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?
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Level 2
Can drinks are sold in packs of 3 and each pack costs $2.50. Find the most number of can drinks that can be bought with a $10 note if the can drinks are sold at a discount of 20%.
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Level 2
Peter and Gabriel went to buy mobile phones at a sale. The usual price of 1 mobile phone was $600 each.
SALE Buy 1 mobile phone at 15% discount
Buy 2 or more mobile phones at 25% discount each
  1. Peter bought 1 mobile phone. How much did he pay?
  2. What is the maximum number of mobile phones Gabriel can buy if he has $7000?
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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.
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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?
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Level 2
Lisa had $451200. She invested 20% of it and put the rest in an account that gave her 3.5% interest in a year. How much would she have in the account at the end of the first year?
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Level 2
The marked price of a coat was $80. After a 30% discount, the shopkeeper still makes a $6 profit.
  1. What is the cost price of the coat?
  2. What is the profit in percentage?
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Level 3
The cost price of a shirt is 30% less than that of the jacket. A profit of 25% is made when the jacket is sold for $50. What is the cost price of the shirt?
3 m
Level 2
The table shows the prices of a similar dress from two different malls.
  1. Which mall sells the dress at a cheaper price? (A or B)
  2. How much cheaper is the dress?
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Level 3
Alicia bought one camera at 20% discount off its original price. She paid a total of $107 for it, which was inclusive of 7% GST on the discounted price. What was the original price of the camera?
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Level 3
Olivia is 20% heavier than Xavier. Dana is 40% lighter than Xavier. Olivia is 12 kg heavier than Dana. What is Xavier's mass?
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Level 3
Annie had $2480. She spent 25% of her money on an air ticket to Vietnam and 14% of the remaining money on a luggage. How much had she left in the end?
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Level 3
Jane's savings is 20% more than Darwin's savings. If Jane's savings is decreased by 20%, their total savings will be $980. How much is Jane's savings?
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Level 3
Patricia collected 120 foreign stamps and 80 local stamps. She gave 40% of the foreign stamps and 15% of the local stamps to Jack.
  1. How many stamps did Jack receive in all?
  2. What percentage of the stamps that Jack received were foreign stamps?
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Level 3
Eli had 60 red beads and 40 green beads. Eli gave away 30% of her red beads and 55% of her green beads. What percentage of her beads left was green?
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Level 3
There was an equal number of tables and chairs in the morning. At noon, some tables were added and some chairs were removed, resulting in the number of tables being increased by 20% while the number of chairs decreased by 30%. At 7 p.m. the number of tables increased by 50%. If a total of 32 tables were added during the day, how many more tables than chairs were there in the end?
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Level 3
Wilfred saves 10% of his allowance. When his allowance was increased by 20%, his savings rose proportionately to $180. What was his original allowance?
4 m
Level 3
Wilfred saves 10% of his allowance. When his allowance was decreased by 20%, his savings decreased proportionately to $80. What was his original allowance?
4 m
Level 3
A rectangle measures 20 cm by 16 cm. Its length and breadth are both increased by 25%. Find the percentage increase in its area.
4 m
Level 3
A rectangle is 25 cm long and 20 cm wide. Its length is now increased by 40% and its breadth is increased by 50%. Find the perimeter of the new rectangle.
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