Read a fictional order slip and calculate a total from stated item prices. The numbers are exercise data rather than current prices at a real café.
Read the text
ご注文
コーヒー 二つ 一つ三百円
紅茶 一つ 一つ二百五十円
ケーキ 一つ 一つ四百円
お水は無料です。
店内でお召し上がりください。
How to read this text
The quantity after コーヒー is two, so the coffee line costs 600 yen rather than 300. 紅茶 and ケーキ each have one item. Adding the three line totals gives 1,250 yen. No extra charge is described in this fictional slip; the arithmetic questions use only the listed numbers.
無料 says that the water is free. 店内で indicates consumption inside the café, so this is not a takeaway order. Separate the language task from assumptions about real shop pricing, tax, or service charges.
English translation — check after your first reading
Order: Two coffees at 300 yen each. One tea at 250 yen. One cake at 400 yen. Water is free. Please eat and drink in the café.
Examples to read before you practise
Japanese | Reading / English |
|---|---|
注文 | ちゅうもん — order |
二つ | ふたつ — two items |
紅茶 | こうちゃ — black tea |
無料 | むりょう — free of charge |
店内 | てんない — inside the shop |
一つ | ひとつ — one item |
The notice or message above is fictional and was written for this exercise. Answer from this text; do not assume that a real service follows these hours or rules.
Try six questions
Try these self-check questions from memory, then compare your answers with the explanations. For automatic checking and saved progress, open the related practice after this article.
How many coffees? Type digits only.
What is the coffee line total in yen? Type digits only.
What is the full listed total in yen? Type digits only.
What drink is free? Copy the noun including お.
Eat here or takeaway? Copy the Japanese location noun.
Black tea: read 紅茶 in kana.
Answer key and explanations
2 — 二つ gives two coffees.
600 — Two coffees at 300 yen each cost 600 yen.
1250 — 600 + 250 + 400 = 1250.
お水 / おみず — The slip says お水は無料です.
店内 / てんない — 店内で means inside the café.
こうちゃ — 紅茶 is こうちゃ.
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