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1. You must write down all stages in your working. [2 marks]

1. The total weight of 3 identical video tapes is 525 g.

Work out the total weight of 5 of these video tapes.

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(Total 2 marks)
2. [3 marks]

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Apple and Raspberry Crumble

Ingredients for 6 people
120 grams plain flour
230 grams apples
200 grams raspberries
160 grams soft brown sugar
90 grams butter

Sam wants to make Apple and Raspberry Crumble for 15 people. x = .................... Q2
She has enough plain flour, soft brown sugar and butter.
(Total 3 marks)
Work out the amount of apples and the amount of raspberries Sam needs.

apples ................................................. grams

raspberries ................................................. grams

(Total for Question 3 is 3 marks)

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The journey takes 1 hour 20 minutes.
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8. Here is a list of ingredients needed to make quiche for 6 people.

Ingredients*for*6*people.*
250$g$plain$flour$
120$g$butter$
400$ml$single$cream$
150$g$cheese$
6$rashers$of$bacon$
4$Eggs$

(a) Jasper wants to make quiche for 4 people.

Work out the amount of butter he needs.

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(2)
(b) Kirsty wants to make quiche for 15 people.
Work out the amount of plain flour she needs.

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(2)
(c) Tommy makes quiche for a group of his friends.
He uses 325 g of cheese.
Work out the number of friends in the group.

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(2)
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4. [2 marks]
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1 euro = 120 yen
£1 = 1.2 euros

Change £50 to yen.

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5. [3 marks]

1 Eric travels from the UK to India

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2 (a) Work out the value of
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In 2012, the exchange rate was £1 = 82.5 rupees.
In 2010 Eric changed £600 into rupees.
How many pounds (£) did Eric have to change to rupees in 2012 to get the same number
of rupees as he did in 2010? ..............................................

(2)
(b) Work out the value of 7.82 − 7.22

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(2)

(Total for Question 2 is 4 marks)

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(Total for Question 1 is 3 marks)

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8. You must write down all stages in your working. [4 marks]

1 Here is a list of the ingredients needed to make leek and potato soup for 6 people.

Leek and Potato Soup

Ingredients for 6 people
900 ml chicken stock 71+O1!
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350 g potatoes
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10. You must write down all the stages in your working. [4 marks]

1 Here is a list of the ingredients needed to make lentil soup for 6 people.

Lentil Soup (for 6 people)

120 g lentils
300 g carrots
800 ml vegetable stock
3 onions

Jenny wants to make lentil soup for 24 people.

(a) Work out the amount of vegetable stock she needs.

........................................ ml
(2)
Ravi is going to make lentil soup.
He uses 450 g of carrots.
(b) How many people is Ravi making the lentil soup for?

.........................................

(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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11. You must write down all the stages in your working. [4 marks]

1 Here are the ingredients needed to make 12 muffins.

Ingredients to make 12 muffins

300g flour
150g sugar
250 ml milk
100 g butter
2 eggs

Sarah makes 60 muffins.

(a) Work out how much sugar she uses.

....................................................... g
(2)
James makes some muffins.
He uses 625 ml of milk.
(b) How many muffins did he make?

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(2)

(Total for Question 1 is 4 marks)

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12. You must write down all the stages in your working. [6 marks]

1 Here is a list of ingredients needed to make 16 cookies.

Ingredients for 16 cookies

120 g butter
150 g sugar
240 g flour
170 g chocolate
1 egg

Max wants to make 40 cookies.

(a) How much flour does Max need?

...................................................... g
(2)
Abby made cookies to sell at a school fair.
She used 600 g of butter.
(b) How many cookies did she make?

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(2)
(c) Find the ratio of the weight of sugar to the weight of flour in the list of ingredients.
Give your answer in the form 1: n

1 : ......................................................
(2)
(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)

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7.
1 US Dollar = £0.65
£1 = 1.35 Euro
£1 = 11.60 Norwegian Krona

(a) Change 200 US Dollars into Norwegian Krona.

1508 norwegan krona

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(2)
(b) Change 750 Norwegian Krona into Euros.

64 Euros
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(2)
(c) Change 500 Euros into US Dollars.

240.7 USD
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(2)
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6 Jalin lives in England.

He does a search on the internet and sees the same type of camera on sale in
France and in America.
In France, the camera costs 126 euros.
In America, the camera costs $165.24 181.7 usd for france
Jalin finds out these exchange rates.

Exchange rates
1 euro = £0.89
£1 = $1.62

How much cheaper is the camera in America than in France?

Give your answer in pounds (£).

£ . . . . . 10.16
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pounds
........

(Total for Question 6 is 4 marks)

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7 John changes £450 to euros.

The exchange rate is £1 = 1.16 euros.
(a) Change £450 to euros.

....................................................... euros
(2)
When in Amsterdam, John uses his credit card to pay for a ring costing 850 euros.
He has to pay a bank charge of £3.50 for using his credit card in addition to the cost of
the ring.
(b) Work out the total cost, in pounds (£), of the ring and the bank charge.

£ .......................................................
(3)

(Total for Question 7 is 5 marks)

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