Level 3
Adam receives his allowance of $250.
The ratio of Adam's spending to Adam's saving is 2 : 3.
The ratio of Adam's spending on food to the remaining expenses is 1 : 4.
  1. What fraction of his allowance is spent on food?
  2. What fraction of his allowance is spent on the remaining expenses?
  3. How much did he spend on food?
3 m
Level 2
Natalie gave 13 of her stamps to her mother and 12 of her stamps to her father. She used 14 of the remaining stamps. What fraction of her stamps was left?
2 m
Level 2
John gave 18 of his salary to each of his two parents. He gave 13 of the remainder to his son. What fraction of his salary had he left?
2 m
Level 2
Kenny had $63. He spent 17 of the money on a pen. He then spent 23 of his remaining money on a pencil case. How much did he spend on the pencil case?
2 m
Level 2
Mrs Tan had 10 ℓ of orange juice. She used 12 of the orange juice for a picnic and 25 of the remaining orange juice to bake orange-flavoured cookies. How much orange juice did she have left? Give your answer in litres.
2 m
Level 2
Lynn had 10 kg of flour. She used 12 of the flour to bake a cake and 14 of the remaining flour to bake some muffins. How much flour did she have left? Give your answer in grams.
2 m
Level 2
Hock Ming spent 37 of his money on a book and 14 of the remainder on a CD. He had $45 left. How much money did he have at first?
2 m
Level 3
Lennie gave 58 of his salary to his wife. He gave 15 of his salary to his four children and left the rest for himself. He had $420 left for himself. Given that his four children received the same amount each, how much did each of his four children receive?
4 m
Level 3
During a survey, some people responded that they preferred badminton to other sports. The ratio of the number of women to the number of men who liked badminton was 3 : 1. The ratio of the number of people who liked badminton to those who disliked it was 3 : 1. If 20% of the people who did not like badminton were women, what was the ratio of the number of men to the number of women chosen for the survey?
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of saloon cars to the total number of cars on display in Ken's car shop was 2 : 7. 25 of the remaining bikes on display were family cars and the rest were electric cars and sports cars in the ratio of 10 : 3. If there were 16 more electric cars than saloon cars, how many sports cars were there?
4 m