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What's the car's price?

A car depreciates by 10% each year. If it is worth £18,000 now, what will it be worth after 2 years?

Difficult number puzzle

A number is 3 more than twice another number. Their sum is 39. What are the two numbers?

Ratios

A model car is built to a scale of 1:20. If the real car is 4 metres long, how long is the model in centimetres?

Pupils in a class

Two classes have 24 and 30 pupils. The ratio of boys to girls is 1:2 in the first class and 3:2 in the second. How many girls are there in total?

How much flour

A recipe uses flour and sugar in the ratio 5:2. If 250g of sugar is used, how much flour is needed?

Area of the garden

A rectangular garden measures 12 metres by 8 metres. A path 1 metre wide is built all the way around the outside of the garden. What is the area of the path?

Percentage Problem

What is 30% of 600?