PSLE
A fruit stall sold peaches at 60¢ and dates at 30¢ each. Wendy bought some peaches and Vanessa bought some dates from the stall. Vanessa spent $1.50 less than Wendy, but had 3 fruits more than Wendy.

1. How many dates did Vanessa buy?
2. How much did Wendy spend on the peaches?

	Peaches	Dates
Number	1 u	1 u + 3
Value	0.6	0.3
Total value	0.6 u	0.3 u + 0.9

(a)
Number of peaches that Wendy bought = 1 u
Number of dates that Vanessa bought = 1 u + 3

Amount that Wendy paid = 0.6 x 1 u = 0.6 u
Amount that Vanessa paid = 0.3(1 u + 3) = 0.3 u + 0.9

If Vanessa spent another $1.50, both Vanessa and Wendy would spend the same amount.

0.6 u = 0.3 u + 0.9 + 1.5
0.6 u - 0.3 u = 0.9 + 1.5
0.3 u = 2.4

1 u = 2.4 ÷ 0.3 = 8

Number of dates that Vanessa bought
= 1 u + 3
= 8 + 3
= 11

(b)
Amount that Wendy spent on the peaches
= 0.6 u 
= 0.6 x 8 
= $4.80

Answer(s): (a) 8; (b) $4.80