Level 3
At first, 13 of Container B was filled with water and Container C was empty. Then, both taps were turned on at the same time and water from both taps flowed at the same rate of 2.2 litres per minute. Both taps were turned off immediately when Container B was filled to the brim.
  1. How much water was there in Container B at first?
  2. How long did it take for the water from the tap to fill Container B to the brim?
  3. What fraction of Container C was filled with water in the end? Give your answer in the simplest form.
4 m
Level 3
Mary had a ribbon 23 m long. She cut off 19 m of the ribbon from each end and the remaining ribbon into shorter pieces each 118 m long.
  1. Find the length of the remaining ribbon after 19 m had been cut from each end.
  2. How many 118 m long pieces of ribbon did she get?
3 m
Level 3
Justin had $59.10 less than Betty. He spent 57 of his money on a stapler which cost $10.50. Betty spent 29 of her money on a vest. How much had Betty left?
4 m
Level 3
Benedict cycled to his bakery with 16 trays of eggs. There were 24 eggs in each tray. He fell on his way and broke 13 of the eggs. He sold 58 of the good eggs and put the remaining eggs equally into 12 small baskets. How many eggs did he put into each basket?
3 m
Level 3
Paul had some apple macarons and apricot macarons. He gave away 160 macarons to his brother. 25% of them were apple macarons and the rest were apricot macarons. Paul gave some apple macarons to his sister. 25 of all the macarons he gave away to his brother and his sister were apple macarons.
  1. How many apricot macarons did he give his brother?
  2. How many apple macarons did he give his sister?
4 m
Level 3
Ming Huat had 255 watermelons and 240 oranges at first. He used 35 of the watermelons and 34 of the oranges. He then bought some more oranges. In the end, 18 of the fruits he had left were watermelons. How many oranges did he buy?
3 m
Level 3
Siti had some stickers at first. She gave 29 of her stickers to her brother and 16 of her stickers to her best friend. After that, her mother gave her another 10 stickers. She had 87 stickers in the end. How many stickers did Siti have at first?
4 m
Level 3
At first, a pot contained 25 ℓ of water. Keisha added another 12 ℓ of water into the pot. Then she used 29 of all the water in the pot. How much water did Keisha use? Express your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
4 m
Level 3
14 of the flowers in a flower shop were sunflowers, 13 of them were carnations and the remaining 60 stalks were roses.
  1. How many stalks of flowers were there in the shop?
  2. At the end of the day, the number of flowers sold was 10 more than the number of flowers left. How many stalks of flowers were sold?
4 m
Level 3
Jen had a sum of money. She spent an equal amount of money daily. At the end of the eighth day, she was left with 25 of her money. At the end of the tenth day, she was left with $12. How much money did she have at first?
4 m