Level 3
The ratio of blue to purple stamps Eva had was 5 : 2. The cost of each of the blue stamps was $1 and the cost of each of the purple stamps was $2. Eva sold 40% of the blue stamps and the total cost of the unsold stamps was $455. How many blue stamps did she have left?
4 m
Level 3
In a supermarket, 65% of the number of vegetables sold were carrots and the rest were potatoes. Each carrot cost 50¢ and each potato cost 10¢ less than the cost of each carrot. Given that $195.30 was collected from the sale of the fruits,
  1. how many carrot were sold?
  2. how much was collected from the sale of the potatoes only?
4 m
Level 3
Some pupils took a Math exam. Their average score was 74.7 marks. One of the pupils' scores was wrongly recorded as 68 marks instead of 86 marks. As a result, the average score was calculated as 73.5 marks. How many pupils sat for the exam?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
A caterer prepares fish balls for some people attending a party. The ratio of the number of adults to the number of children attending is 2 : 5. Among the children, the ratio of the number of girls to the boys is 4 : 1. A total of 180 fish balls are prepared so that each adult gets 4 fish balls and each child gets 2.
  1. What fraction of the people attending the party are boys?
  2. How many children are attending the party?
4 m
Level
At a concert, 14 of the tickets were sold at full price, 35 of the tickets sold at 40% discount, and the remaining 270 tickets were given away for free. Each ticket was sold at $90. What was the total amount collected from the sale of tickets?
4 m
Level 3
At a gathering, 13 of the people are adults. The remaining group of people is divided into boys and girls in the ratio of 5 : 7. Each boy is given 2 keychains and each girl is given 5 keychains. Each accompanying adult receives 6 keychains. Given that only 368 keychains are given away to boys and adults, how many more children are there than adults?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
At a swimathon, each swimmer completed either a 2-km route, a 4-km route or an 5-km route. 15 of the swimmers completed the 2-km route, 720 of the participants completed the 4-km route and the rest completed the 5-km route. For every 1 km a participant swam, $8 was donated to charity. A total of $12960 was donated to charity.
  1. What is the ratio of the number of swimmers who completed the 2-km route to the number who completed the 4-km route to the number who completed the 5-km route?
  2. What is the total number of swimmers at the swimathon?
4 m
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.
4 m
Level 3
A sports shop had 300 ping-pong balls for sale. Each ping-pong ball is sold at $2. At the end of each day, the number of ping-pong balls was recorded in the bar graph shown.
  1. What fraction of the total number of ping-pong balls was left at the end of Day 3? Express your answer in its simplest form.
  2. If the shop decided to sell every 5 ping-pong balls at $9.30 from Day 4 onwards, how much less would it collect from the sale of the ping-pong balls?
4 m
Level 2 PSLE
Joseph has thrice as many 20-cent coins as 50-cent coins. If he has $66 in total, how many 20-cent coins does Joseph have?
3 m