Level 3
During a candy sale, Sally paid $2 less for every 15 candies she bought. Each candy cost 60 cents. Sally paid a total of $38 for some candies. How many candies did she buy?
4 m
Level 3
Mary visited a bakery where cheese tarts are sold in packages of 5 or 10. Packages of 5 are sold at $6.50 each and packages of 10 are sold at $12. What was the most number of cheese tarts could Mary buy with $285?
4 m
Level 3
10% Caden's money is equal to 50% of Xavier's money. Caden has $240 more than Xavier. How much money do they have altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Edward spent $340 on shopping, $650 on transport and gave 60% of the remainder to his wife. He then saved the rest of the money, which amounted to 10% of his original sum of money. How much did he give his wife?
4 m
Level 3
The table shows the prices of muffins at two shops. The muffins are only sold in sets of 6 muffins in Candy's Bakery or sets of 7 muffins in Dina's Bakery.
  1. Ann has $8.15. She wants to buy 14 muffins from Dina's Bakery. How much more money does she need to buy the 14 muffins?
  2. Zack has $97. He wants to buy the greatest possible number of muffins with his money from one of the two shops. What is the greatest possible number of muffins he can buy with his money?
4 m