Numeracy Foundation June 2022 Unit 2 Q1
1. Simran buys 5 packets of sunflower seeds and 2 packets of cosmos seeds.
The sunflower seeds cost a total of £9.30.
The total cost of all the packets of seeds that Simran buys is £13.80.
(a) How much does it cost for one packet of sunflower seeds? [2]
(b) How much does it cost for one packet of cosmos seeds? [2]
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| (£)9.30 ÷ 5 | M1 | Sight of the digits 186 gains M1 |
| (£)1.86 or 186(p) | A1 | If units are given they must be correct |
| Scheme | Marks | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| ((£)13.80 – (£)9.30) ÷ 2 | M1 | Sight of the digits 225 gains M1 FT use of 5 × ‘their (£)1.86’ stated in (a) instead of (£)9.30 |
| (£)2.25 or 225 (p) | A1 | If units are given they must be correct |