Friday, February 27, 2009

Maths Questions

Please attempt these questions if you have the time. These questions are optional and please do not think that the questions posted here will be certainly coming for exam. They are extra practice for you to improve your maths concepts.

All the best and be calm and confident.

1) Bakery A produced 150 cakes. Bakery B produced 40 more cakes than Bakery A. After Bakery B had sold off some cakes, Bakery A had 3 times as many cakes left as Bakery B. How many cakes did Bakery B sell? (Ans : 140)


2) The selling price of a digital camera was $500. During a sale, it was sold at a discount of 15%. How much change did Mr Chua receive if he paid the cashier $1000? (Ans : 575)

3) Selvi had some money. She bought a necklace for $450 and spent 1/4 of the remaining money on a leather wallet. She still had 1/3 of her money left. How much did she spend on the leather wallet? (Ans : $90)

4) Louisa managed to sell 45% of the mangoes at her shop. Kai Feng had a certain number of mangoes at first. He then bought 60% of the mangoes sold by Lousia. Each of them had 220 mangoes after that. How many mangoes did Kai Feng have at first? (Ans : 112)

5) Xin Yi has 21 more 20 cent coins than 50 cent coins in her piggy bank. The total value of the 50 cent coins is $3 more than the total value of the 20 cent coins.
a) How many 50 cent coins are there in her piggy bank? (Ans : 24)
b) How much does Xin Yi have? (Ans : $21)

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