Level 1 PSLE
In a group of 80 children, 48 were girls. What percentage of the children were boys?
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Level 1 PSLE
The pie chart shows the favourite colours of a group of pupils. What percentage of the pupils choose orange as their favourite colour?
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Level 1 PSLE
The usual price of the bag is $60. There is a sale and the sale price is $45. What is the percentage discount for the bag?
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Level 2
Wendy's father's weight to her weight is 8 : 3. If Wendy puts on 60% more weight, by what percentage must her father's weight be reduced by so that their total weight remains unchanged as before? Correct the answer(s) to 1 decimal place.
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Level 1 PSLE
A school conducted checks on its Primary 6 students' eyesight from Tuesday to Friday. Each student had their eyes checked on one of the four days. The bar graph shows the number of students that were checked on each day. What percentage of the Primary 6 students had their eyes checked on Tuesday?
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Level 2 PSLE
After a discount of 20%, the price of a football ticket is $60. Children are given a further discount of $15. What is the total percentage discount given to children for the ticket?
2 m
Level 2 PSLE
Sue had a box of black beads and red beads in the ratio 13 : 7. She removed an equal number of black beads and red beads from the box. The ratio of the number of black beads and red beads left in the box became 3 : 1. What percentage of the beads were left in the box?
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Level 3
In the figure, not drawn to scale, 40% of the triangle XEZ is shaded. The ratio of the shaded part of circle to the unshaded part of the circle is 5 : 9. What percentage of the rectangle WXZY is shaded?
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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.
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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.
3 m
Level 3
60% of the pupils are boys. 40% of the boys and 40% of the girls wear cardigans. What percentage of the pupils do not wear cardigans?
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Level 3 PSLE
Books in a class library are grouped according to the following four types: Riddles, Poetry, Folktale, and Crafts. The bar graph shows the number of books of each type in the class library.
  1. What percentage of books in the class library was of the Folktale type?
  2. There were 38 students in the class. Every student in the class took three or four books home to read over the weekend. No book was left in the classroom. How many students took three books home?
3 m
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?
4 m
Level 3
Betty and Eva shared some stickers. Betty had 60% of what Eva had at first. Betty then gave Eva 37 of what she had. How many more percent did Eva have than Betty in the end? Correct the answer to 1 decimal place.
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Level 3 PSLE
Mrs Curry bought a bag and a pair of shoes at a discount. She spent a total of $57.60 on these two items. She spent $9.60 more on the shoes than on the bag.
  1. How much did she spend on the shoes?
  2. The total discount given for the two items was $22.40. She was given a 25% discount for the bag. What was the percentage discount given for the shoes?
4 m
Level 3
Study the patterns.
  1. Find the total number of triangles in Figure 30.
  2. Express the biggest triangle as a percentage of the total possible number of triangles in Figure 30. Correct your answer to 2 decimal places.
5 m
Level 3
The average number of mangosteens in Carton C, Carton D and Carton E is 24 and it is 8 more than the average number of papayas in the 3 cartons. 16 of the papayas are in Carton C and the papayas in Carton C is 80% of the number of papayas in Carton D. If each carton has the same number of fruits, what percentage of the fruits in Carton E are mangosteens?
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Level 3
Sarah bought a total of 300 big and small candies. Then she decided to exchange 60% of her big candies for the small ones in the ratio of 3 : 5. After the exchange, she had 366 candies. What percentage of the candies she bought were small ones?
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