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Numeracy Intermediate November 2017 Unit 1 Q3

WJECIntermediateCurrent spec10 marks2D Area & PerimeterFDPR Mixed Context

3. Mehmet needs a new fence for one end of his garden.
Fences are constructed using panels and posts.

(a) Posts are needed between each fence panel and at both ends.
How many posts are needed for a fence made with 34 panels?
Circle your answer. [1]

33    35    37    34    36

(b) Mehmet wants a new 1·5 m high fence for his garden.
The fence panels come in different lengths.
The posts Mehmet wants to use are all the same size.
Mehmet has the following information.
Post: 1·5 m high, 10 cm wide, posts cost £14 each. Panels, all 1·5 m high: Large 2·5 m long £40 each; Medium 2 m £30 each; Small 1·5 m £26 each; Extra small 1 m £18 each

The fence Mehmet wants to make is 8·5 m long, including the posts.
He has started to sketch a plan, as shown below.

Plan: a line 8·5 m long; at the left a post, a panel and a post; at the right end a post

Diagram not drawn to scale

Mehmet needs to use 5 posts.
Work out one possible choice of panels that Mehmet could use.
You may use the plan to help you.
Calculate the total cost of the posts and panels for this choice of fence. [6]

Total cost of making the 8·5 m fence is £ ……………

(c) It costs 2p to paint each 100 cm\(^2\) of a fence post.
How much will it cost to paint the 4 vertical sides of 1 fence post? [3]