Buy and Sell

Look at the amounts and numbers given below. Three of them can be used to make a multiplication sentence. Three of them can also make an addition sentence. Three can be used to make a subtraction sentence and three can make a division sentence. When you look for solutions, you can use each number or amount of money more than once.

$$\begin{gathered} \$1.25, 5, \$5.50, \$6.25 \\ \$2, 75\mathrm{c}, \$3, 4 \end{gathered}$$

Imagine you were responsible for buying some of the everyday things for your family with just $\$20$ a week. Which of these items would you buy? Your working out must show that you have spent exactly $\$20$.

Two furniture shops are selling the same tables and chairs. One shows the price without GST. The other shows the price including GST.
Fill in the amounts to see which shop has the better price for a table and four chairs.

Write the cost in terms of Dollars.

Fill the gaps to show what the receipt would have looked like if Year $5$ had bought $100$ spoons, and $100$ bowls. Write the cost in terms of Dollars.

Flora's Fruit Shop send the fruit, along with an invoice to show how much Year $5$ owe.

Complete the table and write the total price of all the fruits.

Flora's Fruit Shop send the fruit, along with an invoice to show how much Year $5$ owe.

Write the cost for each type of fruit.

Year $5$ need to spend less on the fruit. They decide to buy only $2.5 \mathrm{kg}$ of grapes. How much does $2.5 \mathrm{kg}$ of grapes cost? Write the answer in terms of dollars.

Year $5$ need to spend less on the fruit. They decide to buy only $2.5 \mathrm{kg}$ of grapes. Circle the following that describes $2.5 \mathrm{kg}$ of grapes compared to $5 \mathrm{kg}$ apples.

$50\% \text{a quarter} \text{a half} 0.5 0.75 25\%$

Year $5$ want to make a profit of at least $\$50$, so they don't want to spend more than $\$100$. If they buy $5 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit, how much over their budget are they? Write the answer in terms of dollars.

Flora's Fruit Shop offers a $10\%$ discount if Year $5$ buy $10 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit. What would be the new price of the fruit? Write the answer in terms of dollar.

Flora's Fruit Shop offers a $10\%$ discount if Year $5$ buy $10 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit. What would be the discount? Write the answer in terms of dollar.

Flora's Fruit Shop offers a $10\%$ discount if Year $5$ buy $10 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit. What would be the total price before discount if Year $5$ bought $10 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit?

Year $5$ decide to cut up five fruits into the fruit salads. How much would it cost if they bought $5 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit.

Year $5$ decide to cut up five fruits into the fruit salads. How much would it cost if they bought $500 \mathrm{g}$ of each fruit.

Year $5$ decide to cut up five fruits into the fruit salads. How much would it cost if they bought $2 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit.

Year $5$ decide to cut up five fruits into the fruit salads. How much would it cost if they bought $1 \mathrm{kg}$ of each fruit.

The price of an article is $₹ 9350$, which includes VAT at $10\%$. Find how much less a customer pays for the article, if the VAT on the article decreases by $3\%$.

Geeta bought $5$ watches for $₹805$ and sold three of them for $₹182$ each and two of them for $₹138$ each. Did Geeta make profit or did he incur a loss?

Suresh sold a fan for $₹895$ at a loss of $₹52$. What was the cost price of the fan in $₹$?

A shopkeeper bought a sack of rice for $₹1250$ and sold it at a profit of $₹75$. What was its selling price in $₹$?