GO for PSLE – June 2019 – Day 3

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1. Tap A can fill a tank in 5 hours and Tap B can fill the same tank in 8 hours. Tap C
can drain the tank in 10 hours. How long will it take for the tank to be filled when
all 3 taps are turned on?

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2. Craig and Damien can clean a white board in 3 minutes. Given that Damien
alone will take 9 minutes, how long will Craig take to clean the white board on his
own?

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3. Paul takes 10 days to complete fixing a model using ice cream sticks and Kylie
takes 12 days to fix the same model. Paul starts working on the model alone for
the first 3 days before Kylie joined Paul to complete the model together. How
many more days would Paul take if he did the same project on his own instead of
working with Kylie?

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4. There are 3 pipes connected to a tank. If Pipe A and Pipe B were turned on, it
will fill the tank with 7.2 ℓ of water in 6 minutes. Pipe C can drain the tank in 12
hours. At 7 a.m., Pipes A and B were turned on to fill the tank. When the tank
was filled, Pipes A and B were turned off and Pipe C was turned on. At 8.30 p.m.,
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Pipe C was turned off and the amount of water left filled 3 of the tank. Find the

capacity of the tank.

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5. Mr Lim rears cats to catch rats in his farm. Given that 10 rats can consume 20 kg

of crops in 10 days, and 4 cats can catch 4 rats in 4 days, how many more grams

of crops can Mr Lim harvest for each cat added to his farm each day?

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