A passenger train travels at a speed of 72km/h.

A man on the passenger train observes a goods train

travelling at a speed of 54km/h in the opposite direction. If the goods train passes him in 8 seconds, find
the length of the goods train.

Jared packed some sweets and chocolates into gift bags as door gifts for his birthday party. He tried
putting every 2 sweets with 1 chocolate into a bag and found that he had 30 chocolate left. When he put
every 2 sweets with 2 chocolates, he needed another 50 chocolates. How many sweets and chocolates did
he have altogether?

Donna bought some bags at $10 each and sold them at $19 each. For customers who bought 2 bags, she
gave them 1 bag free. If she earned $925 and gave away 11 free bags, how many customers bought only
one bag?

At 11.45 am, a car left town A at a constant speed of 60 km/h. At 12.30 pm, a motorcycle left the same
place and travelled at a constant speed. After travelling 195 km, the motorcycle caught up with the car.
The motorcycle travelled at the same speed then stopped for a 30-minute break at 4.45 pm before
continuing at the same speed. How far apart would the two vehicles be at 6.30 pm?
Mr. Lee bought 500 notepads. He sold 50% of them at a selling price of $1.50 each and 30% of the
remainder at a discount of 10% each. He then sold the rest of the notepads at cost price. After deducing
the cost of the notepads, Mr. Lee collected a total of $86.25 from the sale of all the notepads. What was
the cost price of each notepad?

A rectangular piece of paper with breadth 6cm was rolled up, without overlapping, to form a hollow
cylindrical tube. Find the perimeter of the rectangular piece of paper if the circumference of the tube is
22cm.

Jenny mixed 3/4 litres of lemon syrup with 7/8 of soda water to make lemonade. She served 4/5 litres of
the lemonade to her family and then poured the remaining lemonade into some glasses for her guests.
The capacity of each glass is 1/10 litre.
(a) What is the total number of glasses, each containing 1/10 litre of lemonade could Jenny poured the
lemonade into?
(b) How much lemonade was left?

A number of people visited the Bird Park on Sunday. Among the visitors, 30% were adults while the rest
were children and senior citizens. There were 50% more children than senior citizens.
The entrance fees are shown below.
Child---> $12.50
Adult--->$20
Senior Citizen---->$10.50
The Bird Park collected $18447 on that day. How many children visited the Bird Park on that day?

Aaron had 3/4 as many badges as Ben. Ben has 2/5 as many badges as Calvin. Aaron has 8 badges fewer
than Ben. How many more badges does Calvin have than Ben?

A wheel of radius 10cm made two complete revolutions between Wall A and B. What is the distance
between the two walls. Take pi = 3.14

Amos, Ben and Charles shared the cost of a present. Amos and Ben paid 5/9 of the price of the present.
Amos and Charles paid 2/3 of the price of the present. Amos paid $4. How much did the present cost?

Mrs Kong spent 2/7 of her salary on a camera. She saved 3/5 of the remainder. Then she distributed the
rest equally among her parents and 2 children. What fraction of her salary did each of them receive?

After spending $200 of her money on a dress, Jan spent 20% of her remaining money on a bag. She then
spent $131 on a pair of shoes. In the end, she had 20% of her money left. Find how much money she had
at first?
In a concert hall, some people were standing while the rest were sitting. When the performance started,
20% of those who were standing decided to sit and 20% of those sitting decided to stand. In the end,
75% of audience were seated. How many percent of the audience were standing at first?

Mrs Tan bought some cups and pots in a shopping trip. The price of each cup was $3.20 while the price of
each pot was $12.40. For every 4 pots bought, she was given one such cup for free. After receiving the
free cups, the number of cups was 1/3 of the number of pots bought. If Mrs Tan paid a total of $2280,
(a) how much pots did she buy?
(b) how much more did she pay for the pots than the cups?

Denise and Ellen had some savings at first. 40% of Denise's saving was equal to 25% of Ellen's saving.
Then, Denise received $40 from father and her saving increased by 5%. How much money must Ellen give
to Denise so that she will have 12% more money than Denise in the end?

Luqman's and Bryan's salary are in the ratio 8:9 respectively. If Luqman's salary increased by 50%, by
what percentage must Bryan's salary be increased so that both their salaries will be the same?

