Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. The ratio of the area of the rectangle to the area of the circle to the area of the triangle is 21 : 17 : 4. If 14 of the triangle and 37 of the rectangle are shaded, what is the ratio of the total shaded area to the total of the unshaded area? Leave your answer in the simplest form.
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. The ratio of the area of the rectangle to the area of the circle to the area of the triangle is 21 : 17 : 4. If 14 of the triangle and 37 of the rectangle are shaded, what is the ratio of the total shaded area to the total of the unshaded area? Leave your answer in the simplest form.
Level 3
There are 20% as many green beads as red beads in May's collection of beads. The number of purple beads is 30% fewer than the number of red beads. There are 330 more purple beads than green beads.
Find the total number of beads in the collection.
What percentage are the number of red beads as compared to the number of purple beads? Leave your answer as a mixed number in its simplest form.
Level 3
Two identical pails C and D contained some water. Pail C was 14 filled and Pail D was 1/5 filled. The ratio of the total mass of Pail C and the water in it to the total mass of Pail D and the water in it was 8 : 7. The total mass of the two pails and the water they contained was 3150 g. What is the mass of an empty pail?
Level 3
The figure is made up of a circle, a triangle and a square of sides 8 cm. The radius of the circle is 7 cm. The ratio of the area of the circle to the shaded area of the circle is 7 : 3. The ratio of the area of the square to the area of the triangle is 1 : 4. Given that 14 of the square is shaded, what is the total area of the unshaded figure?
(Take π = 227)
Level 3
The figure is made up of a circle, a triangle and a square of sides 8 cm. The radius of the circle is 7 cm. The ratio of the area of the circle to the shaded area of the circle is 7 : 3. The ratio of the area of the square to the area of the triangle is 1 : 4. Given that 14 of the square is shaded, what is the total area of the unshaded figure?
(Take π = 227)
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. Three pentagons A, B and C are arranged as shown in the figure. The area of Pentagon A is 35 the area of Pentagon B. The area of Pentagon B is 35 the area of Pentagon C.
Find the ratio of the area of Pentagon A to the area of Pentagon C.
23 of Pentagon A is shaded. What fraction of the whole figure is not shaded?
Level 3
The figure is not drawn to scale. Three pentagons A, B and C are arranged as shown in the figure. The area of Pentagon A is 35 the area of Pentagon B. The area of Pentagon B is 35 the area of Pentagon C.
Find the ratio of the area of Pentagon A to the area of Pentagon C.
23 of Pentagon A is shaded. What fraction of the whole figure is not shaded?
Level 3
Abby, Becca, Clara and Demi jointly contributed to the cost of a present for their friend. Abby's contribution is 25 of the total contribution made by the four girls. The ratio of Demi's contribution to the total of Becca's and Clara's contribution is 4 : 1. What is the total contribution by the four girls if Becca's contribution is 15 of Clara's contribution and the total amount contributed by Abby and Demi is $132?
Level 3
The figure is made up of 3 different triangles X, Y and Z. 20% of triangle X and 40% of triangle Z is shaded. The shaded area of X is the same as the shaded area of Z. What fraction of the figure is shaded if 40% of Triangle Y is shaded?
Level 3
The figure is made up of 3 different triangles X, Y and Z. 20% of triangle X and 40% of triangle Z is shaded. The shaded area of X is the same as the shaded area of Z. What fraction of the figure is shaded if 40% of Triangle Y is shaded?
Level 3
Tabitha purchased a bottle of rose syrup to make drinks. She used 37 of the liquid in January. She then used the remaining syrup in February and March in the ratio 3 : 7. Given that the amount of the rose syrup used in January was 0.18 ℓ more than that used on the February, how many millilitres of rose syrup did the bottle contain at first?
Level 3
There were some red, blue and green pens in a box. 19 of the pens were blue. The ratio of the number of red pens to the number of green pens was 3 : 5. There were 288 fewer blue pens than green pens.
Find the ratio of the number of red pens to the number of blue pens to the number of green pens in the box.
Level 3
In a container, there are candies of 3 colours, yellow, white and purple. There are 108 more white candies than purple candies. The number of purple candies is 12 more than the yellow candies. Given that the number of purple candies is 24% of the total number of candies in the container, how many more white candies are there than yellow candies?
Level 3
Lennie gave 58 of his salary to his wife. He gave 15 of his salary to his four children and left the rest for himself. He had $420 left for himself. Given that his four children received the same amount each, how much did each of his four children receive?
Level 3
The ratio of saloon cars to the total number of cars on display in Ken's car shop was 2 : 7. 25 of the remaining bikes on display were family cars and the rest were electric cars and sports cars in the ratio of 10 : 3. If there were 16 more electric cars than saloon cars, how many sports cars were there?
Level 3
During a survey, some people responded that they preferred badminton to other sports. The ratio of the number of women to the number of men who liked badminton was 3 : 1. The ratio of the number of people who liked badminton to those who disliked it was 3 : 1. If 20% of the people who did not like badminton were women, what was the ratio of the number of men to the number of women chosen for the survey?
Level 3
In the stationery shop, 14 of the books sold were Math books. 13 of the remaining books sold were English books. The ratio of the number of English books sold to the number of Chinese books was 7 : 6. The number of Science books sold was 56. How many books were sold altogether?
Level 3
In a school, 0.8 of the girls and 0.3 of the boys take part in CCAs. There is an equal number of boys and girls who do not take part in CCAs. If 378 pupils do not take part in CCAs, how many more pupils take part in CCAs than those who do not take part in CCAs?
Level 3
At a school sports festival, 13 of the participants were P5 and P6 students. 25 of the remaining participants were P3 and P4 students. The rest were P1 and P2 students in the ratio of 3 : 7 respectively. There were 208 fewer P1 students than the total number of P5 and P6 students. How many students were there at the school sports festival?
Level 3
There are some pupils in the zoo. 25 of them are girls, of whom 20% of them do not wear caps. 23 of the boys do not wear caps. What is the percentage of the pupils in the zoo who wear caps?
Level
In a stationery kiosk, a box of markers costs thrice as much as a guidebook. Mrs Yong spent 14 of her money to buy 2 boxes of markers. She then spent 47 of her remaining money to buy some guidebooks and had $21.60 left. How much does each guidebook cost?
Level 3 PSLE
At first, Jack had some money. He spent 14 of it on a T-shirt and 25 of the remainder on a pair of shoes. After that, his parents gave him $240. The ratio of the total amount of money he had at the end to the amount of money he had at first was 5 : 4. How much money did Jack have at first?
Level 3
A box contained red, blue and purple markers. 25 of the markers were red and 29 of the remainder were blue markers. The rest were purple markers.
Find the ratio of the number of purple markers to the number of red markers.
There were 160 fewer blue markers than red markers. How many markers were there in the box?
