Can someone please help to solve this problem using model drawing :-


Joyce had a total of 586 muffins and pies. There were 66 more muffins than pies. After selling 226 muffins and buying some more pies, then she had 4 times as many pies as muffins. How many pies did Mrs Lim buy ?

Thank you in advance for your help !

Can someone please help to solve the following question :-

(Can it be solved by model drawing ?)

A baker had 400 chocolate muffins and 800 blueberry muffins. 1/5 of all the muffins turned bad. The baker sold 160 chocolate muffins and 300 blueberry muffins. If he had 240 fewer chocolate muffins than blueberry muffins,
(a) What fraction of all the muffins were sold ?
(Give your answer in the simplest form)
(b) how many chocolate muffins turned bad ?

Tks.

Can someone please help to solve the following problem using model drawing :-


Mr Lim’s monthly salary was $300 more than Mrs Lim’s monthly salary. Every month, each of them spent $1400 and saved the rest of the money. After some months, Mr Lim saved $16,250 and Mrs Lim only saved $8,750.

(a) How many months did Mr Lim take to save $16,250 ?
(b) What were their total monthly salaries ?

Can someone please help me with the following problem :-


At Joy Station, 381 passengers entered the MRT train and 281 passengers got off. At Hope Station, 483 passengers entered and 590 passengers got off. At Peace Station, all 675 passengers got off the train. How many passengers were on the train before it reached Joy Station ?

Thank you in advance for your kind assistance.

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Study the above number patterns carefully. Can someone please advise what is the missing number and show workings on how the answer is being derived ?

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Can someone please advise which is the best / shortest way to solve the following questions :-


Q1. Gillian has three ropes measuring 54 cm, 108 cm and 189 cm. She cuts them all into equal pieces. The length of each piece is the longest possible she can cut.
(a) What is the length of each piece of rope ?
(b) How many pieces of rope does Gillian get ?

Q2. Mei Mei and her mother returned from shopping with 14 packages.They parked the car at the car park which is 120 m away from their house. Then they made several trips to bring the packages home. Mei Mei's mother could carry 3 packages at a time and Mei Mei could carry 2. Given that they always walked together and the least possible number of trips was made, find the total distance covered by both of them.

Thanks in advance !

Can someone please kindly help me to solve the following problem using model drawing :-


Raju and Wei Ming had the same amount of pocket money. Each day, Raju spent $4 and Wei Ming spent $6. When Wei Ming had $12 left, Raju had 4 times as much money left as Wei Ming. How much was each boy's pocket money at first ?

Thanks in advance for your help !

Hi, can someone please help me to draw the model & explain how to solve the following question :


Q : Michelle had four times as many stickers as Vanessa. After each of them bought an equal number of stickers from the bookshop, Michelle had thrice as many stickers as Vanessa. If Vanessa had 57 stickers in the end, how many stickers did each of them buy from the bookshop ?

Hi, can someone please help to solve the following question using model drawing ?


Q : Shirley, Tabitha and Rani had some beads. After Shirley gave 0.25 of her beads to Rani and Tabitha gave 0.2 of her beads to Rani, each of them had 180 beads. How many beads did Rani have at first ?

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Hi, Is there any other way to solve the following question besides guess and check ?


Q : A square painting is mounted onto a square cardboard leaving a border of 3 cm all around it. If the area of the border is 240 cm2, what is the area of the painting ?

Thank you in advance for your help !