Singapore Math, 70 Must-Know Word

Problems, Level 6
1. Mr. Lee had a bag of red beans and a bag of black
beans. 20% of the total number of beans were black and
there were 180 oz. more red beans than black beans. He
transferred some red beans to the bag containing black
beans so that the bag now contained 30% of the total
number of beans. How many ounces of beans were
there in the bag of mixed beans? (Answer: 90 oz. of
beans)

2. Sarah bought 8 folders and 3 rulers. Lea bought 8 rulers

and 3 folders. Sarah paid $1.25 more than Lea. How
much was each folder if each ruler was 45¢? (Answer:
$0.70)

3. An empty rectangular tank with a base area of 2,400 cm2

is filled with water from 2 taps. One tap can fill the tank
12 L of water per minute, while the other tap can do it at
3 L less per minute.
a. What will be the depth of water in the tank after both
taps are turned on for 6 minutes? (Answer: 52.5
cm)
b. If water leaks from the tank at a rate of 2 L per
minute for 6 minutes, what will be the depth of water
in the tank? (Answer: 47.5 cm)

4. Andy had 20% fewer marbles than Henry. When Andy

gave 80 marbles to Henry, the number of marbles he had
 left was half of what Henry had. How many marbles did
Andy have in the beginning? (Answer: 320 marbles)

5. Lily went for 8 rides at the county fair. Some rides were
on the merry-go-round, and the rest were on the pirate
ship. The total cost of all rides was $6.30. Each pirate
ship ride cost $0.60, and each merry-go-round ride cost
$0.90. How many pirate ship rides did Lily take?
(Answer: 3 pirate ship rides)

6. Simon and Jimmy had 167 stamps altogether. Simon

gave of his stamps to Trina, and Jimmy gave 37
stamps to Trina. Simon and Jimmy had the same
number of stamps left. How many stamps did Jimmy
have in the beginning? (Answer: 76 stamps)

7. The number of Roberto’s baseball cards is the number

of David’s cards. If Roberto gives of his cards to David,
what will be the ratio of Roberto’s cards to David’s
cards? (Answer: 3:11)

8. The ratio of boys to girls in a school choir is 4:3. There

are 6 more boys than girls. If another 2 girls join the
choir, what will be the new ratio of boys to girls?
(Answer: 6:5)

9. Tierra, Nico and Alex had $865 altogether. Tierra spent

of her money, Nico spent $40 and Alex spent twice as
much as Tierra. If the 3 friends had the same amount of
 money left, how much money did Alex have in the
beginning? (Answer: $385)

10. Hitomi has a total of 30 red and blue bowling balls at

her bowling alley. Each red ball weighs 8 lb. Each blue
ball weighs 9 lb. If the total mass of the blue balls is 49
lb. heavier than the total mass of the red balls, how many
red balls does she have? (Answer: 13 red balls)

11. In a department store, there were a certain number

of red T-shirts, blue T-shirts and yellow T-shirts. of the
T-shirts were red. of them were blue, and the rest were
yellow. If there were 20 more red T-shirts than blue T-
shirts, how many yellow T-shirts were there? (Answer:
50 yellow T-shirts)

12. Amanda is 12 years old. She is times as old as her

father. How many years ago was her father 4 times as
old as Amanda? (Answer: 2 years ago)

13. Daniel gave of his stickers to Javier. Javier’s

collection of stickers increased to 64. If Javier had 28
stickers in the beginning, how many stickers did Daniel
have in the beginning? (Answer: 45 stickers)

14. The ratio of the number of postcards John had to

the number of postcards Zachary had was 4:9. Zachary
had 45 more postcards than John. After giving some
 postcards to John, Zachary had as many postcards as
John.
a. How many postcards did Zachary have in the
beginning? (Answer: 81 postcards)
b. How many postcards did Zachary give to John?
(Answer: 27 postcards)

