Level 3
Wendy had a total of 406 violet and pink beads. She used 35 of her violet beads and bought another 38 pink beads. The number of pink beads she had then became 13 the number of violet beads. How many less pink beads than violet beads did she have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ethan had a total of 350 apples and lemons. He sold 13 of the lemons and bought another 14 apples. In the end, the number of apples he had was 14 the number of lemons. How many more lemons than apples did he have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Jaslyn had some $10 notes and some $5 notes. 47 of the notes were $10 notes and the rest were $5 notes. After Jaslyn had spent $450 worth of $5 notes and 14 of $10 notes, she had 34 of the notes left. Find the number of $5-notes Jaslyn had left.
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Sandra made some biscuits to sell. 34 of them were chocolate biscuits and the rest were almond biscuits. After selling 210 almond biscuits and 56 of the chocolate biscuits, she had 15 of the biscuits left. How many biscuits did Sandra sell?
4 m
Level 3
Betty had a total of 39 pieces of $2 and $100 notes at first. She spent 25 of the number of $2 notes and received another 9 pieces of $100 notes from her mother. After that, the number of $100 notes she had was 12 of the remaining notes. How much money did Betty have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Henry and Peter had $690. Henry spent 49 of his money on a television. Peter spent 14 of his money on a stereo system. The television cost $140 more than the stereo system. How much money had Henry left?
5 m
Level 3
The number of ten-cent coins in a jar was 13 the number of fifty-cent coins. Zane took out 19 fifty-cent coins and exchanged them for ten-cent coins. Then he put the money back into the jar. The number of fifty-cent coins became 58 the number of ten-cent coins. How much money was there in the jar?
5 m
Level 3
There were 801 students at a cinema at first. After 27 of the girls and 12 of the boys left, there were still 103 more boys than girls at the cinema. How many boys were there at first?
5 m
Level 3 PSLE
Lina had an equal number of red and blue beads. She gave 26 red beads and 14 blue beads to Mary. She gave the remaining beads to Nora. Nora was given 1 red bead for every 3 blue beads. How many beads did Lina have at first?
3 m
Level 3
A purple carton has 4 times as many marbles as a pink carton. Jack added 44 marbles to the purple carton and 21 marbles to the pink carton. If there are 3 times as many marbles in the purple carton as the pink carton, what was the total number of marbles in the two carton before Jack added the marbles?
3 m
Level 3
During a charity drive, Primary 4 raised 4 times as much money as Primary 2 on the first week. On the second week, Primary 4 raised another $200 while Primary 2 raised another $461. During the entire charity event, Primary 4 raised 2 times as much as Primary 2. What was the total amount raised by Primary 4?
3 m
Level 3
At first, Randy had 160 more red beads than blue beads in a box. Each day, he took out 8 red beads and 5 blue beads from the box. After some time, he only had 20 blue beads left in the box.
  1. How many beads did Randy take out from the box altogether?
  2. How many beads did Randy have at first?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A fruit seller had an equal number of peaches, starfruits and pomegranates at first. After 46 pomegranates, some peaches and starfruits were sold, there were 76 fruits left. There were 3 times as many peaches as starfruits left. The number of pomegranates left was 15 less than the number of peaches left. How many starfruits were sold?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
There were a total of 162 tables and benches in a school field. There were 2 times as many benches as tables. After 18 benches and some tables were removed, there were 5 times as many benches as tables left. How many tables were removed from the school field?
4 m
Level 3
Anna and Tina went shopping with $450 and $315 respectively. Tina spent 2 times as much as Anna. After shopping, the amount of money Anna had left was 2 times the remaining money of Tina. How much did they spend in total?
4 m
Level 3
Fred and Tim went shopping with a total amount of $225. They had $175 left after shopping. Fred's remaining money was 3 times the amount he paid for. Tim's remaining money was 4 times the amount he had spent.
  1. How much did Tim spend?
  2. How much did Tim bring along for shopping?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Lin has some candies and cupcakes. If she packs a candy and a cupcake in each bag, there will be 82 cupcakes left. If she packs 2 candies and 3 cupcakes in each bag, there will be 34 candies left. How many candies and cupcakes does she have in all?
4 m
Level 3
Henry and Sean have the same amount of money. If Henry spends $43 a day and Sean spends $14 a day, Sean will have $319 when Henry uses up all his money. If Henry spends $13 a day and Sean spends $43 a day, how much will Henry have left when Sean uses up all his money?
4 m
Level 3
George and Vincent were given some allowances. If George spent $28 each day and Vincent spent $56 each day, George would still have $837 left when Vincent spent all his allowance. If George spent $56 each day and Vincent spent $28 each day, George would still have $162 left when Vincent spent all his allowance.
  1. How much allowance did George receive?
  2. How much allowance did Vincent receive?
4 m
Level 3
A grocer had the same number of lemons, water apples and starfruits at first. After 78 starfruits, some lemons and water apples were set aside, there were 148 fruits left. There were thrice as many lemons as water apples left. The number of starfruits left was 20 less than the number of lemons. How many water apples were set aside?
4 m