Level 3
Three types of pepper, W, X and Y come in containers of 150 g, 300 g and 400 g respectively. Containers of W, X and Y are mixed together in the ratio 1 : 6 : 7 to obtain 38 kg of an assortment of pepper.
How many containers of W and X are used altogether?
Find the difference between the combined weight of all the pepper in containers X and containers Y as compared to the pepper in containers W. Express the weight in kilograms.
Level 3
Rachel had 2060 mℓ more orange juice than Yvonne. After Rachel gave Yvonne 550 mℓ of orange juice, the ratio of Rachel's orange juice to Yvonne's orange juice became 5 : 2. How much orange juice did Rachel have at first? Give your answer in millilitres.
Level 3
The number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Kindness was 4 : 7. The number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Joy was 4 : 7. Both classes had the same number of boys. When 18 girls from Primary 4 Kindness joined Primary 4 Joy, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Primary 4 Kindness became 2 : 3. Find the total enrolment of both classes.
Tim has 42 marbles more than Ethan. In the end, Tim gives away all he has to Ethan and David so that both Ethan and David end up with the same number of marbles, how many marbles has Ethan received from Tim?
Level 3
The ratio of the number of scones to the number of muffins in a bakery was 2 : 3. After 4 scones and 8 muffins were packed into each box, there were a total of 7 scones and 1 muffin left. Find the total number of scones and muffins in the bakery at first.
Level 3
Howard and Sam had some money at first. Howard received 4 times as much money as Sam every fortnight. At the end of 2 fortnights, both of them had the same amount of money. If Sam had $1500 at first and Howard had $1900 at the end of those 2 fortnights, what was the ratio of Howard's money to the total amount of money at first?
Level 3
Betty had an equal number of $2 and $10 notes. After spending 43 pieces of $10 and 19 pieces of $2 notes, the ratio of the $2 notes to $10 notes left was 5 : 1. Find the value of the notes left.
Level 3
Fiona had an equal number of $5 and $10 notes. After spending 40 pieces of $10 and 16 pieces of $5 notes, the ratio of the $5 notes to $10 notes left was 4 : 1. Find the value of the notes at first.
Level 3
In October, the ratio of boys and girls in a school's rifle club was 4 : 7. In November, 68 new members joined the club. As a result, the ratio of boys to girls in the club became 4 : 3. There were 64 boys in the club in October. How many of the new members were girls?
Level 3
A fruit seller sells only soursops and avocados. The ratio of soursops to avocados is 5 : 4. A total of 68 fruits are added. The number of soursops becomes 2 times as many as before and the number of avocados becomes 4 times as many as before. How many fruits are there in the end?
Level 3 PSLE
Lina baked a total of 40 large and small cakes in the ratio of 5 : 3. She decorated each cake with some strawberries in the ratio of 3 : 2. She used a total of 204 strawberries to decorate all the small cakes and 7 large cakes.
How many small cakes did Lina bake?
What was the number of strawberries used to decorate all the small cakes?
How many more strawberries did Lina need to decorate the remaining large cakes?
Level 3
There were pink, yellow and blue stamps in a container. Sean put another 6 pink stamps and 10 blue stamps in the container, then the ratio of the number of yellow stamps to the number of blue stamps became 5 : 3. Then, he doubled the number of pink stamps and removed 28 blue stamps. The ratio of the number of pink stamps to yellow stamps became 2 : 1. He counted and found that there were a total of 62 stamps left in the container. Find the number of pink stamps that he had at the beginning.
Level 3
There were some grapefruits and durians in Container A and Container B. In Container A, the ratio of the grapefruits to the number of durians was 3 : 1. In Container B, the ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of durians was 3 : 2. There were 2 times as many fruits in Container A as in Container B. After 56 durians were put into Container B, the ratio of the number of grapefruits to the number of durians in Container B became 1 : 2. How many fruits were there in Container A?
Level 3
Henry's salary to Ken's salary is 5 : 7. The former saves $320 while the latter saves $232. If Ken's spending to Henry's spending is in the ratio of 8 : 5, what are Henry's and Ken's salaries respectively?
(a) Henry
(b) Ken
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?
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
Lisa had four baskets, C, D, E and F which contain a total of 351 kiwis. She transferred 7 kiwis from basket C to basket D, 24 kiwis from basket D to basket E and 38 kiwis from basket E to basket F. The ratio of the number of kiwis in basket C to basket D to basket E changed from 4 : 8 : 11 to 1 : 3 : 9. How many kiwis were in basket F at first?
