Level 1
A man can paint the house in 3 days. Assuming the same speed, how many days do 2 men take to paint the same house? Express your answer in decimal.
1 m
Level
It takes Machine L and Machine B 50 minutes to print a total of 3150 copies of brochures. Machine L can print 30 copies of brochures in one minute. How many copies of brochures can Machine M print per minute?
2 m
Level 2
Jane takes 2 h to travel from City A to City B. Joanne takes 3 h to travel from City B to City A. How long would Jane and Joanne take to meet along the way? Express your answer as decimals in h.
2 m
Level 2
Abel can paint a room in 6 hours. Bala can paint the same room in 3 hours. How long will it take for both of them to paint the same room together?
2 m
Level 2
Adam builds a toy car in 3 hours.
Bryan builds a toy car in 6 hours.
If they work together,
how long does it take to build a toy car?
3 m
Level 2
Adam builds a toy car in 3 hours.
Adam and Bryan builds a toy car in 5 hours.
If Bryan builds a toy car by himself, how long will he take?
(Give the answer in fraction. Eg 1 13 h)
3 m
Level 3
Adam builds a toy car in 3 hours.
Bryan builds a toy car in 6 hours.
Chris builds a toy car in 5 hours.
If they work together,
how long does it take to build a toy car?
(Give the answer in fraction. Eg 1 13 h)
3 m
Level 3
Adam and Bryan builds a toy car in 4 hours.
Bryan and Chris builds a toy car in 6 hours.
Chris and Adam builds a toy car in 3 hours.
How long does it take for Adam, Bryan and Chris to build a toy car together?
3 m
Level 3 PSLE
The graphs show the total number of leaflets machines A and B printed from the start. Both machines started printing at the same time.
  1. How many more leaflets did B print than A in 5 minutes?
  2. Both machines did not change their rates of printing throughout. When A had printed 200 leaflets, how many leaflets had B printed?
2 m
Level 3
10 workers take 9 hours to paint 4 houses. How many hours will 5 workers take to paint 2 houses?
3 m
Level 3
An empty tank measures 50 cm by 20 cm by 35 cm. Water flows into the tank from Tap A at a rate of 25 ℓ per minute. At the same time, water drains from the tank from Tap B at a rate of 18 ℓ per minute. How long would it take to completely fill the tank?
3 m
Level 3
A tank measuring 30 cm by 24 cm by 20 cm was being filled by two taps. Tap X delivered water at a rate of 140 cm3 per minute while Tap Y delivered water at a rate of 100 cm3 per minute. How long did the 2 taps take to fill the tank completely? Express your answer in min.
3 m
Level 3
At a factory, Bryan could assemble 7 robots in a day while Francis could assemble 4 more robots than him in a day. If Francis was absent for 3 days, how many days would he need to assemble 17 more robots than Bryan?
3 m
Level 3
Min and Candy take 1 hour to clean the kennel together. If Min takes 3 hours to clean the kennel on her own, how long will it take Candy to clean the kennel alone?
3 m
Level 3
It takes Angel 9 hours to sew a blouse by herself. If Belina helps her, they will take 5 hours to sew the blouse. How long will Belinda take to sew the blouse by herself? Express the answer in mixed number.
3 m
Level 3
Ronnie and Dave, together, can clean a room in 3 hours. If Ronnie is cleaning the room alone, he can only complete the task in 9 hours. How long will Dave take to clean a room all by himself? Express the answer in mixed number.
3 m
Level 3
8 workers take 10 hours to build 4 bookshelves. How many hours will 6 workers take to build 2 bookshelves? Express the answer in mixed number of hours.
3 m
Level 3
50 men working 8 hours a day can finish building a boat in 10 days. How long would it take 60 men to finish building the same boat if they work the same number of hours a day?
3 m
Level 3
Machine X takes 5 minutes to cut 85 pieces of lumbers. Machine Y takes 15 minutes to cut 120 pieces of lumbers. Machine Z takes 10 minutes to cut 120 pieces of lumber.
  1. Which is the faster combination, X and Y or Y and Z? (Eg A, B)
  2. In 1 minute, how many more pieces of lumbers can be cut by the faster combination compared to the other combination?
3 m
Level 3
Beryl has 2 containers. A and B of different capacities. If Container A is filled by a tap at a rate of 3 litres per minute and Container B is filled by a tap at a rate of 5 litres per minute, when Container A is completely filled, 5 litres of water flowed out from Container B. If Container A is filled by a tap at a rate of 4 litres per minute and Container B is filled by a tap at a rate of 3 litres per minute, when Container A is completely filled, Container B is only half-filled. What is the capacity of Container B?
3 m