Numeracy Foundation June 2023 Unit 1 Q6
6. HydraDwr is a bathroom and plumbing shop.
One day, 80 customers bought:
- one bath and one set of taps, or
- one bath, or
- one set of taps.
The Venn diagram shows the number of customers who bought these items.

A set of taps cost £60.
Calculate the total cost of the baths and sets of taps bought by these 80 customers. [3]


Diagram not drawn to scale
How many couplings are needed to join 6 pipes? [1]
\(P\) = the number of pipes
\(C\) = the number of couplings
Which of the following equations can be used to calculate the number of couplings needed?
Circle your answer. [1]
\(C = 2P\) \(C = P + 1\) \(C = P - 1\) \(C + P = 1\) \(C = P\)
| Scheme | Marks | Comments | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (i) 50 (baths) | B1 | Do not accept 50/80 | |||||||||||||||
(ii) All appropriate products given, i.e.
| M2 | FT from either an error in evaluating ‘10 + 40’ or for 40 < ‘their 50’ < 60 in (a)(i) Allow intention if brackets are missing (for M2 or M1) Intention to ‘add’ is not required If additional working is seen, there needs to be clear indication of which are the appropriate products M1 for any one of the following partial method, ignore any additional inappropriate products:
| |||||||||||||||
| (£) 13200 | A1 | CAO, not from FT from (a)(i) |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (i) 5 (couplings) | B1 | |
| (ii) C = P - 1 | B1 |