FUNCTIONAL SKILLS
MATHEMATICS
LEVEL 2
I.D: 501/1437/2
QUESTION AND ANSWER PAPER
YOU NEED
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THERE ARE FOUR TASKS IN THIS EXAM
Total marks available: 60
Try to answer ALL questions
TIME ALLOWED: 1 HOUR 30 MINUTES
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Task 1
Linda is going to paint her bedroom.
She will paint the walls yellow and the ceiling white.
She will apply 2 layers of paint to the walls and 2 layers of paint to the ceiling.
Plan of Linda’s bedroom
Diagram not to scale
The height of the room is 2.55 metres.
Linda can buy paint from the Décor 8 shop or the Paintrite shop. The boxes below give the
amounts, the prices and the coverage of the paints from each shop.
Décor 8
Paintrite
Matt Emulsion Paint
Matt Emulsion Paint
Yellow
2.5 litres £22.95
Yellow
2.5 litres £21.99
5.0 litres £39.99
White
1.0 litre £3.95
2.0 litres £6.95
White
0.5 litre £3.49
1.0 litre £5.49
2.0 litres £7.99
1 litre of this paint covers
14 square metres
1 litre of this paint covers
12 square metres
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Calculate the amounts of paint that Linda would need from each shop to paint her
bedroom.
Ignore the window area in your calculation to allow for wastage of paint.
Show your working clearly. Give your answers to two decimal places and state
the units.
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Linda uses a special calculator on a DIY internet website to find out how much yellow and white
paint she needs from each of the shops. The table below gives the results.
Amount of paint
Décor 8 (litres)
Paintrite (litres)
6.0
2.5
7.0
2.5
Yellow
White
2
Compare your answers to question 1 with the data from the website. State any differences
between the amounts of paint. Give a possible reason for the differences.
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Linda wants to keep her costs as low as possible.
3
From which shop should Linda buy her paint? Explain why she should buy the paint from
the shop you have chosen. Show calculations in your explanation.
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Task 2
The diagram shows the area around Coniston Water.
Diagram not to scale
Waterhead
Coniston
Brantwood
Torver
KEY:
-- - -
Walk route
.......
Boat route
On Wednesday 5th May, Steve and Shaun are going to park their car at Brantwood then walk
around the lake to Torver. They will take Steve’s dog with them.
They want to spend 1½ hours in Torver where they will have lunch.
Then they will catch a boat back to Brantwood.
Steve and Shaun have a map with a scale of 1 : 25 000.
On the map the distance from Brantwood to Torver is 28 centimetres.
They walk at an average speed of 4 kilometres per hour.
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This is the summer timetable for the boat.
Summer
13 Mar to 31 Oct
Coniston - dep 10.15
28 Mar 3 Oct
10 Jul 5 Sep
11.15
12.05
12.40*
1.05
2.05
3.05
4.05
5.05
Waterhead
10.20
11.20
12.10
12.45
1.10
2.10
3.10
4.10
5.10
Torver
10.35
11.35
12.25
1.00
1.25
2.25
3.25
4.25
5.25
Brantwood
10.50
11.50
12.40
1.15
1.40
2.40
3.40
4.40
5.40
Coniston - arr
11.05
12.05
12.55
1.30
1.55
2.55
3.55
4.55
5.55
* 12.40 sailing does not operate on Tuesdays or Wednesdays; operates from 29 Apr to 19 Sep
only.
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Work out a time plan for Steve and Shaun.
Complete the table below to show the time at each stage of their day out.
Show your working.
Stage
Time
Leave Brantwood
Arrive Torver
Leave Torver
Arrive Brantwood
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Steve and Shaun go to a café in Torver for lunch.
This is the menu board.
Lunch menu
Food
Chicken and ham salad
Surf ‘n’ turf salad
Goats cheese salad
Sandwiches filled with:
£5.80
£6.40
£5.40
Drink
Coffee
Cappuccino
Café latté
Espresso
£2.00
£2.35
£2.35
£1.70
Ham and mustard
Egg mayonnaise
£5.25
£4.95
Hot chocolate
Tea
£2.20
£1.75
Cheese and tomato
Beef and horseradish
£4.95
£5.45
Fruit juice
Lemonade/coke
£1.50
£1.30
Today’s special offers:
Buy two salads and get the cheapest one half price.
