Level 3
At the supermarket, passion fruits were sold at 3 for $3.10 and pears were sold at 4 for $4.70. What was the total amount of money that Mrs Ang had to pay if she bought 15 such passion fruits and 8 such pears?
4 m
Level 3
The number of silver crayons is twice the number of blue crayons. The number of blue crayons is 14 more than the number of gold crayons. The total number of crayons is 138. The cost of each silver crayon is $3.80 and the cost of each gold crayon is $1.50. The total cost of all the crayons is $374.20.
  1. Find the number of gold crayons.
  2. Find the cost of a blue crayon.
5 m
Level 3
Bill bought a total of 11 sweets and chocolate bars. Each sweet cost 40¢. Each chocolate bar cost 60¢. He paid a total of $5.60. How many chocolate bars did he buy?
4 m
Level 3
There were a total of forty-one 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins in a bag. Given that the total amount of money in the bag was $19. How many 20-cent coins were there in the bag?
4 m
Level 3
The mangoes were sold at 80¢ per kg. Mrs Soh bought 2 mangoes of mass 3.3 kg and 1.9 kg respectively. She gave the grocer three $2-notes. How much change did she get?
4 m
Level 3
Luis wanted to buy three shirts that cost $12.80 each, but he was short of $17.30. How much money did Luis have?
4 m
Level 3
At a supermarket, there are shortbreads for sale.
First 4 shortbreads: $1.60 each
Extra shortbreads: $1.30 each

  1. What is the total cost of 4 shortbreads?
  2. What is the maximum number of shortbreads that Mrs Ee can buy if she has $9?
4 m
Level 3
For every magazine Tommy sells, he gets $1.75 as commission. He gets an additional $1.50 for every 8 magazine sold. How many magazines did Tommy sell if he earned $50 in commission?
5 m
Level 3
Mr Lee organised a lucky draw event. He spent $382.20 on some toys and pouches. He bought 6 more pouches than toys. A toy costs $14.70 and a pouch costs $4.90. How many pouch did Mr Lee buy?
5 m
Level 3
Perry bought a piece of rope and cut it into 3 pieces. The third piece was 2.5 m longer than the first piece. The second piece was 2.42 m shorter than the third piece.
  1. If the first piece was 10.29 m, find the length of the rope before it was cut.
  2. How much did Perry pay if each metre of the rope was $2?
4 m
Level 3
Tom, Owen, and Harry have $238 in total. Harry has $25.10 less than Owen and $75.10 more than Tom. How much does Owen have?
4 m
Level 3
Lucy saved some of her school pocket money for 4 days. She saved $3 on the first day. For the remaining 3 days, she saved $0.40 more than the previous day.
  1. How much money did she save in 4 days?
  2. Lucy then spent all her savings on 9 identical notebooks. How much did each notebook cost?
4 m
Level 3
A basket containing 3 persimmons had a total mass of 7 kg. When 4 more persimmons were added into the basket, the total mass became 14.6 kg. Find the mass of the empty basket.
4 m
Level 3
The total mass of a kitten, a mouse and a puppy is 11 kg. The mouse is 0.4 kg heavier than the kitten. The puppy is 4 times as heavy as the mouse. Find the mass of the puppy.
4 m
Level 3
The total length of a string, a rope and a ribbon is 42.7 m. The ribbon is 14 m longer than the string. The rope is 5 times as long as the string. Find the difference in length between the rope and the ribbon.
4 m
Level 3
Julie went to the grocer with 5 pieces of $2-notes. She bought 3 starfruits and 4 persimmons. Each starfruit cost 50¢. Each persimmon cost 70¢. How much money had she left?
4 m
Level 3
Ivan paid $13.90 for 5 persimmons and a durian. The durian cost $6.10 more than each persimmon. How much did he pay for the durian?
4 m
Level 3
Mrs Toh spent a total of $169.70 on a coat and 7 identical blouses. A coat costs $7.90 less than a blouse. How much did she pay for a blouse?
4 m
Level 3
The cost of 2 chikoos and 4 peaches is $16.20. One chikoo cost $0.30 less than one peach. What is the cost of 2 peaches?
4 m
Level 3
Dylan bought 5 files and 2 pencils. Each file cost $1.10. A pencil cost $1.60 more than a file. How much did he pay for these items?
4 m