Level 3
A fruit seller displayed the same amount of each type of fruits for sale every morning from Monday to Saturday in a week. She charted each type of fruits which were left unsold at the end of the week as shown in the graph.
  1. Which type of fruit was the most popular?
  2. If she had 720 fruits in the beginning of the week, how many fruits did she sell in the week?
3 m
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.
4 m
Level 3
There was an equal number of red and silver marbles in a bag at first. After 16 silver marbles were taken out and 41 red marbles were added into the bag, there was 14 as many silver marbles as red marbles. Find the number of silver marbles in the bag at first.
4 m
Level 3
There was an equal number of boys and girls at an exhibition. After 35 of the boys and 42 girls had left the exhibition, there were 12 more boys than girls at the exhibition. How many students were there at the exhibition at first?
4 m
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.
4 m
Level 3
Betty and Caili had an equal number of beads at first. Betty used 12 of her beads and Caili used 16 of her beads. They used 16 beads altogether. How many beads did Caili have in the end?
4 m
Level 3
Rose and Aaron had the same amount of savings at first. Then Rose spent 15 of her savings and Aaron spent 23 of his savings. If Rose spent $5201 less than Aaron, how much did each of them have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Henry and Imran had the same number of playing cards. Henry gave away 45 of his playing cards while Imran gave away 57 of his playing cards. Given that Henry gave away 12 playing cards more than Imran, how many playing cards did Henry have at first?
4 m
Level 3
David and Eileen had equal amount of money. David spent 12 of his money on food while Eileen spent 34of her money on food. Given that Eileen spent $4 more than David on food, how much did David have at first?
4 m
Level 3
Lisa and Terry had the same number of sweets at first. Lisa gave 15 sweets to her sister. In the end, Terry had four times as many sweets as Lisa. How many sweets did Lisa have at first?
4 m