Level 3
The average rainfall for the months of January to May was 155 mm. Each month from January to May, the rainfall was 1 mm more than the month before it. What was the rainfall in January?
3 m
Level 3
A convenience store sold crabstick, salmon and egg mayo sandwiches. The ratio of the number of crabstick sandwiches made to the total number of sandwiches made was 3 : 7. The ratio of the number of salmon sandwiches made to the total number of sandwiches made was 1 : 5. After the store sold some crabstick sandwiches and made another 42 salmon sandwiches, there was an equal number of crabstick, salmon and egg mayo sandwiches left. Find the number of crabstick sandwiches sold.
5 m
Level 3
Madam Naz made pies for sale. 45% of the pies were chicken pies and the rest were potato and sardine pies in the ratio 3 : 1. If a customer bought 75% of the chicken pies and all of the sardine pies, what percentage of the potato pies must Madam Naz sell for her to maintain the original percentage of chicken pies at first? Leave your answer in mixed numbers.
5 m
Level 3
A tank measuring 50 cm by 20 cm by 22 cm, with some cubes placed inside, was filled with 3.875 ℓ of water to the height as shown in Figure 1. Some water was then added into the tank to the height as shown in Figure 2. The total volume of water in the tank then became 8.375 ℓ. What was the volume of one cube?
4 m
Level 3
A rectangular tank measuring 48 cm by 18 cm by 26 cm was filled with 18.8 litres of water as shown in Figure 1. When three identical wooden blocks were put into the tank, 794 mℓ of water overflowed from the tank as shown in Figure 2. Find the volume of one such wooden block.
4 m
Level 3
Daniel saved some 50-cent coins and $1 notes in his coin box. The total value of the 50-cent coins to the total value of the $1 notes he had was in the ratio 2 : 5. After $14 worth of 50-cent coins and an equal value of $1 notes were added to the coin box, the ratio of the total value of 50-cent coins to the total value of $1 notes became 5 : 9. How many of each type did Daniel have in the end?

  1. 50-cent coins?
  2. $1 notes?
5 m
Level 3
Rachel had 3 times as much money as Paul. After Rachel spent 12 of her money and Paul spent 35 of his money, they had a total of $1615 left.
  1. How much money did Rachel and Paul have altogether at first?
  2. Paul spent 35 of his remaining money on a pair of headphones. What fraction of his original amount of money did he spend on the pair of headphones?
5 m
Level 2
There was 11 ? of water in a pail and 1.8 ? of water in a basin. Warren then poured in an equal volume of water into each container. Now, the volume of water in the pail is 5 times in the basin. How much water did Warren pour into each container?
2 m
Level 3
At the beginning of the year, the number of members in Club A and Club B were in the ratio 5 : 7. At the end of Term One, some members left Club A to join Club B. The ratio of the number of members in Club A and Club B became 1 : 3. At the middle of Term Two, each club received 54 new members. The ratio of the number of members in Club A and Club B became 2: 3. How many members left Club A to join Club B at the end of Term One?
5 m
Level 3
The diagram shows a sequence of patterns formed by identical triangles. Find the values of (i), (ii) and (ii). Give your answers in the following format. (Eg 1, 2, 3)
  1. A figure in the pattern has a total of 169 triangles. What is the Figure Number?
  2. Another figure has 50 more shaded triangles than unshaded triangles. What is the total number of triangles in this figure?
5 m