1. "You got yourself a new tie, Dad," said Maisie. "I bet it wasn't cheap." "Nothing is these days," her father chuckled. "But it cost three pounds less than three-quarters again more than three-quarters of what it cost." What an answer! You work it out.

Tie cost 10 pounds 25 pence

Tie cost 8 pounds 40 pence

Tie cost 9 pounds 60 pence