Forming Equations: WJEC GCSE Intermediate November 2023 Unit 2 Q6

Intermediate November 2023 Unit 2 Q6

WJECIntermediateCurrent spec2 marksForming Equations

6. Kamal worked for a total of 36 hours in one week.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, he worked the same number of hours each day.
On both Thursday and Friday, he worked for half as long as he did on any of the first three days.
He did not work on Saturday or Sunday.

How many hours did Kamal work for on Friday? [2]

Kamal worked for …………… hours on Friday

Mark scheme

Scheme	Marks	Comments
(Hours worked on Friday = ) 4·5 (hours)	B2	Answer space takes precedence. Mark final answer. Accept 4½ (hours). Award B1 for sight of one of the following: Correct time given but not in hours (e.g 4 hours 30 mins, 270 minutes) 9 (hours for M,T,W) from correct working method to arrive at hours for full day (e.g. 4\(x\) = 36) method to arrive at hours for half day (e.g. 8\(y\) = 36) 4·5 seen but then incorrect workings seen (e.g 4 hours 50 minutes, 4 hours 30).