QWC questions

Living expensesAnd

Travelling

Instructions

• 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 1Percentages of

Questions1. Calculate

a) 10% of £3600

b) 20% of £3600

c) How did you use part a) to help you to answer part b)?

d) 5% of £3600

e) 35% of £3600

Answers1. Calculate

a) £360

b) £720

c) 20% is double 10% so you multiply by 2

d) £180

e) £1260

Mathematical skills 2Divide in a given ratio

Questions1. Work out

a) £30 divided in a ratio of 2:3

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?

Answers1. Work out

a) £12 : £18

b) 200kg : 600kg : 1600kg

c) £21

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

Living expensesGrade C

Living expenses - Model solution

TravellingGrade C

Travelling – Model solution