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1. Marc used 6 of the coins below that add up to 96 cents :
buy a kite. Colour the coins that he used.
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2. Anna used 8 of the coins below to buy a paper fan that cost
$2.20. Colour the coins she used.
3. A pair of sunglasses and a pair of boots cost $100 altogether.
The pair of boots cost $40 more than the pair of sunglasses.
How much did the pair of sunglasses cost?
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amount of money left. How much did Sarah have left?
Sarah had $. left.
Peter has $30 in his wallet which is made up of $2 notes and
$5 notes. He has 1 more $2 notes than $5 notes. How many
of each type of notes does he have?
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Jennifer bought some cupcakes and doughnuts She spent
$21 altogether on 8 pastries,
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toy car but does not have enough money. He starts by saving
50 cents in the coin box. Each day after that he saves
50 cents more than the day before. After 5 days, he has just
enough money to buy the toy car. How much did he have in
his coin box at first?
He had $________ in his coin box at first.
Andy, Bobby and Charlie have the same number of coins.
Andy and Bobby each has some 20-cent coins and 50-cent
coins. Andy has three 20-cent coins while Bobby has eight
20-cent coins. All of Charlie's coins are 50-cent coins. Who
has the most money and who has the least money?
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How many litres of water can the storage tank hold?
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A tank contained 17 ¢ of water. After Timothy poured 5 jugs
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of water into the tank, it became ; full. Each jug can hold
2 € of water. How much water can the tank hold when
completely filled?
The tank can hold __— ¢ of water when completely
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48-litre tank with water. How many jugs did she use?
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She used ___ jugs.
4. Isabella used a total of 9 small and big pails to fill up her fish
tank. The fish tank can hold 33 € of water.
She used ——— $all pails and ___iig pails.
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‘There were 12 ¢ of water in Container P and 18 € of water
in Container Q
(a) How much water must be poured from Container Q into
Container R so that Container P and Container Q will
have the same amount of water?
¢ of water must be poured from Container
Q into Container R so that Container P and Container Q
will have the same amount of water.
(b) 20 ¢ of water were poured from Container S into Container
P. Container P and Container S then had the same
amount of water. How much water was there in Container
S at first?
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