Foundation January 2020 Paper 2R Q14
14 Iona buys a box of cereal.
The cereal in the box weighs 0.75 kg.
Each helping of the cereal eaten by Iona has a weight of 40 g.
(a) Write 40 g as a fraction of 0.75 kg.
Give your answer in its simplest form. (2)
Give your answer in its simplest form. (2)
The cereal in the box contains 6.8 g of protein for each 100 g of cereal.
(b) Work out the amount of protein in each of Iona’s helpings of cereal. (2)
3 g of every 40 g helping of cereal is fat.
(c) Write 3 g as a percentage of 40 g. (2)
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
| \(\dfrac{40}{750}\) oe | M1 |
| \(\dfrac{4}{75}\) | A1 |
| (2) |
Notes
M1: Numerator and denominator must be integers.
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
| \(\dfrac{40}{100} \times 6.8\) oe | M1 |
| 2.72 | A1 |
| (2) |
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
| \(\dfrac{3}{40} \times 100\) oe | M1 |
| 7.5 | A1 |
| (2) | |
| (6 marks) |