1. Ling's mother examined the boy's purchase carefully. "Four chopsticks and a rice bowl," she commented. "What did you pay?" "One pound and forty pence altogether," Ling replied. "The chopsticks cost me just one pound more than the bowl." How much had the chopsticks cost him?

One pound and 30 pence

One pound and 10 pence

One pound and 20 pence