Money Problems: Practice Set 2 - Worksheets, Questions and Revision

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EP.M8B Money Problems: Practice Set 2

GL ASSESSMENT GL · Calculators not allowed · about 60 minutes
Total Marks
Name: _______________________________    Date: ____ / ____ / ______
Answer ALL questions. Show all your working.
1
Ruben buys a comic for 2.35 pounds and a drink for 1.20 pounds. Work out the total cost.
  • A) 3.35
  • B) 3.55
  • C) 3.65
  • D) 3.75
  • E) 4.55
(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)
2
Nadia buys 3 identical notebooks costing 90p each. Work out the total cost.
  • A) 2.60
  • B) 2.70
  • C) 2.80
  • D) 2.90
  • E) 3.60
(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)
3
Callum has a 10 pound note. He buys a sandwich costing 3.45 pounds. How much change should he receive?
  • A) 6.45
  • B) 6.55
  • C) 6.65
  • D) 7.45
  • E) 7.55
(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)
4
Farah buys 4 balloons at 35p each and a card costing 1.20 pounds. Work out the total cost.
  • A) 2.40
  • B) 2.50
  • C) 2.60
  • D) 2.80
  • E) 3.20
(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)
5
A cafe sells a sandwich for 3.60 pounds and a smoothie for 2.15 pounds. Idris buys one of each and pays with a 10 pound note. How much change does he receive?
  • A) 3.85
  • B) 4.15
  • C) 4.25
  • D) 4.35
  • E) 5.75
(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)
6
Bethan buys 5 identical erasers for a total of 3.25 pounds. Work out the cost of one eraser.
  • A) 0.55
  • B) 0.60
  • C) 0.65
  • D) 0.70
  • E) 0.75
(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)
7
Suresh and Grace share 90 pounds in the ratio 4 : 5. Work out how much Grace receives.
  • A) 36
  • B) 40
  • C) 45
  • D) 50
  • E) 54
(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)
8
A jumper costs 34 pounds. In a sale it is reduced by 20%. Work out the sale price.
  • A) 6.80
  • B) 27.20
  • C) 27.60
  • D) 33.20
  • E) 40.80
(Total for Question 8 is 1 mark)
9
A train ticket priced at 18 pounds increases in price by 5%. Work out the new price.
  • A) 18.05
  • B) 18.09
  • C) 18.50
  • D) 18.90
  • E) 19.00
(Total for Question 9 is 1 mark)
10
Shop X sells a pack of 5 highlighters for 4.25 pounds. Shop Y sells a pack of 8 identical highlighters for 6.64 pounds.
(a)Work out the cost per highlighter at each shop.(2)
(b)Which shop offers better value for money? Give a reason.(1)
(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)
11
Louis puts 180 pounds into a savings account paying 3% simple interest per year. Work out the interest earned after 1 year.
  • A) 3.60
  • B) 5.40
  • C) 5.80
  • D) 6.00
  • E) 18.00
(Total for Question 11 is 1 mark)
12
After a 15% discount, a bicycle helmet costs 25.50 pounds. Work out the original price of the helmet.
(Total for Question 12 is 3 marks)
13
Zainab has 64 pounds in savings. She spends 3/8 of it on a bag. Work out how much she spends.
  • A) 8
  • B) 16
  • C) 21
  • D) 24
  • E) 40
(Total for Question 13 is 1 mark)
14
Owen's monthly phone plan costs 14 pounds plus 8p for every text message sent beyond his free allowance.
(a)One month he sends 25 text messages beyond his allowance. Calculate his total bill for that month.(2)
(b)The next month his total bill is 17.20 pounds. Work out how many text messages beyond his allowance he sent that month.(2)
(Total for Question 14 is 4 marks)
15
A recipe for 6 people costs 9.60 pounds in ingredients. Aaliyah wants to make enough for 15 people. Assuming the cost is directly proportional to the number of people, work out the cost for 15 people.
  • A) 16.00
  • B) 20.00
  • C) 22.40
  • D) 24.00
  • E) 28.80
(Total for Question 15 is 1 mark)
16
Declan has only 20p coins and 5p coins in his money box. He has 21 coins altogether, worth 3.15 pounds in total. Work out how many of each coin he has.
(Total for Question 16 is 4 marks)
17
A meal out costs 32 pounds before a 12% service charge is added. Work out the total cost including the service charge.
  • A) 28.16
  • B) 33.20
  • C) 34.24
  • D) 35.84
  • E) 36.00
(Total for Question 17 is 1 mark)
18
Hana buys a dress in a sale. It is reduced from 45 pounds to 36 pounds. Work out the percentage reduction.
  • A) 9%
  • B) 15%
  • C) 18%
  • D) 20%
  • E) 25%
(Total for Question 18 is 1 mark)
19
A cafe bill comes to 54 pounds. A 10% service charge is added, then the total is split equally between 4 friends. Work out how much each friend should pay.
  • A) 13.50
  • B) 14.85
  • C) 15.00
  • D) 16.20
  • E) 59.40
(Total for Question 19 is 1 mark)
20
After a 40% deposit has been paid, 108 pounds remains owing on a laptop. Work out the total price of the laptop.
  • A) 151.20
  • B) 162.00
  • C) 168.00
  • D) 180.00
  • E) 270.00
(Total for Question 20 is 1 mark)
21
Tariq invests 600 pounds in a savings account.
(a)The account pays 4% simple interest per year. Calculate the total amount in the account after 3 years.(3)
(b)Suppose instead the account pays 4% compound interest per year (interest is added to the balance and then itself earns interest). Calculate the total amount after 2 years.(3)
(Total for Question 21 is 6 marks)
22
A shop offers 25% off in a sale. Niamh also has a loyalty card giving a further 10% off the sale price. A jacket originally costs 80 pounds. Work out the final price Niamh pays.
  • A) 48.00
  • B) 52.00
  • C) 54.00
  • D) 56.00
  • E) 60.00
(Total for Question 22 is 1 mark)
23
Priti wants to buy a tablet costing 235 pounds. She has already saved 58 pounds and saves 15 pounds every week from now on. Work out the least number of whole weeks she needs to save for her total savings to be at least 235 pounds.
(Total for Question 23 is 3 marks)
24
Finn buys a sofa priced at 540 pounds before VAT is added at 20%.
(a)Calculate the price of the sofa including VAT.(2)
(b)In a later sale, the VAT-inclusive price is reduced by 25%. Calculate the final sale price.(3)
(Total for Question 24 is 5 marks)
25
Rhys, Esme and Kofi sell some old toys and share the money between them. Rhys receives 6 pounds more than Esme. Kofi receives three times as much as Esme. Altogether they receive 51 pounds. Work out how much Kofi receives.
  • A) 9
  • B) 15
  • C) 18
  • D) 24
  • E) 27
(Total for Question 25 is 1 mark)
26
Malachy, a market trader, buys apples at a wholesale price of 0.80 pounds per kg and sells them at 1.35 pounds per kg.
(a)Calculate his profit per kg.(1)
(b)Calculate his profit as a percentage of the wholesale price, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.(2)
(c)One day Malachy buys 45 kg of apples, but 20% of them are damaged and cannot be sold. He sells the rest at 1.35 pounds per kg. Calculate his total profit for the day (income from sales minus the cost of all 45 kg bought).(3)
(Total for Question 26 is 6 marks)
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