Level 3
Shop X had 68 kg of salt and Shop Y had 128 kg of salt. After both shops sold an equal amount of salt, Shop X had 25 as much salt as Shop Y. How much salt did both shops sell?
Level 3
Yvonne baked 140 cupcakes. 35 of the cupcakes were vanilla cupcakes. The rest were milo cupcakes. She gave an equal number of vanilla cupcakes and milo cupcakes away and had 5 times as many vanilla cupcakes as milo cupcakes left. How many cupcakes did she give away?
Level 3 Ben bought some pastries. He bought some cupcakes with $9.20 more than half his money. He then bought some puffs with $7.20 less than half of his remaining money. He then had $12.80 left. How much did he pay for the cupcakes?
Level 3
The figure is made up of 2 squares of different sizes. The area of the small square is 50% of the area of the big square. The overlapped shaded area is 20 cm2. The area of the unshaded small square is 25 the area of the unshaded big square. Find the area of the small square.
Level 3
The figure is made up of 2 squares of different sizes. The area of the small square is 50% of the area of the big square. The overlapped shaded area is 20 cm2. The area of the unshaded small square is 25 the area of the unshaded big square. Find the area of the small square.
Level 3
Lisa's and Natalie's savings were in the ratio of 4 : 9. Both of them shared the cost of their grandfather's gift equally. Lisa's remaining savings was 14 as much as Natalie's savings. What percentage of her savings did Lisa spend? Correct the answer to 1 decimal place.
Level 3
Wendyville School had 1220 students and Janeville School had 30% more students. When an equal number of students left each school, the ratio of the students in Janeville School to that in Wendyville School became 2 : 1. How many students were there in both schools in the end?
Level 3 PSLE
At first, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a club was 4 : 1. After 10 boys and 10 girls joined the club, the ratio became 3 : 1.
Did the percentage of members who were girls increase (1), decrease (2) or remain the same (3)? Give your answer in number. (Eg Increase = 1)
Level 3
Ethan and Liam had 400 marbles in total. Liam had 26 marbles more than Ethan at first. After Ethan and Liam played a game with Cathy, Ethan had 114 as many marbles as Liam. If Ethan lost as many marbles as Liam to Cathy, find the number of marbles that Ethan lost to Cathy.
Level 3
Renee had $420 less than Tom. Tom spent 0.6 of his money and Renee spent 0.5 of her money. In the end, Tom and Renee had the same amount of money left. Find the amount of money Renee had at first.
Level 3
At a wedding function, the ratio of the number of men to the number of women was 13 : 5. If 35% of the women left, what percentage of the men must leave so that there will be an equal number of men and women remaining?
Level 3
At a fruit stall, there were 399 mangosteens and lemons at first. 34 of the mangosteens and 23 of the lemons were sold. In the end, there were same number of mangosteens and lemons. How many more mangosteens than lemons were sold?
Level 3
The ratio of Henry's total points to that of Vincent's in a mock test was 6 : 7. In the next mock test, Henry's points increased by 70%. By what percentage must Vincent's points be increased if their total points were to be the same? Round off the answer to the nearest whole number.
Level 3 PSLE
On Saturday, the number of adults to boys to girls visiting a zoo was 3 : 6 : 5. On Sunday, the number of adults visiting the zoo remained the same. However, the number of boys increased by 50% and the number of girls decreased by 20%.
What was the ratio of the number of adults to boys to girls visiting the zoo on Sunday?
On Saturday, 572 boys and girls visited the zoo. What was the total number of visitors at the zoo on Sunday?
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.
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.
What is the ratio of the number of students in Group 2 to Group 1? Give your answer in the simplest form.
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?
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.
Level 3
Victor needed exactly 90 m of cloth to make 18 small identical banners and 9 big identical banners. He had some cloth which was just enough to make all the small banners and 5 big banners. He used 12112 cm for each small banner.
How much cloth would he need to make 1 big banner?
How much cloth was he short of to make the remaining big banners?