In a competition between teams A, B and C, the number of points scored by Team A and Team B was 75.
Team B's score was 50% of Team C's score. Team C's score was 4 times as many as Team A's score. Find
the total number of points scored by the 3 teams.

There is a total of 1036 goats and ducks in a farm. 2/9 of the number of goats is equal to 3/5 of the
number of ducks.
(a) How many goats are there on the farm?
(b) 1/6 of the goats are sold. Express the number of goats remaining in the farm as a fraction of the
number of ducks in the farm. Express the fraction in its simplest form.

A motorcycle travelled 75km in 45 mins and later increased its speed by 20% for the next 150km. what
was the average speed of the motorcycle for the whole journey?

In a bakery shop, there are some curry, sardine and kaya buns. There are 216 more curry than sardine
buns. There is 3 times as many curry as kaya buns. There is 12% as many sardine buns as the total
number of buns. How many buns are there in the bakery shop?

There are 260 students in a school. 30% of them were girls while the rest were boys. When the school
reopened, more student were admitted. The new students had boys and girls in the ratio of 5:4. After new
students were admitted, 40% of the students was girls.
a. How many girls were admitted?
b. How many students were there in the end?

At first Edwin had some $10 and $2 notes in the ratio of 3:8. After exchanging 2 $10 notes for $2 notes,
the ratio of $10 to $2 becomes 1:3. How much did money did Edwin have at first?

The area of a rectangle is 84cm. The length is 5cm more than the width. Find the length of the rectangle.
Saj spent 50 minutes on his project. He spent e minutes more than Thor. Thor spent 10 minutes less than
Udell. How much time did Udell spend on his project? Leave your answer in minutes.

At a fun-raising event, 60% of the people were male and the rest were female. 20% of the female left the
event in the afternoon. In the evening, after 33 male and 35 female left the event, 75% of the people at
the event were male.
(a) What percentage of the people left the event in the afternoon?
(b) How many people were there at the start of the fun raising event?

The Robotics Club had twice as many pupils as the Science Club. The ratio of the number of girls to the
number of boys in the Robotics Club was 4:1. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys in the
Science Club was 2:3.
(a) Find the ratio of the number of girls in the Robotics Club to the number of girls in the Science Club.
(b) After 38 girls left the Robotics Club to join the Science Club, the ratio of the number of girls to the
number of boys in the Science Club became 9:4. How many girls were in the Science Club in the end?

James used 4/7 of his screws and 3/5 of his nails to construct a wooden cupboard. In the end, he had an
equal number of screws and nails left. Given that James had a total of 145 screws and nails at first, how
many nails did he use to construct the wooden cupboard?

A circular wheel of diameter 35cm makes 100 revolutions in 1 minute. Calculate the distance covered by
the wheel in half an hour. Express your answer in km.

Arnold and Sandy were given some money each. If Arnold spent $25 and Sandy spent $75 each day,
Arnold would still have $2100 while Sandy would have spent all her money. If Arnold spent $75 and Sandy
spent $25 each day, Arnold would still have $900 while Sandy spent all her money. How much money was
given to each of them?

Ashley was given a sum of money. She spent the same amount of money each day. She spent 2/7 of her
money in 6 days. After another 5 days, she had $20 left. How much money did she have at first?

Town A and B were 360km apart. A car left Town A for Town B at 10.30p.m, at an average speed of
70km/h. At the same time, a van left Town B for A, travelling along the same road, at an average speed of
50km/h. At what time did the car and van pass each other?

1760 children took part in a run last year. This year, the number of boys increased by 20% while the
number of girls decreased by 20%. As a result, the number of girls became twice as many as the number
of boys this year.
(a) How many boys took part in the run last year?
(b) What is the percentage decrease in the number of children who took part in the run this year?

A lorry left Town A at 8 a.m. and travelled towards Town B at an average speed of 55 km/h. At 11a.m., a
car left Town A for Town B, travelling at an average speed of 85 km/h along the same road. Both the lorry
and the car travelled at a uniform speed.
(a) At what time did the car pass the lorry?
(b) How far was the lorry from Town A when the car passed the lorry?