Level 3
Nicole bought 2 pairs of shoes at the store and paid a total amount of $262.15 including 7% GST.
  1. How much did the 2 pairs of shoes cost before GST?
  2. The usual price for Nicole's second pair of shoes was $190 before GST. What was the usual price of her first pair of shoes before GST?
4 m
Level 3
  1. Sophie bought a doll and a toy plane during the Toy Bonanza. The usual price of the doll and the toy plane was $12 and $18 respectively. How much did she pay for the 2 items?
  2. Nicholas bought 2 identical soft toys. The total discount for the 2 soft toys was $10.50. What was the price of each soft toy before discount?
4 m
Level 3
Belinda made a profit of 50% from the sale of a dress and a profit of 80% from the sale of a shirt. The total profit she made from the two items was $91. She later sold a similar dress at a discount of 20% off the advertised price. Her total profit for the three items then increased to $121.
  1. Find the profit made on the shirt.
  2. How much did she sell the shirt for?
4 m
Level 3
A shopkeeper is selling 700 sketch books. He sold 60% of them at $8 each, 50% of the remainder at a discount of 40% and the rest at cost price. He made a profit of $2912. Find the cost price of a sketch book.
4 m
Level 3
A shop gave a discount of $5 for every $20 spent. Mrs Tan bought a dress and paid $100 after the discount.
  1. What was the price of the dress before the discount?
  2. What was the amount that Mrs Tan saved?
3 m