Problem Solving

Money
Level 3 Questions 1 – 12
Level 3/ 4 Questions 13 – 26
Level 4 Questions 27 – 45
Level 4/5 Questions 46 – 64
Level 6 Questions 65 – 71
1 Here are a set of stamps.

15p 50p 75p £1.55 £1.75

David posts a parcel. It costs £1.90

He uses two of the stamps.

Which two stamps does he use? and

1 mark
2.97b
2 These are the prices of sandwiches, drinks and fruit.

Shereen buys a tuna sandwich, milk and a pear.

How much does she pay?

Mike has 80p to spend on a fruit and a drink. What two things can he buy for exactly 80p?

and
2 marks
3.4a
3 This table shows the increase in bus fares.

Sohan’s new bus fare is 72p.

How much has his bus fare gone up?

Millie says,
‘My bus fare has gone up by 10p’.
How much is Millie’s new bus fare?

2 marks
3.1a

4 bottle of milk cake

55p 30p

Ben buys three bottles of milk and six cakes.

How much does he spend altogether?
 £
2 marks
4.8b

5 This table shows the cost of sending a letter.

Paul is sending a letter. It costs 38p second class.

How much would it cost him to send it first class?

Jenny has a letter with a mass of 170g.

What does it cost to send it first class?

p
2 marks

3.99a
6 John and Paula go to a fair.

John has £2.00

He goes on one ride and has exactly 80p left.

Which ride does he go on?

Paula has a 50p coin and three 20p coins.

She pays for a ride on the Laser.

How much money is left?

3 marks
3.96a
7 Kirsty, Seb and Mina made toffee apples to sell at the school fair.

They made 80 toffee apples altogether.

Kirsty sold 12 toffee apples.
Seb sold 25 toffee apples.
Mina sold 17 toffee apples.
How many toffee apples were left?
 Kirsty sold her 12 toffee apples for 50p each.
How much money did she collect?
3 marks
4.12a

8 Liam, Sarah and Amy buy lunch at a salad bar.

Liam has £ 2.50 to spend.

He buys a tuna salad and an apple pie.

How much money has he got left?

Sarah buys a cheese salad and a yogurt. Amy buys an egg salad.

How much more does Sarah pay than Amy?

2 marks
4.10a
9 These are the prices of coconuts and bananas.
coconuts bananas
78p each £1.20 for 1kg
Josh buys one coconut and half a kilogram of bananas.
How much does he spend altogether?

Oranges cost 25p each.

How many oranges can Josh buy for £1.50?

3 marks
4.5b
10 Asif, Vicky and Nita go to town by bus. B U S T IC K E T
This is what they pay. A s if
75p
How much more does Nita pay than Asif?
B U S T IC K E T
Vicky then takes another bus from V ic k y
town to visit her auntie. £ 1 .3 5
She pays 90p on this bus.
B U S T IC K E T
How much has Vicky paid altogether for her two bus tickets? N ita
£ 1 .5 5
2 marks
4.2a

11 Tickets for a school play cost £ 2.50 each. Dev sold 20 tickets.

How much ticket money did Dev collect?

£
Holly collected £ 75 altogether from selling tickets.

How many tickets did she sell?

2 marks
6.11b
12 Some children do a sponsored walk.
Jason is sponsored for £3.45 for each lap.
He does 23 laps.
How much money does he raise? £
Lynne wants to raise £100
She is sponsored for £6.50 for each lap.
What is the least number of whole laps she must do?
2 marks
6.97b
13 These are some prices in a flower shop.

tulips roses daffodils 50p

£1.20 for a bunch 40p each for a bunch

How many roses can you buy for exactly £ 2?

Amy buys one bunch of tulips and three bunches of daffodils.

How much does she pay altogether?

£
3 marks
6.10b
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14 These are the prices in a shoe shop.
boots sandals trainers

£ 45.50 £ 12.75 £ 34.99

How much more do the boots cost than the trainers? £

Rosie buys a pair of trainers and a pair of sandals.

How much change does she get from £ 50?

£
3 marks
6.6b

15 A shop sells batteries in packs of four and packs of two.

Simon and Nick want two batteries each.
They buy a pack of four and share the cost equally.
How much does each pay?

Hamid buys 1 pack of four.

How much more does Mary pay than Hamid?

