(7.) Kenneth spends \( \frac{1}{2} \) of his pocket money on lunch and \( \frac{2}{5} \) of it on snacks. 7 Every day, Kench every day. How much does he spend on lunch and He receives \( \$ 5 \) pocket money snacks altogether every day? 8 Mrs Lim baked a cake and gave \( \frac{3}{5} \) of it to her neighbour. Her daughters shared the remainder equally. Each daughter got \( \frac{1}{10} \) of the whole cake. How many daughters did Mrs Lim have? 9. Mrs Lee had \( 6 \frac{3}{4} l \) of juice. She poured \( 5 \frac{1}{2} l \) of it into a jug and the remainder equally into 4 mugs. How much juice was there in each mug? Group activity. 15 (10) Mr Wong had some money at first. He gave \( \frac{1}{4} \) of his money to his wife. His 4 children shared the remaining amount equally. Each child received \( \$ 600 \). How much money did Mr Wong have at first? 11) Bala read \( \frac{2}{7} \) of a book on Monday and the remaining pages in the next 3 days. He read 25 pages per day in those 3 days. How many pages did the book have? 12. Dan bought 5 kg of soil and some pots. He placed \( \frac{5}{6} \mathrm{~kg} \) of it in each pot. He then added \( \frac{1}{5} \mathrm{~kg} \) of fertiliser in each pot. How much fertiliser did he use altogether? 13 Melissa, Jane and Amy shared \( \frac{7}{8} \mathrm{~kg} \) of blueberries equally. Then Amy received another \( \frac{1}{3} \mathrm{~kg} \) of blueberries from a friend. How many kilograms of blueberries did Amy have in the end?
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