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?