15. Luisa and Connor had $360 altogether. After

Connor gave Luisa of his money, she had the same
amount of money as he did. How much money did
Connor have in the beginning? (Answer: $300)

16. There was a total of 840 guests at a wedding

dinner. 60% of them were adults, and the rest were
children. Some boys left before the dessert was served.
As a result, the percentage of adults increased to 70%.
How many boys left before the dessert was served?
(Answer: 120 boys)

17. After Khalil gave Benjamin of the rocks in his

collection, Benjamin had 70 rocks. If Benjamin had 25
rocks in the beginning, how many rocks did Khalil have in
the beginning? (Answer: 75 rocks)

18. Serena paid $20.20 for 36 rulers and folders. She

bought 16 more folders than rulers. If each folder cost
$0.50 more than each ruler, how much did each folder
cost? (Answer: 70¢ or $0.70)
19. Jackson has 14 pet birds and rabbits. The total
number of rabbits have 44 more legs than the total
number of birds. How many pet birds does he have?
(Answer: 2 pet birds)

20. Mr. Lynch bought some oranges and pears. After

giving away 10 oranges, he had twice as many pears as
oranges left. If he had 24 pears in the end, what was the
ratio of oranges to pears in the beginning? (Answer:
11:12)

21. The ratio of boys to girls in a classroom was 9:8.

Half of the girls left the classroom, and then there were
15 more boys than girls.
a. How many children were in the classroom in the
beginning? (Answer: 51 children)
b. How many girls left the classroom? (Answer: 12
girls)

22. Lexi and Maria had $250 altogether. After Lexi

spent of her money and Maria spent $40, they had the
same amount of money left. How much money did Lexi
have in the beginning? (Answer: $131.25)

23. DeShawn and Luke had an equal number of

stickers. After DeShawn used 26 stickers and Luke lost
38 stickers, DeShawn had twice as many stickers as
Luke. How many stickers did each of them have in the
beginning? (Answer: 50 stickers)
24. There were 75 pebbles in Boxes A. B, and C. After
moving 28 pebbles from Box A to B, 24 pebbles from B
to C, and 19 pebbles C to A, there was an equal number
of pebbles in each box. How many pebbles were in Box
A in the beginning? (Answer: 34 pebbles)

25. Chloe, Emma, and Pilar shared 540 beads. Chloe

took 90 beads. Pilar took 3 times as many as the total
number of beads Chloe and Emma took. How many
beads must Pilar give to Emma so that both receive the
same number of beads? (Answer: 180 beads)

26. The figure consists of 3 different squares, A, B, and

C, which overlap one another. The ratio of their areas is
7:8:10. of Square B is shaded. What is the ratio of the
shaded area to the unshaded areas? (Answer: 2:13)

27. Mr. Santiago bought 10 crates of oranges. There

were 50 oranges in each crate. He sold 65% of them. 8%
of the remainder went bad, and he threw them away.
a. How much money did Mr. Santiago earn if he sold
the oranges 5 for $1.20? (Answer: $78)
 b. If he made $24.15 by selling the rest of the oranges,
how much did he charge for each orange?
(Answer: 15¢ or $0.15)

28. Jason earns 30 cents for every carrot he sells. He

earns an extra $3 for every 30 carrots he sells. How
many carrots must he sell in order to earn $555?
(Answer: 1,390 carrots)

29. Every week, Brady gets $2.50 more for his

allowance than Max does. They spend $6 on snacks and
save the rest. Brady saves $72, but Max saves only $52.
a. How many weeks does it take Brady to save $72?
(Answer: 8 weeks)
b. How much money does Max get every week?
(Answer: $12.50)

30. If Julie bought 8 T-shirts, she would be short $28. If

she bought 4 T-shirts and 3 baseball hats, she would
have $17 left. If each hat cost $5, how much money did
she have in the beginning? (Answer: $92)

