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What's the sale price?

A shop reduces prices by 20%. If a coat originally cost £80, what is the sale price?

Colour of marbles

Sophie has a box of red, blue, and green marbles. There are 3 times as many red marbles as blue marbles, and 6 fewer green marbles than red marbles. If Sophie has 45 marbles in total, how many of each colour does she have?

Shape size

If a pattern shows shapes increasing in size by one unit each time, and the third shape has 4 units, how many units does the fifth shape have?

Average Speed

A train travels 180 miles in 3 hours. What is its average speed in miles per hour?

Building a wall

If it takes 4 workers 6 days to build a wall, how many days would it take 3 workers?

Cost of the pens

If 3 pens cost £2.40, how much would 7 pens cost?

Marble mysteries

Tom had some marbles. He gave half of them to Sarah. Then he gave one-third of the remaining marbles to James. After that, he had 20 marbles left. How many marbles did Tom have at the start?

The mystery of missing sweets

Sophie has a box of sweets. She gives half of them to her friend Emma. Then she eats 6 sweets herself. After that, she gives a third of what’s left to her brother. Finally, she is left with 10 sweets. How many sweets did Sophie have at the start?