Level 3
A fruit seller bought a tray of 24 peaches. He wants to put them into some bags. A small bag can hold 3 peaches while a big bag can hold 5 peaches. He wants to use the same number of big and small bags. How many small bags and big bags does he need if the bags are all full?
  1. Number of small bags
  2. Number of big bags
5 m
Level 3
Tina and her cousin have some pens. Tina had 54 more pens than her cousin. After Tina gave her cousin 24 pens, her cousin has 65 pens now.
  1. How many pens did her cousin have at first?
  2. How many pens does Tina have now?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Tan bought 7 boxes of oranges. There were 6 oranges in each box. His neighbour gave him 9 more oranges. How many oranges did he have in the end?
4 m
Level 2
24 guavas cost $6. Fiona buys 16 guavas. How much does she pay?
4 m
Level 3
Marion has some marbles. She has 17 less marbles in Packet R than in Packet S. After 25 marbles were transferred from Packet S to Packet R, there were 43 marbles in Packet S.
  1. How many marbles were there in Packet S at first?
  2. How many marbles were there in Packet R in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Josephine had just enough money to buy 145 similar T-shirts. She bought 138 such T-shirts and had $56 left. How much money did Josephine have at first?
4 m
Level 2
2 bottles = 1 ℓ
1 pail = 10 ℓ

How many bottles of water are needed to fill up the pail?
4 m
Level 3
Warren has $35 and Merry has $45. How much money must Merry give to Warren so that Warren will have $6 more than her?
4 m
Level 3
Harold has 346 lollipops and Eli has 712 lollipops. How many lollipops must Eli give to Harold so that Harold will have 56 less lollipops than Eli?
4 m
Level 3
John wanted to buy some files. Each file cost $5 and he needed $10 more to buy 8 of such files. How much money did he have?
4 m