Level 3
At a school swimming event, 14 of the students were boys. Given that 25 of the girls and 35 of the boys did not know how to swim, how many students were there altogether if there were 154 swimmers at the event?
4 m
Level 3
There were 210 books in a bookstore. 57 of the books were fiction books and the rest were non-fiction books. 23 of the fiction books and 56 of the non-fiction books were in English. How many non-English books were there in the bookstore?
4 m
Level 3
Roshel had some peaches and oranges in 2 baskets. In Basket A, the number of peaches to the number of oranges was in the ratio of 5 : 9. In Basket B, there were thrice as many peaches as oranges. After Roshel transferred 13 of the oranges from Basket A to Basket B, the number of fruits left in Basket A was 187 and the ratio of the number of peaches to the number of oranges in Basket B became 7 : 8. How many fruits were in Basket B in the end?
5 m
Level 3
A stall was selling flowers. 13 of the earnings are from the sale of 9 lavenders and 17 sunflowers. Of the rest of the earnings, 34 are from the sale of lavenders and 14 are from the sale of sunflowers. Each sunflower costs thrice as much as each lavender. How many flowers were sold?
4 m
Level
Neave's shop sells shirts and blouses. A shirt is sold at $88 and a blouse is sold at 14 of the price of the shirt. On Sunday, Neave sold 89 of the items in his shop and collected $2244. 38 of the items sold were shirts. How many items were unsold after Sunday?
4 m
Level 3
A sum of $728 is divided among a group of people. 78 of the people receive $4 each, 13 of the remainder receive $3 each and the rest receive $2 each. How many people are there altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Thrice a number is 5412.
  1. What is half the number?
  2. What is the difference between thrice the number and half the number?
4 m
Level 3
There are a total of 260 pieces of 10-cent coins, 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins in Joey's piggy bank. 25 of these coins are 10-cent coins. The number of 50-cent coins is thrice the number of 20-cent coins.
  1. How many 50-cent coins are there?
  2. What is the total value of the 50-cent coins in Joey's piggy bank?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Wendy spent 16 of her money on a dress and 3 belts. The dress cost 2 times as much as each belt. Wendy spent 34 of her remaining money on a watch. She spent $160.65 more on the watch than on the 3 belts.
  1. What fraction of Wendy's money was spent on each belt?
  2. How much money did Wendy have at first?
5 m
Level 3
There were 500 T-shirts at a stall. 25 of them were with collars. T-shirts with collars were priced at $12 each. T-shirts without collars were priced at $8 each. The stall owner sold 38 of the T-shirts with collars and 56 of the T-shirts without collars. How much did he collect from all the T-shirts he sold?
4 m
Level 3
Fion used 47 of the flour to bake a cake. She used 14 of the remaining flour to bake some muffins. Given that Fion was left with 450 g of flour, how much flour did she have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ruth, Queenie and Cathy were playing with beads. Ruth started with 72 beads and then she gained 13 more beads from Queenie. In the second game, Ruth lost 38 of her original number of beads to Cathy. Queenie lost as many beads as Ruth to Cathy. In the final game, Ruth gained 12 of her original number of beads from Queenie. All of them ended up with the same number of beads.
  1. How many beads did Ruth have in the end?
  2. How many beads did Queenie have at first?
5 m
Level 3
Fiona made some croissants. She sold 45 of them in the afternoon and 47 of the remainder in the evening. If she sold 144 more croissants in the afternoon than in the evening, how many croissants did she make altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Emily baked some shortbreads. She sold 35 of them in the morning and 14 of the remainder in the evening. If she had 24 shortbreads left, how many shortbreads did she bake?
4 m
Level 3
Barbara baked 12 trays of cupcakes. There were 20 cupcakes in each tray. She gave 18 of the cupcakes to her pupils and 12 of the remainder to Sean. She then packed the rest of the cupcakes equally into 5 packets. How many cupcakes were there in each packet?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Lee had some chicken wings. He ate 13 of them on Monday and 12 of the remainder on Tuesday. He bought another 10 chicken wings and then he had as many chicken wings as he had at first. How many chicken wings had he at first?
4 m
Level 3
213 of the fruit at a fruit stall are mangoes. 411 of the remainder are apples. The rest are pears and oranges. If there are 72 pears and 82 oranges, find the total number of fruits at the stall.
4 m