Level 3
Min saved two coins every day from Monday to Sunday by putting them into a glass jar. Each coin was either a 5¢ or 20¢ coin. The total value of the coins at the end of 5 weeks was $11.00. How many of the coins were 20¢ coins?
4 m
Level 3
Jim started saving part of his pocket money by putting 2 coins in a money box every day. Each coin was either a 20¢ or 50¢ coin. His mother also put on a $1 coin in the box every 7 days. The total value of the coins after 98 days was $82.30.
  1. How many coins were there altogether?
  2. How many of the coins were 50¢ coins?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Jenny has two types of bottles, large and small. She filled 3 large bottles and 7 small bottles with 10.5 ℓ of the drink she made. With the remaining drink, she could not fill another large bottle as she was short of 0.3 ℓ. Thus, she filled another small bottle and had 0.6 ℓ left over.
  1. How many litres of drink did the large bottle hold more than the small bottle?
  2. How many litres of drink did a small bottle hold?
4 m
Level 3
A box containing 60 folders had a mass of 5.01 kg. A box containing 25 post-it-pads has a mass of 6.21 kg. The mass of each post-it-pad was thrice that of each folder. Find the mass of the empty box in grams.
4 m
Level 3
When an ice box is packed with 25 identical bottles of soda, it has a mass of 18.4 kg. When the ice box is packed with 30 identical packets of milo, it has a mass of 7.5 kg. A bottle of soda weighs 470 g more than a packet of milo. What is the mass of the empty ice box in kg?
4 m
Level 3
The number of silver crayons is twice the number of blue crayons. The number of blue crayons is 14 more than the number of gold crayons. The total number of crayons is 138. The cost of each silver crayon is $3.80 and the cost of each gold crayon is $1.50. The total cost of all the crayons is $374.20.
  1. Find the number of gold crayons.
  2. Find the cost of a blue crayon.
5 m
Level 3
For every magazine Tommy sells, he gets $1.75 as commission. He gets an additional $1.50 for every 8 magazine sold. How many magazines did Tommy sell if he earned $50 in commission?
5 m
Level 3
Mr Lee organised a lucky draw event. He spent $382.20 on some toys and pouches. He bought 6 more pouches than toys. A toy costs $14.70 and a pouch costs $4.90. How many pouch did Mr Lee buy?
5 m