5 questions a day (1) - Solution

1. A container of sand weighed 5 kg when it was 1/2 full, and weighed 4 kg when it was 1/3 full. What was the weight of the container when it was full?



Answer: 8 kg



2. YY had some money. She bought a necklace for $250 and spent 1/4 of the remaining money on a ring. She still had 1/3 of her money left. How much did YY spend on the ring?



Answer: $50



3. Joanne, Ann and Yati share $240. Joanne receives 1/3 as much money as Yati. After Ann gave $20 of her money to Joanne, Joanne has 1/2 as much money as Yati. How much money does Ann have at first?



Answer: $80


4. Adi and Furqan had $71 altogether. Furqan and Zam had $105 altogether. Adi had 3/5 of the money that Zam had. How much money did Furqan have?



Answer: $20



5. A cook had a total of 336 large and small eggs. She use 4/7 of the large eggs and bought another 24 small eggs. As a result, the number of small eggs she had was 2/3 the number of large eggs left. How many more large eggs than small eggs had she at first?



Answer: 224