Level 3
Stella went shopping with $60. She spent $20 on a pair of socks and $35 on a pair of shoes. What fraction of her money was left?
4 m
Level 3
Ivory receives $10 more allowance than Neave each day. Ivory spends $9 more than Neave each day. Their remaining money was saved. How much more money will Ivory save than Neave after 3 days?
2 m
Level 2
Mr Tan paid $2568 for a television and $769 for a stereo set.
  1. How much cheaper was the stereo set than the television?
  2. How much did he spend in all?
2 m
Level 2
Mark went shopping with some money. The amount of money he brought along was just enough to buy 6 similar files. However, he spent $4.20 on a scarf and $6.85 on a shirt. He then had $22.55 left. What was the price of each file?
4 m
Level 3
Zoe went shopping with $200. She bought a skirt for $30, a denim pants for $70 and a handkerchief for $20.
  1. What fraction of her money did she spend?
  2. What fraction of her money was left?
4 m
Level 3
Mr. Choy bought 5 kg of flour for $12. He sold the flour for $28.
  1. How much did he sell each kilogram of flour for?
  2. How much money did he make from each kilogram of flour?
4 m
Level 3
Bryan's money was 335 times his sister's money. After his mother gave him $44 and his sister $122, Bryan then had twice as much money as his sister. How much money did Bryan have at first?
4 m
Level 2
Arjun earned $2350 every month. He saved 15 of his salary in January and spent the rest. How much money did he spend in January?
3 m
Level 3
A rectangular floor, 18 m by 9.5 m, is laid with rubber tiles at a cost of $29 per square metre.
  1. Find the cost of tiling the floor.
  2. Round off the answer in (a) to the nearest thousand dollars.
3 m
Level 3
Jenny's mother gave her $2 to buy 2 pears. Instead, Jenny bought 3 pears and received twenty cents as change. How much change would Jenny receive if she had bought 2 pears?
4 m