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Foundation November 2017 Paper 2 Q14

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14.

(a) The opening hours of a shop are shown below.
Monday8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Tuesday8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Wednesday8:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Thursday8:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
Friday8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Saturday9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

For how many hours is the shop open each week? [2]

(b)

A supermarket is open for 75 hours per week.

The opening hours are shown below.

Monday to Friday8 a.m.–8 p.m.
Saturday9 a.m.–6 p.m.
Sunday10 a.m.–4 p.m.

The supermarket manager is increasing the total opening hours by 10%.
The manager does not want to open earlier in the morning.
The hours on a Sunday cannot change.

(i) Show how the manager could do this. [3]
Monday to Friday8 a.m.–…………
Saturday9 a.m.–…………
Sunday10 a.m.–4 p.m.
(ii) The mean rate of pay for people working in the supermarket is £8.50 per hour.
There are 24 people who work at the supermarket.
  • With the new opening hours, what is the increase in the total weekly wage bill for the supermarket? [3]
  • State one assumption you have made in calculating the increase in the total weekly pay. [1]
  • How would your answer for the total weekly pay change if your assumption was not correct? [1]
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