4MA0 Higher January 2012 Paper 4 Q6

EdexcelHigherOld spec5 marksRatio & Basic Proportion

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(a) There are 32 students in a class.
All the students are either left-handed or right-handed.
The ratio of the number of left-handed students to the number of right-handed students is 1 : 7
Work out the number of right-handed students. (2)
(b) Sajid makes a scale model of a lorry.
He uses a scale of 1 : 32
The length of Sajid’s model lorry is 45 cm.
Chitra makes a scale model of the same lorry.
She uses a scale of 1 : 72
Work out the length of Chitra’s model lorry. (3)