31. In March, the total savings of Oliver, Asia, Hassan,

and Abby was $1,440. In April, their savings became
equal when Oliver’s savings doubled, Asia’s savings
decreased by $30, Abby’s savings increased by $46, and
Hassan’s savings remained the same. Find their total
savings in April. (Answer: $1,664)
32. of the people who live in an apartment building are
men. of the remaining people are women. The rest are
children. A total of 220 men and women live in the
building. How many people live in the apartment building
altogether? (Answer: 280 people)

33. There were 35 gallons of water in a tank an 4.5

gallons of water in a pail. An equal amount of water was
poured into the tank and the pail. The ratio of the water in
the tank to that in the pail became 7:2.
a. How much water was in the pail in the end?
(Answer: 12.2 gal.)
b. How much water was poured into the pail?
(Answer: 7.7 gal.)

34. Deepak is 10 years old, and his brother is 7 years

old. In how many years time will their total age be 41?
(Answer: 12 years)

35. The ratio of one-dollar coins to fifty-cent coins in a

box was 3:4. 6 one-dollar coins were removed, and some
fifty-cent coins of the same amount were added. The
ratio of one-dollar coins to fifty-cent coins then became
1:3. What was the total amount of money in the box?
(Answer: $30)

36. A farmer had 500 ducks and 300 chickens. He gave

his sister 100 chickens and ducks. Later, the farmer
bought 10 more ducks and 75 more chickens. As a
 result, the number of ducks decreased by 12% and the
number of chickens increased by 15%.
a. How many ducks did the farmer give away?
(Answer: 70 ducks)
b. How many chickens did he give away? (Answer:
30 chickens)

37. If Will gives Molly $9, he will have the same amount
of money as her. If Molly gives Will $9, the ratio of the
money she has to the money Will has will be 1:2. How
much money does Will have in the beginning? (Answer:
$63)

38. The ratio of guppies to angelfish in a shop was 2:3.

The number of angelfish was the number of goldfish.
The shopkeeper decided to replace of the guppies with
some angelfish. The number of angelfish she added was
equal to the number of guppies she replaced. There
were 30 more goldfish than angelfish in the end. How
many guppies were in the shop in the beginning?
(Answer: 60 guppies)

39. of the seats in a concert hall were occupied. The

ratio of adults to children was 7:3. If 90 more adults
attended the concert, the number of adults would be 3
times the number of children. How many seats were in
the concert hall? (Answer: 600 seats)
40. The figure shows 2 similar squares, A and B, which
overlap each other. The ratio of the shaded area to the
total area of Square B is 3:5. The ratio of the shaded
area to the total area of Square A is 9:17. What is the
ratio of the shaded area to the total unshaded areas of
the figure? (Answer: 9:14)

41. If Owen gives $40 to Charley, they will have an

equal amount of money. If Charley gives 80$ to Owen,
the ratio of Owen’s money to Charley’s money will be
4:1. How much money does Owen have in the
beginning? (Answer: $240)

42. If 25 dimes were moved from Box A to Box B, there

would be an equal number of dimes in both boxes. If 100
dimes were moved from Box B to Box A, the ratio of
dimes in Box A to Box B would be 7:2. What was the
original number of dimes in Box A? (Answer: 250
dimes)

43. 80% of the members in a tennis club were male,

and the rest were female. After 450 members left the
club, the number of male members decreased by 25%,
and the number of female members decreased by 50%.
 Find the number of members in the tennis club in the
beginning. (Answer: 1,500 members)

44. A survey conducted in a school showed that 65% of

the students walked to school. The remaining students
took buses to school. The ratio of students who took
school buses to those who took public buses was 4:3.
There were 360 more students who walked than who
took buses. How many students took public buses to
school? (Answer: 180 students)

45. There are 32 more apples than oranges in a box.

of the oranges and of the apples are overripe. If the
number of overripe apples and the number of overripe
oranges are the same, how many pieces of overripe fruit
are there? (Answer: 48 pieces of overripe fruit)