4 marks
6.0a

16 A box of four balls costs £3.96.

How much does each ball cost? £
Dean and Alex buy 3 boxes of balls between them.
Dean pays £5.50
12 How much must Alex pay?

3 marks
6.2b
17 Here is the cost of pizzas.

Jill orders one small cheese pizza with extra tomato.

What is the total cost?
Ben buys one small pizza and one medium pizza.
They cost him £10
Which two could they be?
one small pizza
and one medium pizza
2 marks
6.96a
18 A shop sells greetings cards.
Each card has a price code on it.
These are the codes.
Tina buys two cards.
One card has code AA on it.
The other card has code DD on it.
How much does Tina pay?

2 marks
6.2a
19 Books are 25p each at a car boot sale.
Alfie wants to buy 12 books.
He only has £2.35
How much more money does Alfie need?

2 marks
7.13b

20 Megan and Chen are washing cars.

12 Megan gets £39 and Chen gets £55
They share what they get equally between them.
How much does each of them get?

2 marks
7.13a
21 A shop sells candles.
Sapna buys 4 star candles and 2 stripe
candles.
How much does she pay altogether?

Special offer
Buy 10 candles and get 50p off.

Josh buys 10 plain candles in the special offer.

How much does he pay for the 10 candles? £
3 marks
7.5a
22 A shop sells flowers.
John buys 3 bunches of daffodils. D a ffo d ils R oses
How much does he pay altogether? 9 9 p fo r a b u n c h 40p each

Karpal has £4.00 to spend on roses.

How many roses can she buy for £4.00?
2 marks
7.99a
23 Some children go camping.

It costs £2.20 for each child to camp each night.

They go for 6 nights.

How much will each child have to pay for the 6 nights?
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There are 70 children.

Each tent takes up to 6 children.

What is the least number of tents they will need?

4 marks
7.98a
24 Forest School sells badges for charity.
For each badge sold, £ 1.20 is given to a charity.

How much does the charity get when 12 badges are sold?

£
If the charity got £ 24, how many badges were sold?

2 marks
8.6b

25 Cinema tickets cost £3.65 each. Hannah buys 4 tickets.

How much does Hannah pay?

£
popcorn milkshake
£1.95 £1.25
Nico buys a box of popcorn and two milkshakes. How much does
Nico spend altogether?

£
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2 marks
9.4b

27 A shop sells three types of sunglasses.

What is the difference in price between the

most expensive and least expensive sunglasses?

£
1 mark
10.3/4a
28 These are the prices in a fish and chip shop.

Luke has £3 5
He wants to buy one fish, peas and two large
bags of chips.

How much more money does he need?

2 marks
9.3b
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29 Chris saves 50p coins.
He has saved 45 of them.
How much money has Chris saved? £
Michelle has saved £8.40 in 20p coins.
How many 20p coins does Michelle have?

3 marks
9.0b

30 A shop sells food for birds.

Lara has £10 to spend on peanuts.

How many bags of peanuts can she get for

£10?

Amir has £ 20

He wants to buy a bird-feeder and 4 bags

of bird seed.

How much more money does he need?

3 marks
10.9b

31 This is the cost to visit the waxworks.

On Friday morning 12 adults and 20 children visit

the waxworks.
How much do they pay altogether?
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Guide books cost £1.50 each.

The waxworks sells £24 worth of guide books.
How many guide books is this?
3 marks
10.9b
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32 The shop also sells sun hats.
Ryan buys the £4.69 sunglasses and a sun hat.
How much change does he get from £10?

2 marks
10.4a

33 Amir and Lara buy some fruit.

grapes pineapples peaches

£2.50 £1.40 £1.99

for 1kg each for 1 box

Amir buys 2 pineapples and a box of peaches.

How much does he pay? £

Lara buys half a kilogram of grapes and one pineapple.

How much change does she get from £ 5?

3 marks
10.1b

34 A shop sells scarves and hats.

Ben buys one of the scarves and the £ 4.50 hat.

How much change does he get from £ 20?

Emily buys two scarves and a hat.

What is the most she could pay? £
3 marks
11.8a
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35 185 people go to the school concert.

They pay £1.35 each.

How much ticket money is collected? £

Programmes cost 15p each.

Selling programmes raises £12.30

How many programmes are sold?

3 marks
11.2b

36 Parveen buys 3 small bags of peanuts.

She gives the shopkeeper £2 and gets 80p change.
What is the cost in pence of one bag of peanuts?