Buy two filled sandwiches and get one fruit juice free.
They want to order one item of food each and one drink each.
Shaun is a senior citizen so they will get a 15% discount on the total cost of their lunch.
After lunch they will go from Torver back to Brantwood on the boat.
This table shows the prices for an adult ticket.
Coniston
£2.10
Waterhead
£4.60
£2.40
£6.80
£4.50
£8.90
£6.70
Torver
£2.30
£4.30
Brantwood
£2.20
Coniston
Senior ticket - ½ price of adult ticket
Dog ticket - £1 for any journey
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They need to buy 1 adult ticket, 1 senior ticket and 1 dog ticket.
They can spend a maximum of £15 on boat tickets and lunch.
2
Suggest what Steve and Shaun should order for lunch. Check that the total cost of the boat
tickets and lunch will not come to more than £15. Show all your calculations including the
check.
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Task 3
The Body Mass Index (BMI) uses height and weight to estimate how much body fat an adult has.
Table A gives an estimate of BMI, from height and weight.
Table B shows how adults are classified according to their BMI.
Table A
Body Mass Index (BMI) Table
Height (m)
Weight (kg)
60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
80
82
84
86
88
90
1.50 1.54 1.58 1.62 1.66 1.70 1.74 1.78
27
25
24
23
22
21
20
19
28
26
25
24
22
21
20
20
28
27
26
24
23
22
21
20
29
28
26
25
24
23
22
21
30
29
27
26
25
24
22
21
31
30
28
27
25
24
23
22
32
30
29
27
26
25
24
23
33
31
30
28
27
26
24
23
34
32
30
29
28
26
25
24
35
33
31
30
28
27
26
25
36
34
32
30
29
28
26
25
36
35
33
31
30
28
27
26
37
35
34
32
30
29
28
27
38
36
34
33
31
30
28
27
39
37
35
34
32
30
29
28
40
38
36
34
33
31
30
28
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Shona is 5 feet 8 inches tall. She weighs 12 stones 5 pounds.
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Which BMI category is Shona in? Show your calculations and explain how you used the
BMI table to work out Shona’s BMI.
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Calculate how much weight Shona needs to lose in order to be in the Normal weight BMI
category. Clearly explain how you worked out your answer.
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Shona goes on a diet. She aims to eat 1 200 calories a day.
She will divide her 1 200 calories in the ratio 2 : 1 : 3 for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
The table below gives the number of calories per 100g and a typical portion size of different
breakfast items.
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Choose items for Shona’s breakfast. Include something to eat and a drink.
The number of calories must be within her breakfast allowance. Show your calculations.
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Task 4
Aeroplanes emit carbon dioxide (CO2).
CO2 emissions from aeroplanes are measured in kilograms per flight.
Lubna sees this graph in a magazine.
Average aeroplane CO2 emissions per passenger
Year
Lubna says ‘The graph shows that the CO2 emissions per passenger in 2000 were double what
they were in 2006’.
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Is Lubna correct? Give a reason for your answer.
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In 1990 experts predicted that in 2010 the average CO2 emissions per passenger would be 250
kilograms.
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Does the graph suggest that these experts will be correct? Explain your answer.
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This table gives some information about different aeroplanes.
The average CO2 emissions per passenger can be calculated using this formula
C
where
F
S
C is the average CO2 emissions per passenger in kg
F is the average aeroplane CO2 emissions per flight in kg
S is the average number of seats used per flight
Lubna works for an international company.
Last year she travelled four times on a Boeing 747.
This year she will be travelling four times on the Airbus A320.
Lubna thinks that by using the Airbus A320 she will more than halve her CO2 emissions.
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Is Lubna correct? Show working to explain your answer and include a calculation check.
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An airline company owns an old DC10 aeroplane.
It wants to replace the old DC10 with a new aeroplane that will produce at least
25% less CO2 emissions per passenger.
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Which aeroplane do you think the company should choose to replace the old DC10?
Show working to explain your answer.
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This scatter graph shows the average amount of fuel used and the average CO2 emissions per
flight of the five types of aeroplane shown in the table in question 2.
Average fuel used and CO2 emissions per flight (kg)
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What type of correlation does the scatter graph show? Explain what this tells you.
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