Level 3
Mrs. Tay had an equal number of pears and apples at first. She sold half of the apples and bought another 42 pears. In the end, she had thrice as many pears as apples. Find the number of apples she had at first.
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Level 3 PSLE
The number of boys and girls taking part in a quiz are in the ratio 4 : 7. These students are put into two groups. 60% of the boys and 30% of the girls are in Group 1. The rest of the students are in Group 2.
  1. What is the ratio of the number of students in Group 2 to Group 1? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. The number of boys in Group 2 is fewer than 50. What is the largest possible total number of students taking part in the quiz?
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Level 3
In a box, 45% of the pens are red, 15% are blue and the rest are yellow.
  1. What fraction of the pens is yellow? Give your answer in the simplest form.
  2. There are 588 yellow pens in the box. How many pens are there in the box altogether?
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Level 3
The number of girls in the dance club was 25 the number of boys in it. The number of girls in the computer club was 67 the total number of students in it. The total number of students in the dance club was 12 the total number of students in the computer club. Find the ratio of the number of boys in the computer club to the number of boys in the dance club.
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Level 3
Last year, there were 48 members in a school music club. The number of girls was 35 the number of boys.
  1. What percentage of the members were girls last year?
  2. This year, 4 boys left the club and 6 girls joined the club. What percentage of the members are girls this year?
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