Level 3
There were 11 coins which consisted of twenty cent and ten cent coins. The total value of the coins was $1.80. How many twenty cent coins were there?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Three boys, Az, Ben and Ix had the same number of notes. Az and Ben each had of mix of $10-notes and $2-notes. Az had 7 $2-notes while Ben had 13 $2-notes. Ix had only $10-notes.
  1. Of the three boys, who had the most money?
  2. What was the difference in the total value of Az and Ben's notes?
  3. Ben used all his $10-notes to buy a present. He then had $164 less in notes than Ix. How many $10-notes did Ix have?
5 m
Level 3
Xinyi had some 20-cent and 50-cent coins which added up to $20.30. She had 14 more 20-cent coins than 50-cent coins. How many 20-cent coins did she have?
4 m
Level 3
The cost per piece is based on the total number of copies to be printed. The table shows the charges for printing at a printing company.
  1. Susan wanted to place an order to print 380 A4-size copies of her poster. How much did she need to pay?
  2. Ron placed an order to print some A4-size copies of his poster. Allie placed an order to print some A3-size copies of his poster. Both of them ordered an equal number of copies of their posters. The total cost of their orders was $324. How many A4-size copies of the poster did Ron print?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
In a shop, candles are sold only in boxes. A box of 8 short candles costs $2.30 and a box of 5 long candles costs $3.70.
  1. Dan wants 17 short candles and 3 long candles for his lanterns. What is the least amount of money that Dan will need to spend on the candles?
  2. Zara bought 14 more long candles than short candles from the shop. The total number of candles she bought was fewer than 50. How much did Zara spend on the candles altogether?
5 m
Level 3
A confectionery sells chocolate chip cakes and blueberry cakes.
Raeann bought an equal number of chocolate chip cakes and blueberry cakes. She paid $80.80 more for the blueberry cakes and the chocolate chip cakes.
  1. How many cakes did she buy?
  2. How much did she spend altogether?
4 m
Level 2
A plate cost $4.50 and a cup cost $2.30. How much would Mrs Singh pay for 8 cups and 5 plates?
4 m
Level 2
Wendy has a piece of ribbon. She cuts 9 short pieces, each measuring 0.78 m, from it and has 2 45 m of it left. What was the original length of the ribbon?
4 m
Level 2
Gopal went to a shop with 3 fifty-dollar notes. He bought a watch and a calculator. A watch cost 3 times as much as a calculator. He received $32.40 change. How much did the calculator cost?
4 m
Level 3
Justin and Wesley each had the same volume of water. The water was used to pour into identical bottles. Justin filled up 16 bottles and had 4.8 ℓ of water left. Wesley filled up 8 bottles and had 6.4 ℓ of water left.
  1. What was the capacity of each bottle? Give your answer in millilitres.
  2. What was the total volume of water Justin and Wesley had at first? Give your answer in litres.
4 m
Level 3
At a book shop, Alice paid $12 for 1 book and 2 pens. The book cost $6 more than the total cost of all the pens.
  1. How much did 1 pen cost?
  2. How much did 1 book cost?
4 m
Level 3
At a book shop, Alice paid $12 for 1 book and 2 pens. The book costs $6 less than the total cost of all the pens.
  1. How much did 1 book cost?
  2. How much did 1 pen cost?
4 m
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
Mrs Decruz baked 8 muffins more than cakes. Each muffin needed 0.06 kg of flour while each cake needed 0.5 kg of flour. She used 1.72 kg more flour for the cakes than for the muffins. How many muffins did Mrs Decruz bake?
4 m
Level 3
Tank A has thrice as much water as Tank B. If Gilbert adds 0.5 ℓ of water to Tank A and 1.8 ℓ of water to Tank B, both tanks will have the same volume of water. Find the volume of water in Tank A at first.
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
A carton packed with 1 packet of rice weighs 5.62 kg. The same carton when packed with 4 such packets of rice weighs 21.43 kg.
  1. Find the mass of 1 packet of rice in kg.
  2. Find the mass of the empty carton in kg.
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