1.

A shopkeeper marks his goods at 25% above the cost price. During Big Singapore Sale, all the
prices are reduced by 15%. Find the cost price of an article if it is sold for $425 during the sale.

Answer : $______________[2]
2.

If a : b = 2 : 9 and b : c = 3 : 2, find the ratio of a : c.

Answer : a : c =________[2]
3.

A store sold a handphone for $ 600 after a 20 % discount. It still made a profit of 20 % despite
selling it cheaper.
(i)
What is the cost price of the handphone?
(ii) What is the percentage profit the store could have made if it did not give a discount?

Ans: (i) $ ___________________ [1]

(ii) __________________% [2]

4.

On a recent holiday trip to Hongkong, Peter bought a Creative ZEN MicroPhoto 8GB (Black)
for HK$1598.00.
The exchange rate was S$1: HK$4.94.

(i)
(ii)

How much did he spend in Singapore dollars? Correct your answer to 2 decimal places.
When he came back to Singapore, he sold the model for $359.00.
What was his percentage profit?

Ans: (i) S$________________ [2]

(ii) ________________% [2]

5.

(a)
Express

2
%
5

as a decimal.

(b)

Express 0.0108 as a percentage.

(c)

Express 630 g and 2.16 kg as a ratio in its simplest form.

Ans:(a)_______________
(b)_______________
(c)_______________

[1
]
[1

]
[2
]
6. A company manufactures cookies.
(a) One batch of cookies contains 300 grams of nuts.
This consists of almonds and peanuts, with masses in the ratio 2 : 3.
Find the mass of the almonds in one batch of cookies.
(b) The mixture used to make one batch of cookies has a mass of 18 kg.
The mixture loses 12% of its mass when it is cooked to make the cookies.
(i) Calculate the mass of one batch of cookies.
(ii) Each cookie has a mass of 12 grams. One batch of cookies is put into packets.
Each packet contains 16 cookies.
Find how many packets can be filled per batch, and the number of cookies remaining.
(iii) The total mass of each packet, including packaging, is 201 grams.
Express the mass of the packaging as a percentage of the total mass of a packet.
(c) A trader sells one packet of the cookies for 80 cents. He makes a profit of 25% of his
cost price. Calculate the price he paid for a packet of cookies.

Ans: (a) _____________________g [1]

(b) (i) _________________ kg [1]
(ii) ______________packets [1]

______cookies remaining [1]

(iii) __________________% [2]
(c) __________________ cents [1]
7.

Kelvins pay in December 2007 is $3500. He is given a 25% pay increment in

(i)
(ii)

January 2008.
What is his new pay in January 2008?
If he gives $1000 to his mum, spends $562.50 on himself, gives his wife $1500

(iii)

and saves the rest in January 2008, how much will he save?
If Kelvin decides to give 14% of his January pay to charity too, what is the
percentage of his pay that he will be able to save?

Ans:(i)

$_____________

[2]

(ii)__$_____________ [1]
(iii)________________ [2]

8. The table below shows the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI)* reading of Singapore in the month of
July 2009.
* PSI provides information about daily levels of air pollution.
Date
10
11
12
13
14
15
16

PSI
50
40
45
31
35
33
a

(Source extracted from http://app2.nea.gov.sg/psimonthly.aspx)

Use the table above to help you answer the following questions.
(a) Calculate the percentage decrease of the PSI reading in Singapore from 10th to 11th July 2009.
1
9 %
11
(b) Given that the percentage increase of PSI reading from 15th to 16th of July 2009 is
, find
th
the PSI reading on the 16 July 2009.

Answer (a) . % [2]

(b) . % [2]
9. During the recent COMEX Show, a laptop was listed at $ 2450. Booth A sold it
at a discount of 18 % while Booth B sold it at a discount of $400.
(a) Which booth offered a cheaper price?
(b) Express the difference between the two prices as a percentage of the list
price.

Answer (a) Booth ______________ [2]

(b)
_________________% [2]

10. (a) The cost of manufacturing a computer was $1400.

It was sold to a wholesaler at a profit of 12%.
Calculate the price paid by the wholesaler for the computer.
(b) The wholesaler sold the computer to a shop owner at a profit of 10% of the price he
paid for. The shop owner then sold the computer to Joyce at a profit of 10%.
How much did Joyce pay for the computer?

Answer : (a) $.[1]

(b) $[2]
11. In preparation for the Great Singapore Sale, a store assistant accidentally raised the
price of digital camera by 15% instead of lowering it by 20%. As a result, a customer
who bought this camera was overcharged by $ 161. Find the original price of the
digital camera.

12.

[3]

In 2010, the cost of making a souvenir was 90 cents.

(a) The cost of making each souvenir was divided between materials, wages and
other expenses in the ratio 5 : 4 : 6 respectively.
Find the cost of materials and the cost of wages needed to make each souvenir.

[2]

(b) John worked 7 hours per day for 5 days making souvenirs. He received a wage
of $630 for this work.
Calculate the number of souvenirs that he made in one hour.

