Foundation June 2022 Paper 1R Q14

EdexcelFoundationCurrent spec5 marksSolving Simple EquationsSubstitution

14 Jakub has bought a chicken.

He is going to use this rule to work out the number of minutes it will take to cook his chicken.

Cooking time (minutes)

Multiply the chicken’s weight, in kg, by 40
Then add
30

The weight of Jakub’s chicken is 2.6 kg

(a) Use the rule to work out the number of minutes it will take to cook Jakub’s chicken. (2)

The following week Jakub buys another chicken.

He uses the rule and works out that it will take 2 hours 40 minutes to cook this chicken.

(b) Work out the weight of this chicken. (3)