S how
y o u r w o r k in g .
You m ay get
a m a rk .
p
2 marks
7.99a

37 Mr Singh buys paving slabs to go around his pond.

P A V IN G S L A B S

£ 1 .9 5 e a c h S q u a re s la b s 50cm
50cm by 50cm
100cm Pond

£ 3 .5 0 e a c h R e c ta n g u la r s la b s
100cm by 50cm

He buys 4 rectangular slabs and 4 square slabs.

What is the total cost of the slabs he buys?

S h o w
y o u r w o r k in g .
Y o u m a y g e t
a m a rk .

£
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Mr Sing says,
“It would cost more to use square slabs all the way round.”
Explain why he is correct.

2 marks
11.2a

38 These are the prices of cheese in a shop.

Mina buys 200g of Cheddar cheese and 150g of Edam cheese.

How much does she pay altogether?

Seb buys some cottage cheese for £1.35

How many grams of cottage cheese does he get?
g
3 marks
12.12a

39 Dev and Joe each buy a book.

Dev pays with a £ 5 note and gets £1.05 change. Joe’s book costs £7

How much more does Joe’s book cost than Dev’s book?

2 marks
12.11a
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40 Big Wheel Rollercoaster

£ 2.50 £1.50

each ride each ride

Liam spends £14 altogether on the Big Wheel and the Rollercoaster. He goes on the
Big Wheel twice.

How many times does he go on the Rollercoaster?

2 marks
12.10a
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41
B o o k S a le
A n y 3 b o o k s fo r £ 1 4 .5 0

Lee bought these three books in the sale for £14.50

How much money did he save altogether compared to the full price of the books?

S how
y o u r w o r k in g .
You m ay get
a m a rk .
£ 2 marks
14.1a

42

C a r P a rk c h a rg e s Emma parks her car at 9.30 am.

T im e C h a rg e
She collects the car at 1.20 pm.
u p to 1 h o u r 20p
How much does she pay?
1 to 2 h o u rs 50p

2 to 3 h o u rs £ 1 .0 0

3 to 4 h o u rs £ 1 .7 0 Dan and Mark both use the car park.

o v e r 4 h o u rs £ 5 .0 0
Dan says,

‘I paid exactly twice as much as Mark but I only stayed 10

minutes longer’.

Explain how Dan could be correct.

2 marks
14.99a

43 Dev has a bag of 50p coins and Holly has a bag of 20p coins.

Both bags have the same amount of money in.

There are thirty 50p coins in Dev’s bag.

How many 20p coins are there in Holly’s bag?

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2 marks
13.11b
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12 Nicola has £50 Spades £9.95 each

She buys 3 flowerpots and a spade, Rakes £7.70 each

How much money does she have left?

Seeds are £1.45 for a packet.

Steffan has £10 to spend on seeds.

What is the greatest number of packets he can buy?

3 marks
13.99b

45 Seb bought 2 apples and 3 pears.

He spent £1.59 altogether.

Apples cost 24p each.
How much does one pear cost?

2 marks
15.12b

46 An iced cake costs 10p more than a plain cake. Sarah bought two of each cake.

They cost £1 altogether.

What is the cost of an iced cake?

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p
12 marks
15.10a

47 A builder needs 7600 bricks to build a wall.

There are 500 bricks in a load.

How many loads must the builder buy?

The price of one load of 500 bricks is £ 250

What is the cost in pence of one brick?

p
2 marks
15.10b
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12 Alfie buys two books, each at the same price.

He pays with a £10 note and gets £2.30 change.

What is the cost of one book?

2 marks
16.13a

49 Emily, Ben and Nisha take part in a sponsored swim to collect money for charity.

Emily collects £ 2.75 more than Nisha.

Ben collects £15

Nisha collects £ 7 less than Ben.

Altogether how much money do the three children collect?

2 marks
16.8b

50 A drink and a box of popcorn together cost 90p

2 drinks and a box of popcorn together cost £1.45

What does a box of popcorn cost?

Explain how you got your answer.

2 marks

17.96a

51 A shop sells jars of honey and honey dippers.

Chen bought three jars of honey and a dipper.
12 The total cost was £5.40
The dipper cost 75p.
How much did each jar of honey cost?

