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
Nicole bought 2 pairs of shoes at the store and paid a total amount of $262.15 including 7% GST.
  1. How much did the 2 pairs of shoes cost before GST?
  2. The usual price for Nicole's second pair of shoes was $190 before GST. What was the usual price of her first pair of shoes before GST?
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
Belinda made a profit of 50% from the sale of a dress and a profit of 80% from the sale of a shirt. The total profit she made from the two items was $91. She later sold a similar dress at a discount of 20% off the advertised price. Her total profit for the three items then increased to $121.
  1. Find the profit made on the shirt.
  2. How much did she sell the shirt for?
4 m
Level 3
A shopkeeper is selling 700 sketch books. He sold 60% of them at $8 each, 50% of the remainder at a discount of 40% and the rest at cost price. He made a profit of $2912. Find the cost price of a sketch book.
4 m
Level 3
A shop gave a discount of $5 for every $20 spent. Mrs Tan bought a dress and paid $100 after the discount.
  1. What was the price of the dress before the discount?
  2. What was the amount that Mrs Tan saved?
3 m
Level 3
If Kelly sells a hand phone at a discount of 20% of the usual price, she will make a profit of $40. If she sells it at a discount of 40%, she will incur a loss of $45. Find the price of the hand phone.
4 m
Level 3
If Jerome sells a camera at a discount of 5% of the usual price, he will make a profit of $75. If he sells it at a discount of 20%, he will still make a profit of $30. Find the cost price of the camera.
4 m
Level 3
If Melvin sells a television at a markup price of 10% above its usual selling price, he will make a profit of $500. If he sells it at a discount of 20% of its usual selling price, he will incur a loss of $100. Find the selling price of the television.
4 m
Level 3
One book costs $48 at a shop. During a sale, for every 3 books bought, the 4th book can be bought at a discount of 15% off the original price. How many books does Ron buy if he pays $1944 altogether?
4 m
Level 3
The advertisement shows the cost of buying pencils from a stationery kiosk.
  1. Hilda bought 29 pencils. How much did she pay?
  2. Howard bought 100 pencils. How much did he pay?
4 m
Level 3 PSLE
Mr Devon bought an humidifier for $216 after a discount of 25%.
  1. What was the price of the humidifier before discount?
  2. He paid $128 for a fan. The total discount for the humidifier and fan was $104. What was the percentage discount given for the fan?
5 m
Level 3
A newly opened furniture store was having a storewide discount of 10% off its usual price. Mrs Tan used her credit card to purchase a sofa set and Mr Nair used cash to pay for a similar sofa set.
  1. How much did Mrs Tan pay in the end after GST? Round off your answer to the nearest cent.
  2. How much did Mr Nair pay in the end after GST? Round off your answer to the nearest ten cent.
5 m
Level 3
The usual price of a notebook sold at Shop A and B is $20. During a sale, a discount of 20% is given to every notebook sold at Shop A. At Shop B, a discount of 50% is given to the 3rd notebook for every 3 notebooks sold. How much cheaper would it be if Lily buys 8 notebooks from Shop A instead of Shop B?
5 m
Level 3
Ms Ong and 3 parent volunteers took a class of 30 children to the Trick-Your-Eyes Museum. What was the minimum cost of all the tickets to be bought?
4 m