 3 pails of water are poured into the tank, 128 cm3 of water would overflow. What is the height of the tank ? Give the answer to one decimal place.
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Level 2
X, Y and Z are centres of three identical circles. The length of XY is 7.2 m. XY, YZ and XZ are equal in length. Find the shaded area of the figure. (Take π = 3.14) Correct to 2 decimal places.
2 m
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.
3 m
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. An empty Tank A measures 50 cm by 20 cm by 40.5 cm. Tank B with a base area of 1000 cm2was completely filled with water. Ronald poured 12 of the water from Tank B into Tank A. The water filled 70% of Tank A. What was the height of Tank B? (Correct the answer to 2 decimal places.)
3 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 35 cm by 26 cm by 12 cm is completely filled with oil. Oil from the tank is poured into an empty cubical container of edge 18 cm until the cubical container is half-filled. What is the height of the oil in the tank after some oil is poured out? Correct the answer to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 3
The figure shows an empty container. It is made from two cubical tanks. Tanks, Cube A and Cube B, are of sides 10 cm and 20 cm respectively. Cube A is attached to the centre of one of the sides of the Cube B. 5 litres of water is poured into the container such that water flows in to fill part of Cube A. What is the height of the water level in the container? Round off the answer to one decimal place.
3 m
Level 2
During a sale, Kimberly bought a skirt and a coat at a discount. She paid a total of $141.10 on these two items. She paid $20.50 more on the skirt than on the coat.
  1. How much did she pay for the skirt?
  2. Kimberly received a total discount of $33.20 for the skirt and the coat. What is the percentage discount given by the shop? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
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