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Numeracy Foundation June 2023 Unit 1 Q6

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6. HydraDwr is a bathroom and plumbing shop.

(a) HydraDwr sells baths and sets of taps.

One day, 80 customers bought:

  • one bath and one set of taps, or
  • one bath, or
  • one set of taps.

The Venn diagram shows the number of customers who bought these items.

Venn diagram, universal set ε, circles Baths and Sets of taps: Baths only 10, both 40, Sets of taps only 30, outside 0
(i) How many baths did these customers buy? [1]
(ii) A bath costs £180.
A set of taps cost £60.

Calculate the total cost of the baths and sets of taps bought by these 80 customers. [3]

(b) HydraDwr also sells pipes and couplings to join the pipes.
Pictures of pipes and of a coupling
(i) 3 pipes are joined together using 2 couplings, as shown below.
Three pipes joined end to end by two couplings

Diagram not drawn to scale

How many couplings are needed to join 6 pipes? [1]

(ii) An equation is used to work out the number of couplings needed to join pipes.

\(P\) = the number of pipes
\(C\) = the number of couplings

Which of the following equations can be used to calculate the number of couplings needed?
Circle your answer. [1]

\(C = 2P\)    \(C = P + 1\)    \(C = P - 1\)    \(C + P = 1\)    \(C = P\)