Numeracy Unit 2 - Foundation

Gerry makes biscuits.

Each box of biscuits costs him 80p to make.

He sells them for £4 a box.

Calculate the percentage profit Gerry makes on each box sold

Mr Khan currently has each of the following bills to pay:

·       Water bill £234

·       Gas bill £120

·       Loan repayment £45

 

If Mr Khan waits until next month to pay these bills, he will pay a month’s interest on each of the bills.

 

Interest is charged for the month as listed:

·       Water 2%

·       Gas 2.3%

·       Loan 11%

 

Calculate the total interest Mr Khan will have to pay if he waits until next month to pay these bills. 

Calculate the cost of buying two flags in the sale.

A newspaper report claimed the following:

• 12% of the world population is left-handed. • Twice as many men as women are left-handed.

• 30% of the world population is mixed-handed. Mixed-handed people prefer to use the left hand for some tasks and the right hand for others.

• It is very rare to be ambidextrous, that is being able to do all tasks equally well with either hand.

 

In 2011, Wales had a population of 3063000.

In 2014, Wales had a population of 3092000.

 Calculate the number of left-handed people living in Wales in 2011.

Mixing 200 ml of white paint with 10 ml of red paint and 5 ml of blue paint makes light purple paint.

 

Paint is sold in tins of size 250 ml, 500 ml and 1 litre.

 

Jana is going to make some light purple paint.

She does not want to have any white, red or blue paint left over.

Jana wants to buy as few tins of paint as possible.

 

She buys a 250 ml tin of blue paint.

How many tins of paint will Jana need to buy altogether?

A song written by Stereophonics is called A Thousand Trees.

David has a thousand trees.

He wants to plant the trees in rows.

He wants 73 trees in each row.

How many full rows of trees can David plant?

Mair sells Welsh cakes to a tearoom.

She sells 40 Welsh cakes every week for 12 weeks.

The weekly cost of making the Welsh cakes is £4.50.

She charges the tearoom 25p for each Welsh cake.

How much profit does Mair make in total over the 12 weeks?

Give your answer in £.

19.  Emrys, Layla and Rhys go shopping together for fruit.

They buy pears and apples from a market stall.

Emrys buys 3 pears and 1 apple for £1.22. 

Layla buys 3 apples for 78p. 

Rhys buys 5 pears and 2 apples.

 

How much change will Rhys receive from £5 when paying for 5 pears and 2 apples?

Mena goes on holiday to France.

She takes 590 euros with her on holiday.

Mena only spends 40% of her euros.

When she returns from holiday, she exchanges her remaining euros for pounds.

The exchange rate is £1 = 1.18 euros.

How many pounds does Mena receive?

A bottle contains 250 grams of sun cream.

A website recommends that one application of sun cream is 1 ounce.

 

1 gram ≈ 1000 milligrams

1 ounce ≈ 28 350 milligrams

Use this recommendation to answer the following question.

How many applications of sun cream are there in this bottle?

Give your answer to 1decimal place