Answer: $
Answer: $
Answer: $
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.
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?
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?
5.
(a)
Express
2
%
5
as a decimal.
(b)
(c)
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.
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
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.
(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.
12.
[3]
[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.
Ans:
14.
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.
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.
[2]
[1]
[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.
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.
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.
26.
Simplify
4x 1 x 2
2
3
Ans:
28.
Solve the equation
5 4 x 3x 5 7 x 5
2
5
4
__________________ [3]
[4]
Ans:
29.
= _______________
4
2
=2
1
5
31.
3
4
Ans: _________________ [4
]
32. Express
x5
2 x 3 3( x 1)
3
6
5
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]
c 0.63
b:c
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]