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Numeracy Foundation June 2022 Unit 1 Q4

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4. Gary works at a garage.

(a)
(i) Mr Morgan wants Gary to service his car next week.

This service will take 2 hours.
Mr Morgan will leave his car at the garage before 09:00.
He needs to collect his car before 12:30 on the same day.

Look at the timetable below. The shaded hours show the times when Gary is already booked to service other cars next week.

Gary does not work during his lunch break, which is between 12:00 and 13:00 every day.

When is the earliest that Gary could start the service for Mr Morgan?
Give the day and the time. [2]

Gary’s timetable for servicing cars, hourly slots 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday. Shaded: Monday 09:00–12:00, 14:00–15:00, 16:00–17:00; Tuesday 09:00–11:00, 13:00–14:00; Wednesday 09:00–10:00, 13:00–15:00, 16:00–17:00; Thursday 10:00–11:00, 14:00–17:00; Friday 11:00–12:00, 14:00–16:00

Earliest day and time that Gary could start the service:

Day ……………    Time ……………

(ii) When Gary spends more than 15 hours servicing cars in a week, he gets a bonus in his wages.
The bonus is £8 for each extra hour he spends servicing cars.
Mr Morgan’s service is the only service added to Gary’s timetable for next week.
Calculate the total bonus that Gary will get in his wages.
You must show all your working. [2]
(b) On Tuesday, 7 cars have a service in the garage.
For each service, 4·5 litres of oil are needed.

Another 6 litres of oil are used for all the other jobs in the garage.

What is the total amount of oil needed on Tuesday? [2]

(c) Gary thinks that 4·5 litres is the same as 450 millilitres.
He is incorrect.
Change 4·5 litres to millilitres. [1]

4·5 litres is the same as …………… millilitres.

(d) The garage doorway has a height of 2·3 m.

Mr Khan would like to have his campervan serviced.

Mr Khan’s campervan is shown in the picture below.
The scale of the picture is 1 cm represents 0·4 m.

Find the actual height of the campervan in metres.
Decide whether or not the campervan will fit under the garage doorway.
You must show all your working. [3]

Side view picture of a campervan, drawn to scale

On screen this diagram may not be shown at actual size. To measure it, use the question paper (PDF) printed at 100%.

1 cm represents 0·4 m

Actual height of the campervan = …………… metres

Will the campervan fit under the doorway?    Yes ☐    No ☐