Level 3
In a jar, the ratio of the number of yellow balls to the number of purple balls was 1 : 3. Each time, 5 yellow and 7 purple balls were taken out of the jar. A while later, only 120 purple balls were left in the jar. What was the total number of balls in the jar at first?
Level 3
The ratio of the boys to the girls in school was 5 : 2. After 6 boys went home and 8 new girls came, there were 7 more boys than girls in the end. Find the number of children in the school at first.
Level 3
The ratio of Zoe's to Isabelle's incomes was 6 : 1 at first. After Zoe and Isabelle were given another $654 and $341 respectively, Zoe had 4 times as much money as Isabelle. How much did both of them have in the end?
Level 3
Sean and Jack have some money. If Sean gives $293 to Jack, the ratio of their money will be 3 : 5. If Sean gives $424 to Jack, the ratio of their money will be 1: 3. How much does Sean have?
Level 3
The amount of lemon syrup to the amount of water in Cup A is in the ratio 2 : 5. The amount of lemon syrup to the amount of water in Cup B is in the ratio 1 : 6. There is an equal amount of lemon syrup in both cups. Cup B contains 189 mℓ more water than Cup A. What is the amount of lemon syrup in Cup A? Leave the answer in mℓ.
Level 3
The figure shows a rectangular piece of paper. It is cut into 3 parts, X, Y and Z. Find the ratio of the area of the rectangular piece of paper to the area of Y. Leave your answer in the simplest form.
Level 3
The figure shows a rectangular piece of paper. It is cut into 3 parts, X, Y and Z. Find the ratio of the area of the rectangular piece of paper to the area of Y. Leave your answer in the simplest form.
Level 3 PSLE
The pupils at a camp are divided in Group A and Group B. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group A is 5 : 4. The ratio of the number of boys to girls in Group B is 5 : 1. There are 2 times as many pupils in Group B as in Group A. There are 20 more boys in Group B than Group A. What is the total number of girls?
Level 3
Mr Ken sold some mangosteens, mangoes and lemons. The ratio of the number of mangosteens sold to the total number of fruits sold was 3 : 10. The ratio of the number of mangoes sold to the number of lemons sold was 2 : 19. He sold 110 more lemons than mangosteens. Find the total number of fruits that he sold.
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
Class 5 Goodness and 5 Love had the same number of students. The ratio of the number of girls in 5 Goodness to the number of girls in 5 Love was 1 : 13. The ratio of the number of boys in 5 Goodness to the number of boys in 5 Love was 7 : 1.
What is the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in Class 5 Goodness?
If there were 33 fewer boys than girls in Class 5 Love, how many students were there each class?
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
There were some packets and bottles. A packet weighed 3 kg and a bottle weighed 2 kg more. The total weight of the packets was 35 kg heavier than the total weight of the bottles. The number of packets and bottles were in the ratio 5 : 2. What was the total weight of the packets and the bottles?
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.
Level 3
During one test, points were awarded for questions answered as shown.
The ratio of the questions correctly to questions answered wrongly to questions that were missed out was 8 : 4 : 2. If Tiffany was awarded 300 points, how many questions are there in all?
Level 3
During one test, points were awarded for questions answered as shown.
The ratio of the questions correctly to questions answered wrongly to questions that were missed out was 8 : 4 : 2. If Tiffany was awarded 300 points, how many questions are there in all?
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
In a bakery, the prices of pastries are listed as follow:
The ratio of the number of scones sold to the number of puffs sold was 4 : 3. The ratio of the number of muffins sold to the number of puffs sold was 8 : 7. The bakery collected $80 more on the sales of muffins than the sales of scones.
How many scones were sold?
How much did the bakery collect from the sales of the pastries?
Level 3
In a bakery, the prices of pastries are listed as follow:
The ratio of the number of scones sold to the number of puffs sold was 4 : 3. The ratio of the number of muffins sold to the number of puffs sold was 8 : 7. The bakery collected $80 more on the sales of muffins than the sales of scones.
How many scones were sold?
How much did the bakery collect from the sales of the pastries?
Level 3
There were 182 red, blue and green marbles in a box. 26 green marbles were removed from the box and the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles became 4 : 3 : 5. Then some yellow marbles were added and the ratio of the number of green marbles to the number of yellow marbles was 13 : 9.
What was the ratio of the number of red marbles to the number of blue marbles to the number of green marbles at first?
Level 3
Janet had some pencils, erasers and rulers. The ratio of the number of pencils to the number of erasers was 5 : 1. After giving away 16 erasers, the ratio of the number of rulers to the number of erasers was 4 : 1. Janet bought another 184 rulers. As a result, there were an equal number of pencils and rulers. How many erasers did she have at first?
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?
