Foundation November 2019 Paper 2 Q11
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(a) Alice buys a picture for £180 and later sells it for £216.
Find the percentage profit that she made. [3]
(b) Rashid wants to increase £345 by 17% in one step by using a decimal multiplier.
Write the decimal multiplier to complete Rashid’s calculation.
345 × .................
[1]
| Answer | Marks | Part marks and guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 3 | M2 for \(\dfrac{216 - 180}{180}\) [× 100] oe or M1 for \(\dfrac{216}{180}\) [× 100] oe or 216 – 180 oe | eg \(\dfrac{36}{180}\) or \(\dfrac{3600}{180}\) or 0.2 or \(\dfrac{1}{5}\) M1 implied by 1.2 or 120 or \(\dfrac{6}{5}\) |
| Answer | Marks | Part marks and guidance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.17 | 1 | ||