Level 3
Helen spent $12 on a shirt. She spent 15 of her remaining money on a blouse and a blazer, after which half her money was left.
  1. What fraction of her money did she spend on the shirt?
  2. The cost of the blazer is 13 the cost of the blouse. How much more does the blouse cost than the blazer?
4 m
Level 3
At the supermarket, passion fruits were sold at 3 for $3.10 and pears were sold at 4 for $4.70. What was the total amount of money that Mrs Ang had to pay if she bought 15 such passion fruits and 8 such pears?
4 m
Level 3
Erika spent 38 of her money on 6 notebooks and 10 post-it pads. The cost of one post-it pad was thrice the cost of one notebook. She bought some more post-it pads with 14 of her remaining money. How many post-it pads did Erika buy altogether?
4 m
Level 3
Mr Ho wants to buy the same type of files. If he buys 6 files, he will have $3 left. If he buys 8 files, he will be short of $5.50. How much do 6 files cost?
4 m
Level 3
Marnie wants to buy some files of the same price. If she buys 6 files, she will have $7.20 left. If she buys 10 files, she will have no money left.
  1. How much does each file cost?
  2. How much does Marnie have?
4 m
Level 3
Nancy wants to buy some files of the same price. If she buys 2 files, she will have $3.60 left. If she buys 5 files, she will short of $1.50.
  1. How much does each file cost?
  2. How much does Nancy have?
4 m
Level 2
Paul went shopping with $800. He bought a camera for $224 and a watch for $148. How much money had he left?
3 m
Level 3
Raymond had $350. If he spent $50 on books and some of his money on bags, he would be left with 35 of his money. How much did he spend on bags?
4 m
Level 3
A sum of $728 is divided among a group of people. 78 of the people receive $4 each, 13 of the remainder receive $3 each and the rest receive $2 each. How many people are there altogether?
4 m
Level 2
Mr Yap had $817. He bought a toy plane for $69 and gave his wife $275. How much money had he left?
3 m