Level 3
Charlie bought $642 worth of staplers and pens. He bought thrice as many pens as staplers. He spent $334 more on pens than on staplers. Each stapler cost $1.60 more than each pen. Find the price of a stapler.

Level 3
Jane mixes 2.4 ℓ of rose syrup with twice as much milk. She then pours the mixture equally into 9 cups. How much mixture will each cup contain?

Level 2
A plate cost $4.50 and a cup cost $2.30. How much would Mrs Singh pay for 8 cups and 5 plates?

Level 2
Wendy has a piece of ribbon. She cuts 9 short pieces, each measuring 0.78 m, from it and has 2 ⁴₅ m of it left. What was the original length of the ribbon?

Level 3
Justin and Wesley each had the same volume of water. The water was used to pour into identical bottles. Justin filled up 16 bottles and had 4.8 ℓ of water left. Wesley filled up 8 bottles and had 6.4 ℓ of water left.

1. What was the capacity of each bottle? Give your answer in millilitres.
2. What was the total volume of water Justin and Wesley had at first? Give your answer in litres.

Level 2
Gopal went to a shop with 3 fifty-dollar notes. He bought a watch and a calculator. A watch cost 3 times as much as a calculator. He received $32.40 change. How much did the calculator cost?

Level 3
At a book shop, Alice paid $12 for 1 book and 2 pens. The book cost $6 more than the total cost of all the pens.

1. How much did 1 pen cost?
2. How much did 1 book cost?

Level 3
At a book shop, Alice paid $12 for 1 book and 2 pens. The book costs $6 less than the total cost of all the pens.

1. How much did 1 book cost?
2. How much did 1 pen cost?

Level 3
Oscar Mobile Company has a few mobile phone service plans. Plan A offers 270 SMS and 90 minutes of talk time for $25.20. Plan B offers 370 SMS and 190 minutes of talk time for $35.20. Oscar Mobile Company is also going to launch Plan C which offers 170 SMS and 260 minutes of talk time. How much should Oscar Mobile Company charge for Plan C if the cost per SMS and the cost per minute of talk time do not vary across the three plans?

Level 3
Mrs Decruz baked 8 muffins more than cakes. Each muffin needed 0.06 kg of flour while each cake needed 0.5 kg of flour. She used 1.72 kg more flour for the cakes than for the muffins. How many muffins did Mrs Decruz bake?