OCR Essential Skills Wales in Application of Number
Entry Level 3 – Sample Assessment Task – Postal charges
Tutor Notes
These sample tasks are to be used for practice purposes only and must not be used to
assess candidates.
Candidate Name:_________________________________________
Evidence Record
NE3.1.1 NE3.1.2 NE3 3.2
Part A
Part B
Part C
Learner knows what they will be finding out.
Learner knows how to tackle the problem.
Learner described how their results met the purpose of their tasks.
Assessor/Tutor signature:_________________________ Date:________________
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Part A
You want to sell books and magazines on the internet and post the items to the buyer.
You need to find out the cost of postage to know how much to charge.
1.
Select a book and estimate its weight and size and then measure it accurately to check
your estimate. Record these in the table below.
Book
Length
Width
Thickness
Weight
Estimate
Actual
2.
Using the postal charges sheet:
a.
select which group the book belongs to
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b.
find out how much it will cost to send it by First Class Post.
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3.
You now have to post a normal letter, a large letter and your book, using First Class Post.
a
Calculate the total cost of postage for these, showing your calculations.
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b
If you paid with a £10 note how much change should you receive?
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4.
Show how you have checked your calculations to show that they are correct.
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Part B
You have decided to send A4 leaflets to advertise what you sell. You now have to work
out which is the cheapest way to post them.
You will need to:
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investigate possible ways to reduce the cost (fold in half, quarter, thirds)
find the different sizes of envelopes
decide on the cheapest postal option
1.
You need to investigate what would be the best way to post them.
1st Class
Size
Large letter
2nd Class
Letter
Savings
2.
Ask your tutor for some envelopes of different sizes and using the information sheet on
envelope sizes, identify them.
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3.
a.
If you fold the leaflet will it be cheaper to post?
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b.
How did you fold it?
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c.
What size envelope will you use for your folded leaflet?
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4.
What is the cheapest way of sending your leaflet?
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Part C
You have been asked to send 6 magazines to a customer. Investigate different ways of
sending them.
Investigate:
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size,
weight,
postage
total costs
To present your results you could use a table.
1.
What is the cheapest way of posting the 6 magazines?
2.
What is the ratio of first to second class post for sending one magazine?
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3.
Explain to your tutor how you carried out this task.
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Information Sheet – Postal Charges (See Tutor Notes)
Weight
1st Class
Stamps
2nd Class
Stamps
0-100g
46p
39p
0 - 100g
75p
55p
101 - 250g
£1.09
79p
251 - 500g
£1.46
£1.10
501 - 750g
£2.07
£1.60
0 - 100g
£1.58
£1.36
101 – 250g
£1.96
£1.60
251 – 500g
£2.24
£1.80
501 – 750g
£2.75
£2.23
751 – 1000g
£3.35
£2.70
1001 – 1250g
£4.50
£3.76
Letter
If your item is no more than 240mm long, 165mm
wide and 5mm thick it can be sent as a ’’ letter’’.
It should also weigh 100g or less eg. Cards,
postcards, bills
Large Letter
If your item is no more than 353mm long, 250mm
wide and 25mm thick it can be sent as a ‘’large
letter’’.
It should also weigh 750g or less eg. A4 documents,
CD’s, magazines
Packet
If your item is more than 353mm long, 250mm wide,
25mm thick or weighs more than 750g it is sent as a
‘’packet’’ eg. Posters, large books, gifts
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Information Sheet - Envelope sizes (See Tutor Notes)
This is a C4 size envelope (324x229mm)
This is a C5 size envelope (229x162mm)
This is a C6 size envelope (114x162mm)
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