Challenging PSLE Questions

1.

Ahmad and Sadia were given some money each. If

Ahmad spent $25 and Sadia spent $75 each day,
Ahmad would still have $2100 while Sadia had spent
all her money. If Ahmad spent $75 and Sadia spent
$25 each day, Ahmad would still have $900 while
Sadia had spent all her money. How much money was
given to each of them?
2.
Lila and Sheela were given some beads. While making necklaces, if
Lila uses four times as many beads as Sheela, Sheela will still have
932 beads when Lila has used all her beads. If Lila uses half as
many beads as Sheela, Seela will still have 221 beads when Lila has
used all her beads.
(a) How many more beads did Sheela has?

(b) Altogether how many beads have they been given?

3.
Mrs Lees bookshop has some fiction and non-fiction books. If she
sells 60 fiction and 30 non-fiction books each day, she will still have
284 fiction books while all her non-fiction books have been sold out.
If she sells 20 fiction and 60 non-fiction books each day, she will still
have 2134 fiction books while all her non-fiction books have been
sold out.
(a) How many fiction books did she have?

(b) How many non-fiction books did she have?

4.

The ratio of the number of ducks to the number of

chickens was 9 : 5. When 20 ducks and 22 chickens
were added, the birds were distributed into groups of
7. In each group, there were 4 ducks. Find the number
of birds at first.
5.
In a box, the ratio of the number of balls to the number of marbles
was 3 : 7. If 75 more balls were added and 75 marbles were
removed, the ratio will become 4 : 1.

How many balls were there at first?

6.

Sam and Tony were given some money. Sam can buy 10 muffins
and Tony can buy 15 muffins. If Sam is given $8 more and Tony is
given $16 more, Sam can buy 6 curry puffs and Tony can buy 10
curry puffs.
(a)How much money did Sam have at First?

(b) How much did each curry puff cost?

7.

At first, Edward had some $10 notes and $2 notes in

the ratio of 3 : 8. After exchanging two $10 notes for
$2 notes, the ratio of $10 notes to $2 notes became
1 : 3. Find the amount of money Edward had.
8.
There were 280 students in a school. 30% of them were girls while
the rest were boys. When the school reopened after a holiday, more
students had taken admission in the school. The new students had
boys and girls in the ratio of 5 : 4. After the new students were
admitted, 40% of the students population was girls.
(a) How many girls were admitted?

(b) How many students were there in the end?

9.

Johns mother is thrice his age. 11 years from now, his

mothers age will be twice that of his. How old is his
mother?
10.

2/5 of the books on bookshelf A is equal to 11/4 of the

books on bookshelf B. If new books are added on both
bookshelves in the ratio of 2 : 3, there will be 444
books on bookshelf A and 489 books on bookshelf B.
Altogether how many books are added to the
bookshelves?
11. Janice had 3 boxes. Boxes A, B and C contains a total of 1512
pearls. The number of pearls in Box A to the total number of pearls
was 2 : 7. Janice sold 190 pearls from Box B and sold 1/4 of pearls in
Box C. The number of pearls left in Box B to the number of pearls
left in Box C was 2 : 1. How many pearls were there in Box C at
first?
12. Irene had a total of 1686 red, blue and green balls for sale. The
ratio of the number of red balls to the number of blue balls was 2 :

3. After Irene sold 3/4 of blue balls, 1/2 of green balls and none of the
red balls, she had 922 balls left. How many blue balls did Irene
have at first?
13. There are more pupils in school A than school B. 30% of pupils
in school A is 45 more than 40% of pupils in school B. If 10% of
pupils in school A leaves to join school B, there will be 200 more
pupils in school A than school B.
(a) How many pupils are there in school B?
(b) How many percent less pupils are there in school B than school
A?