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?
3 m
Level 3
Beryl has 2 containers. A and B of different capacities. If Container A is filled by a tap at a rate of 3 litres per minute and Container B is filled by a tap at a rate of 5 litres per minute, when Container A is completely filled, 5 litres of water flowed out from Container B. If Container A is filled by a tap at a rate of 4 litres per minute and Container B is filled by a tap at a rate of 3 litres per minute, when Container A is completely filled, Container B is only half-filled. What is the capacity of Container B?
3 m
Level 3
Yvonne and Anna have some pens. If Yvonne gives 45 pens to Anna, Anna will have 4 times the number of pens as Yvonne. If Anna gives 104 pens to Yvonne, Yvonne will have 13 as many pens as Anna. How many pens does Yvonne have at first?
4 m
Level 3
If Yvonne gives Oscar $27, the amount of money she has will be 25% of his. If Oscar gives Yvonne $12, he will have the same amount of money as her. How much money did each of them have?
(a) Oscar
(b) Yvonne
4 m
Level 3
Cathy and Queenie have some money. If Cathy spends $7, she will have 45 as much money as Queenie. If Queenie spends $3, Cathy will have 56 as much money as Queenie. How much money does Cathy have?
4 m
Level 3
Tina and Sarah have some cupcakes each. If Tina gives Sarah 49 cupcakes, Tina will have 34 as many cupcakes as Sarah. If Tina gives Sarah 19 cupcakes, they will have an equal number of cupcakes. How many cupcakes does Tina have at first?
4 m
Level 2 PSLE
Andy has some biscuits. If he gives each of his friends 5 biscuits, there is no remainder. If he gives each of them 3 biscuits instead, he will have 10 left. How many biscuits does Andy have?
2 m
Level 2
Johnny has a bag of sweets to distribute to his students. If he gives each student 5 sweets, he will have 3 sweets left. If he gives each student 7 sweets, he will be short of 25 sweets. How many sweets does he have in his bag?
2 m
Level 2
Johnny has a bag of sweets to distribute to his students. If he gives each student 5 sweets, he will have 13 sweets left. If he gives each student 7 sweets, he will have 3 sweets left. How many sweets does he have in his bag?
2 m
Level 2
Johnny has a bag of sweets to distribute to his students. If he gives each student 5 sweets, he will be short of 3 sweets. If he gives each student 7 sweets, he will be short of 13 sweets. How many sweets does he have in his bag?
2 m
Level 3
Sean and Cathy had some money each. If Cathy gives Sean $49, he will have 3 times as much as Cathy. If Sean gives Cathy $20, he will have the same amount as her. How much money does each person have respectively?
  1. Sean?
  2. Cathy?
3 m
Level 3
Mrs Lin has some candies and cupcakes. If she packs a candy and a cupcake in each bag, there will be 82 cupcakes left. If she packs 2 candies and 3 cupcakes in each bag, there will be 34 candies left. How many candies and cupcakes does she have in all?
4 m
Level 3
Henry and Sean have the same amount of money. If Henry spends $43 a day and Sean spends $14 a day, Sean will have $319 when Henry uses up all his money. If Henry spends $13 a day and Sean spends $43 a day, how much will Henry have left when Sean uses up all his money?
4 m
Level 3
George and Vincent were given some allowances. If George spent $28 each day and Vincent spent $56 each day, George would still have $837 left when Vincent spent all his allowance. If George spent $56 each day and Vincent spent $28 each day, George would still have $162 left when Vincent spent all his allowance.
  1. How much allowance did George receive?
  2. How much allowance did Vincent receive?
4 m
Level 3
There are some blue and yellow marbles in a container. If 10 blue marbles are removed from the container, the total number of marbles left will be 8 times the number of blue marbles left. If 5 yellow marbles are removed from the container, the total number of marbles left will be 5 times the number of blue marbles. How many marbles are there in the container?
4 m