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| 1. | Year
4 In a sale 1/4 is taken off the price of everything. How much will you save on something which used to cost $2.00? |
50
(with or without “c”) |
15 |
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8 In a sale 1/4 is taken off the price of everything. How much will you save on something which used to cost $2.40? |
60
(with or without “c”) |
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40 |
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| 2. |
$2.50 is divided equally between 2 children. How much will each child get? |
1.25
(with or without “$”) |
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Sonny
bought 3 Play Station games at $98 each. How could he work out how much he spent? |
A 3 x $100, minus $2 | |||||||||||||
| B 3 x $100, minus $3 | |||||||||||||||
| C 3 x $100, minus $6 |
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61 |
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| D 3 x $100, minus $12 | |||||||||||||||
| Commentary In question 1, many students in both years gave the discounted price, not the amount of discount. |
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