46. This year, the sum of Mr. Bellini’s age and his son’s
age is 38 years. 4 years ago, Mr. Bellini was 5 times as
old as his son.
a. How old is his son this year? (Answer: 9 years old)
b. How old is Mr. Bellini this year? (Answer: 29 years
old)

47. Tap A was turned on to fill a rectangular tank of 50

cm by 40 cm by 28 cm with water at a rate of 6 liters per
minute. After 2 minutes, Tap B was turned on to drain
water from the tank at a rate of 2 liters per minute. 6
minutes after Tap B was turned on, both taps were
 turned off. Find the depth of water left in the tank.
(Answer: 18 cm)

48. A box contained some red, blue, and green

markers. For every 5 red markers, there were 2 blue
markers. For every 3 blue markers, there were 5 green
markers.
a. Find the ratio of red markers to blue markers to
green markers. (Answer: 15:6:10)
b. When 6 red markers were removed from the box,
of the remaining markers were red markers. How
many markers were left in the box? (Answer: 56
markers)

49. The figure below is not drawn to scale. The ratio of

the area of triangle ABC to the area of triangle DEC to
the area of triangle FGH is 7:5:3. If 20% of the area of
triangle DEC is shaded, what percentage of the figure is
unshaded? (Answer: 88 %)
50. Carter left Town A at noon, driving toward Town B
at an average speed of 50 mph. At 12:30 P.M., Minh
headed from Town B to Town A along the same road. At
3 P.M., they met each other along the way, and Carter
realized that he had completed 60% of his journey.
a. How far was Town A from Town B? (Answer: 250
mi.)
b. At what speed was Minh traveling? (Answer: 40
mph)

51. Emilio left Sunshine Road at 8:30 A.M., and arrived

at Summer Lane at 1:30 P.M. His average speed for the
whole journey was 60 km/h. For the first 60% of the trip,
he drove at an average speed of 90 km/h. For the next
25% of the remaining trip, his average speed was 60
km/h. Find his average speed for the remaining part of
the trip. (Answer: 36 km/h)

52. At 8 A.M., Dylan and his neighbor, Mickey, drove in

their cars to a city that was 240 mi. away from their
neighborhood. When Dylan reached the city, Mickey had
40 mi. to go. He finally completed the trip 48 minutes
later.
 a. How long did it take Mickey to drive to the city?
(Answer: 4 hr. and 48 min.)
b. What was Dylan’s driving speed in mph? (Answer:
60 mph)

53. Jada, Nicholas, Nita, and Calvin shared $60. Jada

received of the total amount of money Nicholas, Nita,
and Calvin received. Nicholas received of the total
amount of money Nita and Calvin received. Nita received
3 times as much as Calvin.
a. How much money did Jada receive? (Answer: $20)
b. How much more money did Nicholas receive than
Calvin? (Answer: $10 more)

54. Ethan had $8 more than Dakota. Ethan then gave

of his money to Dakota. The ratio of money Ethan had to
the money Dakota had then became 5:7. How much
money did Ethan give to Dakota? (Answer: $10)

55. Sam had 80 foreign stamps and local stamps. After

giving away of his foreign stamps and 10 local stamps,
he had an equal number of foreign stamps and local
stamps left. How many local stamps did he have in the
beginning? (Answer: 38 local stamps)

56. Mrs. Richmond bought some apples and pears in

the ratio 3:5. After she gave away of the apples and 40
pears, the ratio of apples to pears became 2:5. An apple
 costs 30 cents. A pear costs 15 cents more than an
apple. How much did Mrs. Richmond pay for the fruit?
(Answer: $63)

57. At the beginning of the year, 40% of the students in

the Art Club were boys. In the middle of the year, 25% of
the girls left but 8 more boys joined the Art Club. The
number of members became 42. Find the total number of
Art Club members at the beginning of the year. (Answer:
40 members)

