Level 2
The figure shows 2 identical boxes on a weighing scale. Find the mass of 1 box.
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Level 3
The diagram shows the mass of two identical boxes with objects A and B placed in them respectively.
  1. Given that object B is three times as heavy as object A, find the mass of object A.
  2. Find the mass of an empty box. Express your answer in grams.
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Level 3
Study the diagrams . What is the mass of 2 bananas? Express your answer in grams.
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Level 3
The total mass of Cindy, Jen and Marvin is 15p kg. Cindy has a mass of 5p kg. Jen is 2 kg heavier than Cindy.
  1. What is Marvin's mass in terms of p?
  2. If p = 10, what is Marvin's mass?
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Level 3
A store owner had 505 kg of fresh honeydews. The honeydews contained 60% water when fresh. One week later, there was only 50% water left in the honeydews. What was the mass of the honeydews one week later?
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Level 3
Two identical pails C and D contained some water. Pail C was 14 filled and Pail D was 1/5 filled. The ratio of the total mass of Pail C and the water in it to the total mass of Pail D and the water in it was 8 : 7. The total mass of the two pails and the water they contained was 3150 g. What is the mass of an empty pail?
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Level 3
Alex is preparing for a weightlifting competition. To qualify for the final, he needs to be able to lift at least 322 kg. Alex is able to lift 88 kg comfortably now. Each month, he is able to increase the mass he lifts by 6 kg. How long must Alex train to qualify for the final? Give your answer in years and months. (Eg 2 years 3 months)
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Level 3
Four children made the following statements. Winnie : The average of Yoko's mass and my mass is 39 kg. Xtra : I am the heaviest. Yoko : Zane is 2 kg lighter than Xtra. Zane : Our masses are in consecutive order (In running sequence). What is the total mass of Winnie, Xtra and Yoko ?
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Level 3
Mrs Lao bought 20 kg of rice at $1.80 per kg. If each kg of rice cost 30 cents less, how much more rice could she buy with the same amount of money?
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Level 3
Farmer Nick has 4 rabbits. The mass of Rabbit G is the same as the average mass of the 4 rabbits. Rabbit H weighs 5 kg less than the average mass of the 4 rabbits. The mass of Rabbit I is 7 kg more than the average mass of the 4 rabbits. The mass of Rabbit J is 34 kg. Find the total mass of the 4 rabbits.
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Level 3
Sandra bought three types of fruits. The prices are given.
The bar graph shows the mass of each type of fruits Sandra bought.
  1. What fraction of the fruits Sandra bought were cucumber? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. Which type of fruits did Sandra spend the most money on? How much did she spend on that fruits? Give your answers in this format. (Eg 1, $1.20)
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Level 3
The mass of 4 children, Mandy, Nellie, Peter and Richie were taken. Only 3 children can be weighed at one time. Mandy, Nellie and Peter weighed a total of 55 kg. Nellie, Peter and Richie weighed a total of 56 kg. Mandy, Peter and Richie weighed a total of 57 kg. Mandy, Nellie, and Richie weighed a total of 60 kg. What is the average mass of the 4 children?
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Level 2
The bar graph shows the number of packets of different food collected in a donation drive.
  1. 15 of the total number of packets of food collected was coffee. How many packets of rice were collected?
  2. The table shows the mass of each packet of food. What is the difference between the total mass of noodles collected and the total mass of biscuits collected? Give your answer in kg.
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Level 1
Henry sent a parcel to his friend in Canada. Given that his parcel weighed 3 kg and the cost of postage to Canada was $1.26 per kg, how much would it cost Henry to send the parcel?
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Level 1
Daniel bought 5 bags of peanuts. The mass of each bag of peanuts was 3.05 kg. How many kilograms of peanuts did he buy altogether?
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Level 3
28 kg of potatoes are sorted into 3 sizes: large, medium and small. The ratio by mass of the large to medium to small potatoes is 10 : 3 : 1. There are 45 as many large potatoes as medium potatoes. There are 34 as many small potatoes as large potatoes. There are 10 large potatoes per kilogram. Find the total number of small and medium potatoes.
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Level 3
Three types of pepper, W, X and Y come in containers of 150 g, 300 g and 400 g respectively. Containers of W, X and Y are mixed together in the ratio 1 : 6 : 7 to obtain 38 kg of an assortment of pepper.
  1. How many containers of W and X are used altogether?
  2. Find the difference between the combined weight of all the pepper in containers X and containers Y as compared to the pepper in containers W. Express the weight in kilograms.
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Level 2
Lea had a 6- kg bag of flour. She used 4 kg of the flour to bake a cake.
  1. What fraction of the flour did she use?
  2. What fraction of the flour is left?
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Level 2
The table shows the airmail rates for sending letters and postcards to some countries.
How much did Elyse pay for the postage when she sent a letter which weighed 86 g and 8 postcards to New Zealand by airmail?
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Level 2
The table shows the postage rates by mass for delivery of parcels.
  1. How much is the postage if a parcel has a mass of 600 g?
  2. How much is the postage if a parcel has a mass of 1.1 kg?
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