Level 3
There were 229 lemons and soursops in a stall at first. After 15 of the lemons and 12 of the soursops were sold, there were a total of 182 lemons and soursops now. How many lemons are there now?
4 m
Level 3
Asher has a total of 94 of blue and yellow lollipops. 16 of the blue lollipops and half of the yellow lollipops are new. How many of his yellow lollipops are new if he has a total of 27 new lollipops?
4 m
Level 3
Gillian bought 35 as many stamps as stickers at first. After she bought another 10 stamps and 29 stickers, there were 47 as many stamps as stickers. How many stamps and stickers did Gillian buy at first?
4 m
Level 3
The number of 20-cent coins in a basket was 100% more than the number of 10-cent coins. 13 twenty-cent coins were taken out and exchanged for 10-cent coins. The number of 20-cent coins became 58 less than the number of 10-cent coins. How much money is there in the basket?
5 m
Level 3
Lisa bought 58 as many shortbreads as cookies at first. After she bought another 5 shortbreads and 76 cookies, there were 15 as many shortbreads as cookies. How many shortbreads and cookies did Lisa buy at first?
4 m
Level 3
Vincent has some 20-cent coins and 50-cent coins which amount to more than $20 but less than $54. The number of 20-cent coins is 14 of all the coins he has. When he exchanges some 50-cent coins for 20-cent coins, the ratio of the number of 50-cent coins to 20-cent coins he now has become 1 : 6.
  1. What is the largest possible amount of money Vincent has?
  2. What is the total value of 50-cent coins that has been exchanged for 20-cent coins? Express the answer to 2 decimal place.
5 m
Level 3 PSLE
Risa baked 185 more chicken puffs than tuna puffs. After selling 35 of the chicken puffs and half of the tuna puffs, she had 146 puffs left. How many puffs did she sell?
4 m
Level 3
There were some pink erasers and blue erasers. The erasers were packed into 2 bags. At first, Bag A contained 480 erasers and 40% of them were blue erasers. Bag B contained 300 erasers and 80% of them were blue erasers. How many pink erasers and blue erasers in total must be moved from Bag A to Bag B such that 20% of the erasers in Bag A are pink and 50% of the erasers in Bag B are blue?
5 m
Level 3
Zane had $120 less than Xavier. If Xavier spends $460 and Zane's mother gave Zane $200, Xavier will have 14 as much money as Zane. How much money did Zane and Xavier have?
4 m
Level 3
Container A contains 480 blue buttons and 590 purple buttons. Container B contains 590 blue buttons and 410 purple buttons. How many blue buttons and purple buttons must be removed from Container B to put into Container A so that 50% of the buttons in Container A are blue and 60% of the buttons in Container B are blue?
5 m