Rithvik's Blog 11+

A school has 240 pupils. Three-eighths of the pupils are in Year 6, and the rest are split equally between Year 7 and Year 8. How many pupils are in Year 8?

Sam is 4 years older than his sister Priya. In 6 years, the sum of their ages will be 42. How old is Priya now?

Amara has saved £45 towards a new bicycle that costs £120. She saves an extra £7.50 each week from her pocket money. After how many weeks will she have saved enough money to buy the bicycle?

A shelf holds 96 books. Two-thirds of the books are fiction and the rest are non-fiction. If 18 of the non-fiction books are then donated to charity, how many non-fiction books remain on the shelf?

Sam is 3 years older than his sister Priya. In 5 years' time, the sum of their ages will be 35. How old is Priya now?

 Ben has a bag of 40 sweets. He eats 2/5 of them on Monday and 1/4 of what is left on Tuesday. How many sweets does he have left?

Amir is saving for a bike that costs £84. He has already saved £36, and plans to save £6 each week from his pocket money. How many more weeks will it take him to save enough to buy the bike?