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 2
Anna had 76 more marbles than Wendy at first. Wendy gave 19 of her marbles to Anna. Anna now has 3 times as many marbles as Wendy. How many marbles did Wendy have at first?
2 m
Level 2 PSLE
Reggie and Xuan have some erasers. After Reggie gives 28 erasers to Xuan, he has 30 erasers more than her. How many more erasers than Xuan does Reggie have at first?
2 m
Level 3 PSLE
Ben had $15 more than Lina at first. After Ben gave some of his money to Lina, he had $21 less than Lina. How much money did Ben give to Lina?
2 m
Level 2
Violet had 6 times as many erasers as Jane at first. After Violet gave 40 erasers to Jane, they each had the same number of erasers in the end. How many erasers did Violet have at first?
3 m