58. The ratio of Maya’s beads to Kayla’s beads was

12:7. After Maya bought another 28 beads and Kayla
gave away 32 beads, of Kayla’s beads were left.
a. How many more beads did Maya have than Kayla
in the beginning? (Answer: 80 more beads)
b. Find the new ratio of Maya’s beads to Kayla’s
beads. (Answer: 11:4)

59. At a school camp, 30% of the students were boys.

When 87 students left the camp after the second day,
half the original number of boys were left behind, and the
number of girls decreased by 20%. How many girls were
at the camp in the beginning? (Answer: 210 girls)

60. Ahmed earns $1.50 for every video game he sells.

When he sells one carton of 30 video games, he earns
an additional $10. What is the minimum number of video
games he has to sell in order to earn $450? (Answer:
246 video games)
61. A certain sum of money was shared among 3
friends, A, B, and C. A received of the money, and B
got as much as A. C received $49 less than A.
a. Find the ratio of B’s money to C’s money (Answer:
1:1).
b. How much money did C receive? (Answer: $98)
62. The ratio of the number of papayas to the number of
bananas in a basket is 4:5. There are twice as many
kiwis as bananas in the basket. If there are 36 more kiwis
than papayas, how many pieces of fruit are in the
basket? (Answer: 114 pieces of fruit)

63. of the guests at a birthday party were adults. The

ratio of boys to girls was 2:7. There were 180 more
children than adults. How many more girls than boys
were there at the party? (Answer: 250 more girls)

64. of the people at a funfair were children. of the

remaining people were men. There were 140 more
children than women. How many people went to the
funfair? (Answer: 280 people)

65. The distance between Town A and Town B was 210

km. At 9:20 P.M., a bus set off from Town A to Town B
and a car left from Town B to Town A. The average
speed of the bus was 60 km/h, and the average speed of
the car was 80 km/h.
 a. Calculate the time at which the car passed the bus.
(Answer: 10:50 P.M.)
b. How far had the car traveled when it passed the
bus? (Answer: 120 km)

66. Stephen drove at a constant speed from Town X to

Town Y at 9 A.M. yesterday. Half an hour later, Cole
drove from Town X to Town Y at a constant speed that
was 30 km/h faster than Stephen’s. By 9:30 A.M.,
Stephen had already traveled 40 km. Cole caught up
with Stephen at Town Y, arriving at the same time as
Stephen.
a. At what speed was Stephen driving? (Answer: 80
km/h)
b. What was the distance between the 2 towns?
(Answer: 146 km)

67. A basket contained 75 brown eggs and some white

eggs. Salima found that 15% of the total number of eggs
were rotten. Of the rotten eggs, were white and the
remaining 6 were brown.
a. How many white eggs were there altogether?
(Answer: 45 white eggs)
b. How many eggs were not rotten? (Answer: 102
eggs)

68. Ava made 100 paper cranes, Brittany made of the

number of paper cranes Ava made. Ava gave of her
 paper cranes to Brittany. Then, Brittany gave of her
paper cranes to Ava. How many more paper cranes did
Brittany have than Ava in the end? (Answer: 5 more
paper cranes)

69. There were 490 children altogether in 2 groups.

Group A consisted of only boys, and Group B consisted
of only girls. There were 2 times as many girls as boys.
Some girls joined Group B, and for every 4 boys in
Group A, 32 more boys joined the group. The total
number of girls was then the total number of boys.
Express the number of girls who joined Group B as a
fraction of the number of boys who joined Group A.
(Answer: )

70. Last month, Nate spent 12% of his paycheck on car

repairs and 25% of the remainder on food. He gave
$1,320 of the remaining money to his parents and then
bought a computer on sale. If the usual price of the
computer was $825 and the discount was 20%, how
much money did Nate have in the beginning? (Answer:
$3,000)