Numeracy Foundation June 2025 Unit 2 Q10
10. Nina sells flowers.
(a)
At the start of last week, Nina spent £600 buying flowers to sell.
By the end of the week, she had taken £1140 from the sale of the flowers.
Calculate Nina’s percentage profit from the sale of these flowers. [2]
(b) 
Nina wants to display her flowers.
She buys a glass vase from a website.
Diagram not drawn to scale
The vase is in the shape of a cuboid.
It can hold 1648 cm\(^3\) of water when it is full.
The vase has a base measuring 10 cm by 8 cm.
Calculate the height of this vase. [2]
| Scheme | Mark | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (Percentage profit =) \(\dfrac{1140 - 600}{600}\) (× 100) or \(\dfrac{1140}{600}\) (× 100) – 1 (× 100) or 0.9 (× 100) | M1 | |
| 90(%) | A1 | If no marks, award SC1 for an answer of 190(%) (from \(\dfrac{1140}{600}\) × 100) |
| Scheme | Mark | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 10 × 8 × height = 1648 or (height =) \(\dfrac{1648}{10 \times 8}\) | M1 | Allow for intention, e.g. 1648 ÷ 10 × 8, 10 × 8 × …… = 1648 |
| 20.6 (cm) | A1 | Accept 21(cm) and allow 20(cm) provided not from incorrect working Allow an embedded answer. |