Foundation June 2025 Paper 1 Q7
7 Vinyl records cost £25 each.
| Offer Buy one and get another for half price |
Arif wants to buy two vinyl records.
He saves £8 every Saturday.
(a) Assume the offer is permanent.
How many Saturdays does Arif need to save for?
You must show your working. [3 marks]
(b) In fact, the offer is only for 1 week and there are no new offers.
What does this mean about the number of Saturdays he needs to save for?
Tick one box. [1 mark]
- It is less than the answer to part (a)
- It is the same as the answer to part (a)
- It is greater than the answer to part (a)
- It is not possible to tell
| Answer | Mark | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| \(25 \div 2\) or 12.5 | M1 | oe implied by 37.5 |
| \((25 \div 2 + 25) \div 8\) or 4(.6) or better or \((25 \div 2 + 25)\) evaluated and sight of the nearest multiple of 8 under/over their evaluation or 2.5 | M1dep | oe multiple may be seen in a list |
| 5 with M2 awarded and no errors | A1 | SC1 50 and 7 |
Additional guidance
| SC1 is for two full-priced records | |
| 37.5 or 2.5 may be implied, eg 4 Saturdays is 32, need 5.5 more answer 5 (37.5 implied) | M1M1A1 |
| \(37.5 \div 8 = 4.(6875)\) answer \(= 5\) \(37.5 \div 8 = 4.6\) answer \(= 5\) (truncated) \(37.5 \div 8 = 4.2\) answer \(= 5\) (error in division) \(37.5 \div 8 = 5.2\) answer \(= 5\) (error in division) | M1M1A1 M1M1A1 M1M1A0 M1M1A0 |
| Answer | Mark | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| It is greater than the answer to part (a) | B1 |