2 marks
17.13b
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52 Kate and Jamie each have some money. Altogether they have £ 1.50
Kate gives Jamie 10 p so that they both have the same amount.

How much money did each have at the start?

2 marks
17.7b

53

Emily has £5 to spend on peaches.

She decides to buy only small peaches or only large peaches.

How many more small peaches than large peaches can she buy for £5?

2 marks
18.8b

54 Shenaz buys a pack of 24 cans of cola for £6.00

What is the cost of each can?

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2 marks
18.98a
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12 Jason bought some bags of green apples and some bags of red apples.
He spent £4.20
6 green apples for 75p 10 red apples for 90p

How many bags of each type of apples did he buy?

S h o w
y o u r w o r k in g .
Y o u m a y g e t
a m a rk .

b a g s o f b a g s o f
g r e e n a p p le s r e d a p p le s

Nika and Hassan bought some bags of apples.

Nika says,
“I bought more apples than Hassan, but I spent less money.”
Explain how this is possible.

3 marks
18.2a

56 3050 people go to a sports event.

Each person pays £2.30 for a ticket.
What is the total amount of ticket money collected?
£
Programmes cost 75p each.
The total money from programme sales is £315.00
How many programmes are sold?

3 marks
19.98b

57 Cheddar cheese costs £7.50 for 1kg.

Marie buys 200 grams of cheddar cheese.

How much does she pay? £
Cream cheese costs £3.60 for 1kg.

Robbie buys a pot of cream cheese for 90p.

How many grams of cream cheese does he buy?

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grams
3 marks
21.3b

58 Mrs Jones prints books. PRINT CHARGES

Jon pays £4.35 for his book, including the cover. 3p per page
How many pages are in the book?

Here are the print prices again.

3p per page and 75p for the cover.

Write a formula for the total cost of printing a book with cover.

t stands for the total cost in pence.

Use n for the number of pages.

t=
4 marks
20.96b

59 The cost for using a minibus is £ 1.35 for each kilometre. 8 friends go on a 120 kilometre
journey.
They share the cost equally.

How much does each person pay?

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2 marks
21.7b
60 A 5p coin has a diameter of 1.8 centimetres. Holly makes a straight line of 5p coins worth £10

£10

1.8 cm

How long is Holly’s line? Give your answer in metres.

m
2 marks
26.11b
61 Samira bought this present in France.
She paid 44.85 French Francs for it.

9.75 French Francs equal £1

What was the cost of the present in pounds and pence?

2 marks
21.0b

62 A school buys some yo-yos as prizes.

The yo-yos cost £4.25 each.
The school has £40 to spend on prizes.
They buy as many yo-yos as they can.
How much money is left?

2 marks
22.12b

63 A cake costs 15p more than a biscuit.

Megan bought a cake and two biscuits for 90p.

How much do a cake and a biscuit each cost?

2 marks
24.13a

64 30 children are going on a trip. It costs £5 including lunch.

Some children take their own packed lunch. They pay only £3

The 30 children pay a total of £110

How many children are taking their own packed lunch?

 children
2 marks
26.3a

65 A box of sticky labels costs £31.50

There are 150 sheets of labels in the box.
There are 14 labels on each sheet.
What is the cost of one label to the nearest penny?

2 marks

10.13ba

66 Here are two plastic bags of £1 coins.

The first bag contains 20 £1 coins.

How many £1 coins does the second bag
contain?
 2 marks

5.12b

67 A farmer has £1200 to buy apple trees and pear trees.

Apple trees cost £24.75 each.
Pear trees cost £12.50 each.
He buys 35 apple trees.
How many pear trees can he buy with the money he has left?

2 marks
4.11b
68 Write the missing number.

Original price £60

Reduced by %

Now only £45

2 marks
3.12a

69 Here are three questions and answers about bananas.

How much of the money each person pays for bananas in one year goes to the growers?

2marks

9.11b

70 Chloe and Denise each bought identical T-shirts from the same shop.

Chloe bought hers on Monday when there was 15% off the original price.

Denise bought hers on Friday when there was 20% off the original price.

Chloe paid 35p more then Denise.

 What was the original price of the T-shirt?

£
2 marks
2.0

71 Two families go to the cinema.

The Smith family buy tickets for one adult and four children
and pay £19
The Jones family buy tickets for two adults and two children
and pay £17
What is the cost of one child’s ticket?

2 marks
5.0