Numeracy Foundation June 2024 Unit 1 Q9
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Siôn has an ice cream van.
On Monday, Siôn sold three times as many ice creams as cold drinks.
He sold 50 cold drinks on Monday.
Siôn sells ice creams for £1.80 each.
Calculate the amount of money Siôn took from selling ice creams on Monday. [4]
Siôn keeps ice cream in a freezer in his van.
Every hour he checks the temperature in his freezer.
He turns on his freezer at 8 a.m.
The readings he takes from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. are listed below.
10°C 2°C –5°C –12°C –12°C –12°C –13°C –14°C
Calculate the mean of the temperatures recorded in Siôn’s freezer from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. [2]
Siôn parks his ice cream van on the beach, as shown on the map below.
Scale: 1 cm represents 20 metres

On screen this diagram may not be shown at actual size. To measure it, use the question paper (PDF) printed at 100%.
How far is Siôn’s ice cream van from the lifeguard station? [2]
…………… metres
Complete the following statement.
‘The bearing of the lifeguard station from Siôn’s ice cream van is ……………°.’ [1]
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| 50 × 3 × 1.8(0) or 50 × 3 × 180 | M2 | M1 for any of the following:
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| (£) 270 or 27000(p) | A2 | For A2, if units are given, they must be correct, otherwise A1 for 270p or £27000 Ignoring units, A1 for any of the following:
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| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (i) (Mean of 8 temperatures is -56 ÷ 8 =) -7 (°C) | B3 | Must not be from incorrect working, other than allowing from 56 ÷ 8 B2 for any one of the following:
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| (ii) (-56 + -16) ÷ 9 or -72 ÷ 9 | M1 | FT ‘their -56’ from (b)(i) |
| -8 (°C) | A1 | On FT allow a rounded or truncated answer Allow a correctly rounded or truncated answer, to 1d.p. for ‘(‘their -56’ + -16) ÷ 9’ to imply M1 A1 |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (i) 20 × (8.6 (± 0.2)) | M1 | |
| 172 (± 4 m) | A1 | Do not award from sight of an incorrect evaluation of ‘their 8.6’ × 20 |
| (ii) 232° ± 2° | B1 |