Sophia has $33. She bought four candy bars that cost $2 each, two magazines that each cost $4.50, and used the rest of her money on a pair of shoes. How much did the shoes cost?
For selling a newly purchased phone, Pankaj mark up its price by 25% above the cost price and allows three successive discounts of 6%, 8% and 10% and suffers a loss of Rs. 542. What is the difference between the cost price and marked price of a phone (in Rs.)?
Small oranges cost 8p each, large oranges cost 13p each. Some oranges are bought and the bill is exactly $1. How many of each size of oranges are bought?
A bottle and a cork together cost $1 and Penny 1. If the cost of bottle is more than that of the cork by $1, what is the cost of the bottle and that of the cork?
I want to buy a $1.00 newspaper. I have just enough pennies $0.01, nickels $0.05, dimes $0.10, and quarters $0.25 to buy the newspaper in every possible exact-change combination of those coins.
How many coins do I have?
