Level 3
Perry bought a piece of rope and cut it into 3 pieces. The third piece was 2.5 m longer than the first piece. The second piece was 2.42 m shorter than the third piece.
  1. If the first piece was 10.29 m, find the length of the rope before it was cut.
  2. How much did Perry pay if each metre of the rope was $2?
4 m
Level 3
Tom, Owen, and Harry have $238 in total. Harry has $25.10 less than Owen and $75.10 more than Tom. How much does Owen have?
4 m
Level 3
Lucy saved some of her school pocket money for 4 days. She saved $3 on the first day. For the remaining 3 days, she saved $0.40 more than the previous day.
  1. How much money did she save in 4 days?
  2. Lucy then spent all her savings on 9 identical notebooks. How much did each notebook cost?
4 m
Level 3
At a book shop, Alice paid $12 for 1 book and 2 pens. The book cost $6 more than each pen.
  1. How much is 1 book?
  2. How much is 1 pen?
3 m
Level 3
Christine spent 17 of her money on magazines and 27 of her money on a present.
If she was left with $27,
  1. what fraction of her money was not spent?
  2. how much money did she have at first?
4 m