Level 3
Adam receives his allowance of $250.
The ratio of Adam's spending to Adam's saving is 2 : 3.
The ratio of Adam's spending on food to the remaining expenses is 1 : 4.
  1. What fraction of his allowance is spent on food?
  2. What fraction of his allowance is spent on the remaining expenses?
  3. How much did he spend on food?
3 m
Level 2
Natalie gave 13 of her stamps to her mother and 12 of her stamps to her father. She used 14 of the remaining stamps. What fraction of her stamps was left?
2 m
Level 2
John gave 18 of his salary to each of his two parents. He gave 13 of the remainder to his son. What fraction of his salary had he left?
2 m
Level 2
Kenny had $63. He spent 17 of the money on a pen. He then spent 23 of his remaining money on a pencil case. How much did he spend on the pencil case?
2 m
Level 2
Mrs Tan had 10 ℓ of orange juice. She used 12 of the orange juice for a picnic and 25 of the remaining orange juice to bake orange-flavoured cookies. How much orange juice did she have left? Give your answer in litres.
2 m
Level 2
Anna's money is 34 of Samantha's money. Samantha gives 12 of her money to Anna. Express Anna's money as a fraction of Samantha's money after Anna received the money from Samantha. (Give your answer as a mixed number.)
2 m
Level 2
At a shop, dining chairs were sold for the price shown.
Usual price of one dining chair: $30
John bought some dining chairs at a discount of 30%. He paid $168 in total. How many dining chairs did he buy?
3 m
Level 2
During a sale, Kimberly bought a skirt and a coat at a discount. She paid a total of $141.10 on these two items. She paid $20.50 more on the skirt than on the coat.
  1. How much did she pay for the skirt?
  2. Kimberly received a total discount of $33.20 for the skirt and the coat. What is the percentage discount given by the shop? Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
3 m
Level 2
Tommy bought two lamps that cost $171 each before Goods and Service Tax (GST).
  1. Given that GST was charged at 8%, how much GST did Tommy have to pay for one lamp?
  2. What was the total cost of the lamps, inclusive of GST?
3 m
Level
Jane had some lollipops. She sold 20% of her lollipops and gave half of the remainder to her brother. After that, she bought 26 lollipops and had a total of 32 lollipops in the end. How many lollipops did Jane have at first?
4 m