2019 5marks CHIJ St Nicholas Girls P6 Paper2 SA1

P6 / CHIJ / 2019 / SA1 / Paper 2 – Q16 [5 marks]

Question:

Mrs Chai sold 3/8 of the total number of tables and chairs in her shop. The price of a chair is 2/7 of the price of a table. The table costs $125 more than the chair. Mrs Chai collected $13 800 from the sales. The number of tables sold was 4/9 of the number of chairs sold.
(a) How much did each table cost?
(b) How many tables did she sell?
(c) Find the total number of tables and chairs in the shop at first.

Solution:

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