QWC questions - Suffolk Maths

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QWC questions
Living expenses
And
Travelling
Instructions
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Check that you can do the maths!
Try the mystery in pairs
Then try the exam question on your own
Finally, they can compare this to the model
solution
Mathematical skills 1
Percentages of
Questions
1. Calculate
Answers
1. Calculate
a)
10% of £3600
a)
£360
b)
20% of £3600
b)
£720
c)
How did you use part a) to
help you to answer part b)?
c)
20% is double 10% so you
multiply by 2
d)
5% of £3600
d)
£180
e)
35% of £3600
e)
£1260
Mathematical skills 2
Divide in a given ratio
Questions
1. Work out
Answers
1. Work out
a) £30 divided in a ratio of
2:3
a) £12 : £18
b) 2400kg in a ratio 1:3:8
c) Tom and Jane get money
in a ratio of 2:3. If Tom
gets £14 how much does
Jane get?
b) 200kg : 600kg : 1600kg
c) £21
Living expenses
Kiera’s take home pay was
£20 000 last year
After rent she used the rest
of her money for living
expenses, entertainment and
clothes
Ratio of living expenses to
entertainment to clothes
was 3:2:2
She spent 30% of her pay on
rent
How much did Kiera spend
on living expenses last year?
Work out 10% of £20 000
Work out 30% of £20 000
Find out what is left of her
pay after rent
Work out her rent over the
year
Share the money after rent
into the ratio 3:2:2
Work out the living expenses
The shaded cards are questions to help you get to your final answer.
Try to work out the order to answer them in…then answer them!
Living expenses
Grade C
Living expenses - Model solution
Travelling
Grade C
Travelling – Model solution
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