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Once upon a time, in the Ancient Wizarding World of Haberdasher’s  One pound = 20 shillings  One shilling = 12 pence  A large Margarine-beer costs 1 pound 4 shillings and 9 pence. A small Margarine-beer costs 14 shillings and 5 pence.  Work out the difference in price between a small and large beer. Give your answer in shillings and pence.

Mrs Catchpole gives the following instructions to her Year 6 class: Think of a number. Subtract 13 from this number to get the first result. Go back to the original number and subtract 5 to get the second result. Multiply the first and second results together to get the final answer. Richard obtains a final answer of 0. What number might he have thought of? Give all possibilities.  

Frank catches the 7.52 train from Cambridge to Northampton and he arrives in Northampton at 9.21. How long was is journey? Give your answer in hours and minutes.

James cycles 4000m at 10 metres per second. Alex takes 100 seconds more to cycle the same distance. At what speed does Alex cycle?

Jon has 30% more money than Miguel and together they have £46. Calculate how much money Jon has.

The mean (average) of five numbers is 28. The mean of a different set of twelve numbers is 11. Calculate the mean of all of the numbers together.

Simon and Fiona are sharing a cupboard. If Simon’s things take up 2/5 of the space and Fiona’s things take up 2/7 of the space, what fraction of the cupboard is empty?