Foundation June 2022 Paper 2 Q8
8 Mairi has 200 flowers.
Of these flowers
37 are white
25 are yellow
42 are pink
The rest of the flowers are red.
Express the number of red flowers as a fraction of the total number of flowers.
Give your fraction in its simplest form.
(3)
| Scheme | Marks |
|---|---|
200 – 37 – 25 – 42 (= 96) oe eg 200 – “104” (= 96) or \(\dfrac{37 + 25 + 42}{200}\left(= \dfrac{104}{200}\right)\) | M1 |
| \(\dfrac{\text{``}{96}\text{''}}{200}\) or \(\text{``}{\dfrac{13}{25}}\text{''}\) | M1ft |
| \(\dfrac{12}{25}\) | A1 |
| (3) | |
| (3 marks) |
Notes
M1ft: for a correct fraction, but not in lowest terms or for 0.48 or 48% or for cancelling their \(\dfrac{104}{200}\) to simplest form
(if their fraction cannot be cancelled then this mark is not awarded)
A1: cao