Higher June 2022 Paper 2 Q16

AQACurrent spec5 marksRatio & Basic Proportion

16 Amol owns a sandwich shop.

The shop is open from Monday to Saturday.

In June, Amol sold 3000 sandwiches.

(a) Amol wants to work out the mean number of sandwiches he sold per day in June.

His method is \(\quad 3000 \div 30 = 100\)

Make one criticism of Amol’s method. [1 mark]

(b) Amol received £6660 from selling the 3000 sandwiches in June.

The numbers of sandwiches sold were in the ratio

\[\text{meat} : \text{cheese} : \text{vegan} = 9 : 4 : 7\]

The price of a meat sandwich is £2.39

The price of a cheese sandwich is £1.89

Work out the price of a vegan sandwich. [4 marks]