Level 2 PSLE
Shops A and B sell highlighters of four colours. The bar graphs show the number of highlighters sold by each shop in April. The bar for the number yellow highlighters sold by Shop A has not been drawn.
  1. Half of the highlighters sold by Shop A were yellow highlighters. How many yellow highlighters did Shop A sell?
  2. Which colour(s) of highlighters did Shop A sell less than Shop B? (Give your answer(s) in letter(s) in alphabetical order. Eg Blue, Red = B, R
  3. In May, Shop B sold 75 more blue highlighters than the number of blue highlighters sold in April. What was the percentage increase in the number of blue highlighters sold by Shop B from April to May?
4 m
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. It shows the net of a solid. It is made up of 4 identical rectangles and 2 identical squares. Line A is 30 cm long and Line B is 15 cm long.
  1. Find the volume of the solid.
  2. This solid is a cardboard carton containing small boxes of sweets. Each box of sweets is 3 cm by 2 cm by 1 cm. If all these small boxes of sweets in the carton occupy more than 75% of the carton's volume, what is the minimum number of small boxes of sweets in the carton?
4 m
Level 2 PSLE
The bar graph shows the number of pens sold from January to March. The number of pens sold is not shown on the scale.
  1. What was the percentage decrease in the number of pens sold from January to February?
  2. There were 112 more pens sold in March than in January. How many pens were sold in March?
  3. The average number of pens sold from January to May was 420. What was the average number of pens sold in April and May?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
A rectangular block A was cut along the dotted line into two smaller rectangular blocks of equal height, B and C, as shown. The volume of C is 1400 cm3 more than that of B.
  1. What is the height of each block?
  2. Pete packed 6 of block C such that they fit exactly into a box with a square base. The box has the same height as C. At most, how many of block B can be packed into such a box?
4 m
Level 3
25% of the people are performers for a concert and the rest are spectators. 60% of the spectators are adults and there are 420 less child spectators than adult spectators. How many adult spectators must join so that 56% of the people are adult spectators?
4 m
Level 3
Eva's salary is 30% more than Betty's salary. When their salaries are increased by 60%, their combined salaries will be $11040. How much was Eva's salary before the increase?
4 m
Level 3
15 of the guests at a stadium were women. 80% of the remaining guests were men and the rest were children. The number of men was 476 more than the total number of women and children. After some men left the stadium, 20% of the guests that remained were men. How many men left the stadium?
4 m
Level 3
Vincent and George had 852 notebooks together. Vincent had 210 more notebooks than George. Both of them sold some of their notebooks. George sold 20% less notebooks than what Vincent sold. In the end, George had half as many notebooks left as Vincent. How many notebooks had Vincent left?
4 m
Level 3
A basket contained violet and purple buttons. There were 60% more violet buttons than purple buttons. When 248 more buttons were poured into the basket, the amount of violet buttons increased by 40% and the amount of purple buttons grew by 60%. How many buttons were in the basket at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ian had 140 more stickers than Ethan. Ian gave 25% of his stickers to Ethan. Ethan in return gave 80% of his stickers to Ian. In the end, Ian had 282 more stickers than Ethan. How many stickers did Ian have at first?
4 m
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. It shows a tank made from two connected cubical containers, Cube A and Cube B. The tank is filled with some water. Cube A is 34 filled with 6000 mℓ of water while Cube B is completely filled with water. The height of the water level in Cube A is 4 cm higher than that in Cube B. Water is then drained from the tank and the height of the new water level is 5 cm. What is the volume of the water drained in mℓ?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Mr Lee used two printers with different printing rates for a printing job. He started Machine A at 10 00 and started Machine B two minutes later. He stopped both machines at 10 05. The graphs show the total number of pages printed by each machine from the start of printing.
  1. How many pages had been printed by Machine A at the time Mr Lee started Machine B?
  2. What was the difference in the number of pages printed by the two machines from 10 00 to 10 05?
  3. Which machine, A or B, has a faster printing rate? What is the difference in the number of pages printed by the machines in one minute? Give your answer in this format. (Eg A, 1)
4 m
Level 3
Tim had 40% more muffins than Rael. Tim gave 20% of his muffins to Rael. Rael in return gave 50% of his muffins to Tim. In the end, Rael had 448 less muffins than Tim. How many muffins did Tim have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Ethan had 40% as many beads as Ben. After Ethan and Ben bought another 50 beads and 15 beads respectively, Ethan had 50% more beads than Ben. How many beads did Ethan have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Hazel had $300 more than Wendy. Hazel gave 35 of her money to Wendy. Wendy then gave 25% of her money to Hazel. In the end, Wendy had $186 more than Hazel. How much did Hazel have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Kate had $280 more than Natalie. Kate gave 35 of her money to Natalie. Natalie then gave 25% of her money to Kate. In the end, Kate had $146 less than Natalie. How much did Kate have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Three cartons, W, X and Y contained a certain number of pens. Carton Y contained 27 as many pens as W and X combined. There were 98 more pens in Carton W than in Carton Y. Carton X contained 127 more pens than Carton Y. How many pens were in Carton X?
4 m
Level 3
A briefcase with 5 magazines in it has a mass of 2.58 kg. When 6 more magazines and 22 guide books are added, the mass becomes 4.28 kg. Each magazine has a mass 2 times as much as each guide book. Find the mass of the briefcase when it is empty. Express the answer in kg.
5 m
Level 3
Mrs Lu had a total of 520 purple and yellow lilies in the ratio of 8 : 5. After she had given away 6 times as many purple lilies as yellow lilies, the number of purple and yellow lilies left was in the ratio of 10 : 9. How many more purple lilies than yellow lilies did she give away?
5 m
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?
5 m