Level 3 PSLE
Linda saved $240 in February. This amount was a 20% increase from what she saved in January. The amount she saved in March was a 30% decrease from what she saved in February.
  1. What was the total amount that Linda saved from January to March?
  2. What was the percentage increase in the amount Linda saved in March compared to January?
5 m
Level 2
Fill in the blank.
Give the answer in decimals.
23 of A = 5 u
A = _____ u
2 m
Level 3
Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or decimals only.
The ratio of adults to children is 1 : 2.
The ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 5.
The number of women to men is 2 : 3.
Let the number of children be 2 u.

  1. Number of adults = _____ u
  2. Number of boys = _____ u
  3. Number of women = _____ u
  4. Difference between the number of boys and women = _____ u
4 m
Level 2
Wendy's father's weight to her weight is 8 : 3. If Wendy puts on 60% more weight, by what percentage must her father's weight be reduced by so that their total weight remains unchanged as before? Correct the answer(s) to 1 decimal place.
2 m
Level 2
The ratio of the number of shortbreads to the number of cookies in a stall is 2 : 1. A shortbread costs $1.10 and a cookie costs $0.80. If all the shortbreads and cookies are sold, a sum of $537 will be collected. How many shortbreads are there altogether?
2 m
Level 3
Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or decimals.
2 boys, Adam and Bryan, share some stickers.
Bryan has 20% of the total.
If Bryan receives extra stickers,
his number of stickers increases by 50%.

  1. Number of stickers that Bryan has at first = _____ u
  2. Change in the number of stickers that Bryan has = _____ u
  3. Number of stickers that Bryan has in the end = _____ u
  4. Number of stickers that Adam has in the end = _____ u
4 m
Level 3
Fill in the blanks in whole numbers or decimals.
2 boys, Adam and Bryan, share some stickers.
Bryan has 20% of the total.
If Bryan gives away some stickers,
his number of stickers decreases by 25%.

  1. Number of stickers that Bryan has at first = _____ u
  2. Change in the number of stickers that Bryan has = _____ u
  3. Number of stickers that Bryan has in the end = _____ u
  4. Number of stickers that Adam has in the end = _____ u
4 m
Level 3
The number of boys and girls in a hall were in the ratio 2 : 7. After 15 boys entered the hall and half the number of girls left the hall, the ratio of the number of boys to girls became 1 : 1. How many children were there in the hall at first?
2 m
Level 2
0.75 of a number is greater than 0.5 of the number by 5. What is the number?
2 m
Level 2
0.8 of a number is 400. What is 0.2 of the same number?
2 m
Level 3
Fill in the blanks in units, decimal units or unit equations. (Eg 3 u OR 1.2 u OR 1 u + 2)
Adam, Bryan and Chris have some stickers.
After Adam's number of stickers is doubled,
Bryan's number of stickers is increased by 10 and
Chris' number of stickers is reduced by 8,
the ratio of the number of stickers of Adam to Bryan to Chris becomes the same.
Let the number of stickers that Adam has in the end be 1 u.

  1. Number of stickers that Adam has at first = _____
  2. Number of stickers that Bryan has at first = _____
  3. Number of stickers that Chris has at first = _____
  4. Total number of stickers that they have at first = _____
4 m
Level 3
Fill in the blanks in units in whole numbers or decimals.
Adam spends 30% of his money on food and
40% of the remainder on rental.
Let the total amount of money be 10 u.

  1. Amount that Adam spends on food = _____ u
  2. Amount that Adam has left after spending on food = _____ u
  3. Amount that Adam spends on rental = _____ u
  4. Amount that Adam has left = _____ u
4 m
Level 2 PSLE
Alex saved a total of $138 in coins in his coin box. 23 of all the coins saved were one-dollar coins. There were 3 times as many one-dollar coins as twenty-cent coins. The remaining coins were fifty-cent coins. How many coins did Alex save in his coin box altogether?
3 m
Level 3
Zara baked vanilla, chocolate and red velvet macarons. There were half as many red velvet macarons as chocolate macarons and an equal number of red velvet macarons as vanilla macarons. The cost of each macaron is given as shown.

1 red velvet macaron: $1.10
1 chocolate macaron: $1.40
1 vanilla macaron: $1.20

If she collected $153 from selling all the macarons, how many chocolate macarons were there?
3 m
Level 3
A fruit vendor ordered some fruits. 35% of the fruits he ordered were apples and the rest were oranges. Each apple cost $1.20 and each orange cost 50% more than each apple. The vendor paid a total of $636.
  1. Find the total cost of the apples.
  2. How many oranges did he order?
3 m
Level 3
Vincent always saves 30% of his monthly salary. His salary for December was 40% less than that for November. His savings for December decreased by $138 as a result. What was his salary in November?
3 m
Level 3
At a wedding function, the ratio of the number of men to the number of women was 13 : 5. If 35% of the women left, what percentage of the men must leave so that there will be an equal number of men and women remaining?
3 m
Level 3
During a survey, some people responded that they preferred badminton to other sports. The ratio of the number of women to the number of men who liked badminton was 3 : 1. The ratio of the number of people who liked badminton to those who disliked it was 3 : 1. If 20% of the people who did not like badminton were women, what was the ratio of the number of men to the number of women chosen for the survey?
4 m
Level 3
In a supermarket, 65% of the number of vegetables sold were carrots and the rest were potatoes. Each carrot cost 50¢ and each potato cost 10¢ less than the cost of each carrot. Given that $195.30 was collected from the sale of the fruits,
  1. how many carrot were sold?
  2. how much was collected from the sale of the potatoes only?
4 m
Level 2 PSLE
Joseph has thrice as many 20-cent coins as 50-cent coins. If he has $66 in total, how many 20-cent coins does Joseph have?
3 m