Real-life questions about buying, change, sales and saving, like the ones in tests. Read the story, work it out and type the amount.
Packs of stickers cost £1 each. How many packs can Leo buy with £3?
£1 = 100p
Altogether means add the prices.
Change = the money you pay − the price.
Several the same = the price of one × how many.
Sharing a cost equally: divide by how many people.
Better value: compare the price of one.
10% is a tenth: divide by 10. 25% is a quarter: divide by 4.
Exchange rate: multiply by how much one is worth.
Profit = the money you take − the money you spend.
Find what is being bought and what is paid, then decide: add for a total, take away for change or money left, multiply for several of the same, divide to share. A bar model helps: draw the whole amount and split it into the parts.
Take the price away from the money paid. For a £3.70 book paid with a £10 note: £10 − £3.70 = £6.30. You can also count up from the price: £3.70 + 30p = £4, then £4 + £6 = £10, so the change is £6.30.
Work out the price of one item in each pack by dividing the price by how many are in it, then compare. 4 yoghurts for £2 is 50p each, 6 for £2.70 is 45p each, so the pack of 6 is better value.
Find the percentage of the price, then take it away. For 20% off £40: 10% of £40 is £4, so 20% is £8, and the sale price is £40 − £8 = £32. Working backwards, if £32 is 80% of the old price, then 10% is £4 and 100% is £40.