Level 3
Lizzy bought some souvenirs for her friends at an average price of $12.50. If Lizzy decided to buy a pen which cost $16 for her father and a bag which cost $35 for her mother, the average price of the souvenirs would become $15.75. How many souvenirs did Lizzy buy for her friends?
3 m
Level 3
A burger cost three times as much as a sandwich at a cafe. Mr Lim spent 14 of his money on some sandwiches and half of the remaining sum on 2 burgers. He had $30 left.
  1. What was the cost of 1 sandwich?
  2. Mr Lim bought 5 burgers and 6 sandwiches. How much did he spend altogether?
5 m
Level 3
Minzy bought some pouches and bags for her friends. The price of each pouch was $2.40 while the price of each bag was $10.80. For every 4 bags bought, she was given one such pouch for free. After receiving the free pouches, the number of pouches was 13 of the number of bags bought. If Minzy paid a total of $1584, how much more did she pay for the bags than the pouches?
5 m
Level 3
Luke bought a refrigerator and a laptop. The original price of the refrigerator was $3200 and the original price of the laptop was half the original price of the refrigerator. Luke was given a 25% discount on the laptop. How much did Luke pay altogether?
4 m
Level 3
A furniture shop had a 30% discount storewide. The original price of a massage chair was $2300.
  1. How much was the massage chair after discount?
  2. Danny paid $2590 for a massage chair and a sofa. What was the original price of the sofa?
4 m
Level 3
Yen had some money. She spent 40% on books and 20% of her remaining money on a blouse. She had $168 left.
  1. How much did she have at first?
  2. If the blouse was bought at a 30% discount, what was the original price of the blouse?
4 m
Level 3
A pen cost $1.50. A notebook cost $15.50 more than the pen. Clare spent $340 on such pens and notebooks. She bought twice as many pens as notebooks.
  1. How many notebooks did Clare buy?
  2. How much money did Clare spend on the pens?
4 m
Level 3
Hazel had $18.60 in coins. She had four times as many 10-cent as 50-cent coins and 11 more $1 coins than 50-cent coins. How many coins does she have in total?
4 m
Level 3
  1. Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
  2. Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
4 m
Level 3
3 pupils shared the cost of a present equally. When calculating the amount each pupil had to pay, a mistake was made. The cost of the present was divided by 4 instead of 3. Each pupil ended up paying $3.90 less than the correct amount. What should be the correct amount for each share?
4 m