Level 3
Adam earns commission by selling cars.
He receives a commission of 10% on the first $10000 in a month.
For additional sales, he will get a 5% commission.
How much will he earn in commission if his total sales is $50000?
2 m
Level 3
Adam earns commission by selling cars.
He receives a commission of 10% on the first $10000 in a month.
For additional sales, he will get a 5% commission.
If he earns $14500, what is his total sales in that month?
2 m
Level 1
Adam wants to buy a TV set. The usual price of the TV set is $1000.
As a privileged card member, he is entitled to a membership discount of 10%.
  1. How much is the discount?
  2. How much does he pay for the TV set?
2 m
Level 2
Adam pays for a TV set at a discount of 10%.
Bryan pays for the same TV set at a discount of 30%.
Bryan pays $200 less than Adam.
What is the usual price of the TV set?
3 m
Level 2
Adam pays $900 for a TV set at a discount of 10%.
  1. What is the usual price of the TV set?
  2. Bryan pays $800 for the TV set. What is the percentage discount that is given to Bryan?
3 m
Level 3
Adam wants to buy a TV set.
The usual price of the TV set is $1000.
There is a storewide promotional discount of 20%.
As a privileged card member, he is entitled to another 10% discount of the discounted price.
How much does he pay for the TV set in all?
3 m
Level 1
Adam wants to buy a TV set. The usual price of the TV set is $1000.
He needs to pay a GST of 10%.
  1. How much is the GST?
  2. How much does he pay for the TV set in all?
2 m
Level 3
The price of a TV set with 5% GST is $1050.
  1. How much does Adam have to pay if the GST is increased to 10%?
  2. How much more must Adam pay because of the GST increase?
3 m
Level 3
The price of a TV set with 10% GST is $1100.
  1. How much does Adam have to pay if the GST is decreased to 5%?
  2. How much saving does Adam enjoy as a result of the decrease in GST?
3 m
Level 2
Adam wants to buy a TV set. The usual price of the TV set is $1000.
As a privileged card member, he is entitled to a discount of 10%.
He needs to pay a GST of 5%.
  1. How much is the GST?
  2. How much does he pay for the TV set in all?
3 m
Level 2
Adam has $1000 in his bank account.
The bank pays him an annual interest of 5%.
He does not deposit any more money.
  1. What is the interest after a year?
  2. How much will he have in his bank account after a year?
2 m
Level 3
Linda had a story book with 440 pages. She read 50% of the story book on Thursday, 35% of the story book on Friday and the rest on Saturday.
  1. How many pages did she read on Saturday?
  2. How many more pages did she read on Thursday than on Saturday?
3 m
Level 2
Lisa had $451200. She invested 20% of it and put the rest in an account that gave her 3.5% interest in a year. How much would she have in the account at the end of the first year?
3 m
Level 2
The marked price of a coat was $80. After a 30% discount, the shopkeeper still makes a $6 profit.
  1. What is the cost price of the coat?
  2. What is the profit in percentage?
3 m
Level 3
Suzanne saved $468 in January. In February, her savings was 85% of the amount saved in January.
  1. How much money did she save in February?
  2. Suzanne was saving up money to go on a holiday which cost $2580. She has planned to save the remainder of the money for the holiday by the last day in June. What is the average amount of money she would need to save after January and February?
3 m
Level 3
A large cubical container of side 60 cm was filled with fruit juice up to 30% of its capacity. After 5 full jugs of fruit juice were removed from it, the level of fruit juice in the container dropped by 14 cm. The remaining fruit juice was then drained out through a tap found at the bottom of the container at a rate of 3 litres per min.
  1. How much fruit juice can each jug hold? Express your answer in mℓ.
  2. How long would it take to completely drain the fruit juice from the container through the tap? Express your answer in min. (1 ℓ = 1000 cm3)
4 m
Level 3
Annie had 23 as many stamps as Becky. The sum of the number of stamps Annie and Becky had was the same as the number of stamps that Callie had. After trading, Callie gave 20% of her stamps to Annie and received 25% of Becky's stamps. If Becky wanted to increase her number of stamps in the end by 25%, find the ratio of her number of stamps to the sum of Annie's and Callie's stamps in the end.
4 m
Level 3
The ratio of the amount of money Anna had to the amount of money Belle had was 6 : 7. Anna then gave 56 of her money to Belle. In the end, Belle returned $66 to Anna and they both had the same amount of money. How much money did each girl have at the beginning?
  1. Anna
  2. Belle
4 m
Level 2
A rectangular tank measuring in 40 cm by 15 cm by 20 cm is 25 filled with water. How much water is needed to fill the tank to 50% of the capacity? Give your answer in litres.
3 m
Level 3
Benny and Nigel both received an allowance from their father. Benny initially received 30% of the money. He then gave Nigel $5, and was left with 13 as much money as Nigel. What was the total amount of money given to the two boys?
4 m