Q&A - PSLE Math

[HappyFaye]

shurley197323:

Hi, pls help and sorry for asking so often.

(1) Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left? (ans : 40)

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[HappyFaye]

shurley197323:

(2) lynn order some balloons for a carnival. 2/7 of the ballon are gold. The rest of the ballons are silver,red and blue in the ratio of 6:3:11. There are 120 fewer gold balloons than blue balloons. How many silver ballon did lynn order?

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[QuiteKSMum]

To : Tianzhu and Dharma,


Just want to say :thankyou: . We learned a lot from you guys during our prep. for last yr's PSLE. Both for Science, and esp Maths. ( only just became a member; hence the belated thanks!)

[MathIzzzFun]

shurley197323:

Hi, pls help and sorry for asking so often.

(1) Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left? (ans : 40)

Hi

For this question, mangoes left = 50. To get an answer of 40 the question is \"Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was half the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left?

cheers.

[tianzhu]

QuiteKSMum:

To : Tianzhu and Dharma,


Just want to say :thankyou: . We learned a lot from you guys during our prep. for last yr's PSLE. Both for Science, and esp Maths. ( only just became a member; hence the belated thanks!)

Hi QuiteKSMum

Good Morning.

You're welcome.

Best wishes

[shurley197323]

MathIzzzFun:

shurley197323:

Hi, pls help and sorry for asking so often.

(1) Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left? (ans : 40)

Hi

For this question, mangoes left = 50. To get an answer of 40 the question is \"Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was half the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left?


Yes.MathIzzzFun.Sorry , you are right.Thanks for pointing out


cheers.

[shurley197323]

Thanks. Coffeecat & HappyFaye for your answer.

Alsoa big thanks to Tianzhu.jieheng
And I really hope you all don’t get frustrated with me for asking some many questions these few days bcos I trying hard to prepare my gal for SA1

[shurley197323]

MathIzzzFun:

shurley197323:

Hi, pls help and sorry for asking so often.

(1) Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left? (ans : 40)

Hi

For this question, mangoes left = 50. To get an answer of 40 the question is \"Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was half the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left?

cheers.

Hi.Since this question I had wriiten wrongly. Is the solution still the same?

[MathIzzzFun]

shurley197323:

MathIzzzFun:

[quote=\"shurley197323\"]Hi, pls help and sorry for asking so often.

(1) Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left? (ans : 40)

Hi

For this question, mangoes left = 50. To get an answer of 40 the question is \"Alan had thrice as many oranges as mangoes. After he sold 136 oranges and threw away 12 rotten mangoes, the no of oranges left was half the no of mangoes left. How many mangoes did he have left?

cheers.

Hi.Since this question I had wriiten wrongly. Is the solution still the same?[/quote]hi shurley197323,

hope this helps :lol:


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cheers.

[shurley197323]

Hi. Pls help

Alice bought thrice as many sweets as lollipops and half as many chocolate bar as sweets. Each sweet cost $0.30,each lollipop cost $0.50 and each chocolate bar cost $1.20.SHe send $18.20 more on chocolate than on lollipops. How much did she pay for the sweets?