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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.