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1. A box of chocolates costs £3.65. Alicia buys two boxes and pays with a £10 note. How much change does she get?

£7.30

£3.65

£2.70

2. A seven night holiday in a hotel costs £350. How much does it cost per night?

£35

£40

£50

3. A bus ticket costs 30p. What is the total cost for a class of 30 children to travel by bus?

90p

£9

£900

4. A family pack of raisins contains 25 boxes of raisins. If each box weighs 20 g, what is the total weight of the pack?

0.5 kg

500 kg

50 g

5. A first class stamp costs 31p. A second class stamp costs 26p. Which set of stamps would you put on a parcel that costs £1.19 to post?

2 first class stamps and 2 second class stamps

3 second class stamps and 1 first class stamp

3 first class stamps and 1 second class stamp

6. To make a fruit cocktail, Audrey mixes 550 ml of orange juice, 350 ml of cranberry juice and 400 ml of apple juice. How much cocktail does she make?

1.3 millilitres

1.3 litres

1100 millilitres

7. You can buy a pack of four apples for £1.36 or individual apples for 35p. Is it cheaper to buy a pack of four apples or four individual apples?

Pack of four apples

Four individual apples

They would both cost the same

8. A coach takes 2 hours 50 minutes to travel from Leeds to London. If it leaves Leeds at 11:30, what time does it arrive in London?

02:20

14:20

13:80

9. Mina can run one lap of the running track in 3 minutes, 30 seconds. How many complete laps can she complete in 10 minutes?

1 lap

2 laps

3 laps

10. The instructions on a chicken say cook for 25 minutes per kg, plus an extra 15 minutes. How long should you cook a 3 kg chicken for?

1.5 hours

1 hour 15 minutes

9 hours

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