Level 3
Oscar bought some mangosteens and coconuts in the ratio of 2 : 5 respectively. The cost of a mangosteen was $1.50 more than the cost of a coconut. He spent a total of $81 buying the mangosteens and coconuts. The total cost of the coconuts was $9 more than the total cost of the mangosteens. How much did 1 mangosteen cost?

Level 3 PSLE
Muthu used ⁴₇ of his money to buy 6 pens. He used the rest of his money to buy 4 pens and 3 files.

1. What fraction of his money did Methu use to buy the 3 files?
2. If 1 file was fiven for free for every 5 files bought, How many files would Muthu be able to buy if he were to use all his money to buy files?

Level 3 PSLE
Matthew spent ³₇ of his money to buy 6 identical pens. He spent the rest of his money to buy another 4 such pens and 3 identical files.

1. What fraction of Muthu's money was spent to buy the 3 files? Give your answer in the simplest form
2. For every 5 files bought, 1 additional file was given free. How many files would Matthew get in total if he were to spend all his money to buy files only?

Level 3
Zoe spent $54 on some apples, oranges and grapefruits in the ratio of 1 : 5 : 3. The number of apples was ¹₂ the number of oranges. The ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of oranges was 3 : 2. The apples were sold at 2 for a dollar.

1. How many fruits did she buy altogether?
2. How much did each orange cost?

Level 3
Betty spent ⁴₅ of her money on 14 stamps and 5 pens. The cost of each pen is 2 times the cost of each stamp. She bought some more stamps with ²₃ of her remaining money. How many stamps did Betty buy altogether?

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?

Level 3
Ruth spent $84 on some staplers, markers and files. The ratio of the amount of money she spent on the staplers, markers and files was 5 : 8 : 1. The markers were sold at 10 for $4. The number of staplers she bought was ¹₂ the number of markers. The number of files she bought was ³₅ the number of markers. Find the price of 1 stapler.

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?

Level 3
Cathy's shop sold bracelets and rings. The bracelets were sold at $100 each and each ring was sold at ⁴₅ of the price of each bracelet. Cathy sold ¹₄ of the items on the first day and collected $15580. ³₄ of the items sold on the first day were bracelets.

1. How many rings were sold on the first day?
2. What was the total number of items left after the first day?

Level 3
Carl had a total of 90 notes. The notes are $10 notes and $5 notes. After he spent 20% of the $10 notes and 60% of the $5 notes on a stereo system, he was left with 4 times as many $5 notes as $10 notes. How much did the stereo system cost?

Level 3
Alfred had some peaches in 3 sizes. The number of medium peaches was twice the number of large peaches. The number of large peaches were three times the number of small peaches.
The price of each peach are as follows:
Small $4
Medium $7
Large $9

He sold all the small and medium peaches. He received $360 from selling ¹₃ of the large peaches.

1. How many large peaches did he have at first?
   
2. How much less did he collect from selling the small peaches than the medium peaches?

Level 3
Olivia, Zoe, Betty and Natalie received a sum of money. Olivia received ³₈ of the total amount of money Zoe, Betty and Natalie received. Zoe received ¹₇ of the total amount of money Betty and Natalie received. Betty received ¹₃ as much money as Natalie. If Olivia received $275 more than Betty, find the total sum of money the 4 girls received.

Level 3
Jack, George, Henry and Asher shared $1495. Asher received ³₁₀ of the total amount of money received by Jack, George and Henry. Jack received ³₇ of the total amount for George and Henry. George received ²₃ as much money as Henry. If George gave all his money to Asher, how much did Asher have more than Jack in the end?

Level 3
Xuan, Penny, Kate and Violet went to buy a gift for their grandmother. They shared the cost equally among themselves. However, Violet forgot to bring her money. So, the other 3 girls paid for the gift first. Kate paid ³₅ of the amount Xuan and Penny paid. Penny paid $11 more than Xuan. The next day, Violet returned $76 to Kate and some money to Xuan and Penny. How much did Violet return to

1. Xuan?
2. Penny?

Level 3
On Monday, 700 more youths than children attended a concert. On Tuesday, the number of youths decreased by 30% and the number of children increased by 80%. 1240 audience attended the concert on Tuesday. If each ticket cost $12, how much money was collected from the sale of concert tickets for the two days?

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?

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.

Level 3
Asher had $460 more money than Oscar at first. After Asher spent ³₄ of his money to buy a pair of pants and Oscar spent ¹₅ of his money to buy a blouse, they had a total of $254 left. How much more did the pair of pants cost than the blouse?

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?