Single step 'real life' problems

Here are sets of word problems only needing one step to solve, but it is not always obvious what calculation to carry out to reach the answer.

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Here are some longer problems written in words. You need to work out more than one thing to get the answers.

Quite tricky word problems involving money, often requiring several steps to complete.

Tricky addition which may need jottings to complete.

Find the cost of different numbers of houseplants.

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