[3]

(c) In 2012, the cost of materials increased by 50% and wages by 10%. The other
expenses remained the same.
Calculate the percentage increase in the total cost of making a souvenir.
(d) A shop keeper sold a souvenir for $2.00. He made a profit of 25% on the price
he paid for it. Calculate how much he paid for the souvenir.

[4]
[2]

13.

A housing agent charges a commission of 1.75% on the selling price of an apartment.

He earns a total commission of $30100 by selling a 3-room flat and a condominium. If
12.5% of his earnings come from the sale of the 3-room flat, what is the selling price
of the condominium?

Ans:

14.

A shopkeeper buys 120 dozens of pencils at $3.00 per dozen. He sells 40

dozens of them at $3.60 per dozen and another 30 dozens at $4.20 per dozen.
At what price must he sell each dozen of the remaining pencils in order to
make a profit of 18% on the whole deal?

15.

Express
(a) 12.038 to the 3 significant figures,
(b) 45 minutes as a percentage of 2 hours,
(c) 0.65% as a fraction in its lowest term.

[3]

[3]

Ans:

(a)

[1]

(b)

(c)

16.

An antique collector suffered a loss of 20% by selling an antique vase for

$1280. How much should he have sold the antique vase if he wanted to make a
profit of 15%?

17.

Express
(a) 0.010199 to 4 significant figures,
(b) 36 seconds as a percentage of 5 hours,
(c) 1.05% as a fraction in its lowest term.

[1]
[1]

[3]

Ans:

(a)
(b)

[1]
%

(c)

18.

(a)
(b)

P : R 5 : 11

Q: R 4:5

[1]
[1]

P:Q: R

If
and
, find
If the original cost of a teddy bear was $200, find its price if it costs 12% less today.

Ans:

(a)

[1]

(b)

[2]

19.

An article is advertised for $326.70 inclusive of 7% GST. Find the original price.

20.

In 2010, a salesman of an electronics shop was paid a total annual salary of

$13800.
He received his salary equally over 12 months. Calculate his monthly salary.

[2]

[1]

He earns a commission of 5% on the value of any computer he sells. In 2010

his total commission was $ 21 150. Find the number of computer he had sold
in 2010 if the selling price of each computer is $2350.

[2]

The selling price of the computer is inclusive of a 7% GST. Find the price of
a computer without the GST.

[2]

In 2011, his annual salary was increased to $16 200. Find the percentage
increase in his annual salary from 2010 to 2011.

21.

7
8

[2]

In an election,
of those entitled to vote did so. There were three candidates and the votes for
these candidates were divided in the ratio of 5 : 3 : 1. Given that 7200 people were entitled to
vote, calculate
(a) the number of voters who did not vote at all.
(b) the number of voters who voted for the candidates with the most votes.

Answers : (a) _______voters [1]

(b)________voters [2]

22.

Dylan has a bag of blue, red and green marbles. The ratio of blue marbles to red marbles is 5 : 4
and the ratio of red marbles to green is 3 : 2.
(a) Find the ratio of blue : red : green marbles.
(b) Given that there are a total of 280 marbles, find the number of green marbles in the
bag.

Answer (a)
___________________ [2]
(b)
___________________ [2]
23.

Mike can build a model ship in 7 hours while Ben can build the same
model ship in half the time. How long will it take them to build the model together? Leave your
answer in hours and minutes.

Ans: ______ hours _____ minutes [4]

24. To paint a house, John takes 6 days, Peter takes 4 days and Paul takes 12 days.
How many days will they take to paint the whole house if they work together?

Answer ___________ days [2]

25. A contractor could finish a construction work in 1 year with 260 workers. If he is asked to
complete the same work in 8 months, find the additional number of workers he has to
employ.

Ans: _________________workers [2]

26.

Simplify

4x 1 x 2

2
3

Answer: ________________ [2]

27.

Solve the following equation

4 1
3
x ( x 3)
5 10
8

Ans:

28.
Solve the equation

5 4 x 3x 5 7 x 5

2
5
4

__________________ [3]

[4]
Ans:
29.

= _______________

Solve the following equation

3y y 1

4
2

=2

1
5

Answer y = ______ [3]

30.

The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 87. Using algebraic

method, find the three numbers.

Ans: (a) _____, _____, ______ [3]

31.

Solve the following inequality, where b is a real number.

Hence, represent your solution on a number line.
4b 9
6b 12

3
4

Ans: _________________ [4
]

32. Express

x5
2 x 3 3( x 1)

3
6
5

as a single fraction in its simplest form.

Ans: _________________________ [3]

2(6 x 1) 5 ( 4 x 3)
33. Solve the equation

2x
3

Ans:

34.

(a)

Given

(b)
If

3a : 7 6 : 5

1
b4
5

and

______________________ [3]

, find the value of a.

c 0.63

, what is the ratio of

b:c

Ans:(a)_a = ___________ [2]

(b)_______________ [2]
35
.

1
3

Annie, Ben, and Caleb shared a sum of money. Annie received of the
money. Ben and Caleb shared the remainder in the ratio 5 : 3. Find the
ratio in which the sum of
money was shared among the three children.

An
s:

[3]