Foundation November 2024 Paper 2 Q17
17 Last year Emma’s car insurance cost £285
This year her car insurance costs 7% less.
(a) Work out the cost of Emma’s car insurance this year. (3)
Peter sells bikes.
Each month he is paid £1700 plus a bonus.
The bonus is 5% of the total value of the bikes he sells that month.
Last month Peter was paid £2100
(b) Work out the total value of the bikes he sold last month. (3)
| Answer | Mark | Mark scheme |
|---|---|---|
| 265.05 | M1 | for \(285 \times (7 \div 100)\ (= 19.95)\) oe or \((100 - 7) \div 100\ (= 0.93)\) |
| M1 | for \(285 - \text{``}19.95\text{''}\) or \(285 \times \text{``}0.93\text{''}\) oe | |
| A1 | cao |
Additional guidance
Accept £265.05p
| Answer | Mark | Mark scheme |
|---|---|---|
| 8000 | P1 | for start of process, eg \(2100 - 1700\ (= 400)\) |
| P1 | for using \(\text{``}400\text{''} = 5\%\), eg (1% =) \(\text{``}400\text{''} \div 5\ (= 80)\) or (10% =) \(\text{``}400\text{''} \times 2\ (= 800)\) or (50% =) \(\text{``}400\text{''} \times 10\ (= 4000)\) or \(\text{``}400\text{''} \div 5 \times 100\) | |
| A1 | cao |