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2 marksA particular type of potato costs £4.30 for 5 kg.
Tanya buys 2 kg of potatoes.
Work out how much Tanya pays.
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Direct & Inverse Proportion (Edexcel GCSE Maths: Foundation)
Topic Questions
23 marks
3 marksIt takes 2 tilers 6 hours to tile a bathroom.
(i)
How long will it take 4 tilers to tile the same bathroom?
[1]
(ii)
How long will it take 3 tilers to tile the same bathroom?
[1]
(iii)
What assumption has been made when answering parts (i) and (ii) ?
[1]
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32 marks
2 marks
is directly proportional to 
.
Complete the table.
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2 | 4 | |
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12 | 48 |
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42 marks
2 marksis inversely proportional to .
Complete the table.
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12 | 6 | |
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4 | 8 |
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51 mark
1 mark is directly proportional to .
Which graph shows this?
Circle the correct letter.
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15 marks
5 marksMachines A and B both make parts in a factory.
Machine A makes 8 parts every 12 minutes.
Machine B makes 14 parts every 20 minutes.
On Wednesday,
- Machine A makes parts for 11 hours
- Machine B makes parts for 9 hours
Work out the total number of parts made by the two machines on Wednesday.
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2a2 marks
2 marksIt would take 132 minutes to fill a swimming pool using water from 6 taps.
How long will it take to fill the pool if only 5 taps are used?
State your answer in minutes and seconds.
2b1 mark
1 markState one assumption you made in working out your answer to part (a).
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3a3 marks
3 marksA team of workers are fixing a road surface.
It takes 5 workers 16 hours to fix 1.2 miles of road.
The total pay for the team is £1200.
Calculate how long it would take 8 workers to fix 12 miles of road.
3b2 marks
2 marksCalculate the total pay for the team of 8 workers, for fixing 12 miles of road.
3c2 marks
2 marksState 2 assumptions you have made when answering the previous parts of this question.
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4a3 marks
3 marks100 g of cereal contains 360 kilocalories.
100ml of milk contains 45 kilocalories.
For breakfast Sasha has 35 g of cereal with 180ml of milk.
Work out the number of kilocalories Sasha has for breakfast.
.......................................... kcal
4b3 marks
3 marksA shop sells cereal in boxes A, B and C.
Work out which box is the best value.
You must show all your working.
Box .................................................
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5a5 marks
5 marksDonald swims 3 lengths of a swimming pool in 93 seconds.
(i)
Use this information to show that he could swim 100 lengths in under 55 minutes.
[4]
(ii)
What assumption did you make in part (i)?
[1]
5b1 mark
1 markDonald tries to swim the 100 lengths in under 55 minutes.
Suggest one reason why he might not achieve this.
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1a2 marks
2 marksThere are 25 children in a nursery.
Rules state that there can be a maximum of 6 children per adult.
Find the minimum number of adults needed in the nursery.
1b1 mark
1 mark5 more children join the nursery.
Does this mean that more adults are needed in the nursery?
You must give a reason for your answer.
1c3 marks
3 marksAn equation is used to model the minimum number of adults needed for a class of children.
The equation is format('truetype')%3Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3Bfont-style%3Anormal%3B%7D%3C%2Fstyle%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Ctext%20font-family%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%20font-size%3D%2218%22%20font-style%3D%22italic%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20x%3D%224.5%22%20y%3D%2216%22%3Ey%3C%2Ftext%3E%3Ctext%20font-family%3D%22math17f39f8317fbdb1988ef4c628eb%22%20font-size%3D%2216%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20x%3D%2218.5%22%20y%3D%2216%22%3E%3D%3C%2Ftext%3E%3Ctext%20font-family%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%20font-size%3D%2218%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20x%3D%2231.5%22%20y%3D%2216%22%3E6%3C%2Ftext%3E%3Ctext%20font-family%3D%22Times%20New%20Roman%22%20font-size%3D%2218%22%20font-style%3D%22italic%22%20text-anchor%3D%22middle%22%20x%3D%2240.5%22%20y%3D%2216%22%3Ex%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
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(i)
State what each of the variables, and , represent in the context of this problem.
[2]
(ii)
State a condition on the type of numbers that can be used for and .
[1]
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23 marks
3 marksNikki has a large bottle of soap.
There are 2.5 litres of soap in the large bottle.
Nikki also has some small bottles that are empty.
Each small bottle can be completely filled with 200 ml of soap.
(i)
How many small bottles can be completely filled with shampoo from the large bottle?
[2]
(ii)
How many millilitres of soap will be left in the large bottle if this many small bottles are filled?
[1]
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33 marks
3 marksHere is a list of ingredients to make 12 pancakes.
| 110g | flour |
| 2 | eggs |
| 200 ml | milk |
| 50g | butter |
Complete the list of ingredients below to make 30 pancakes.
| ............................g | flour |
| ............................ | eggs |
| ............................ml | milk |
| ............................g | butter |
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45 marks
5 marksCarol makes birthday cards.
Each card takes the same amount of time to make.
She makes 3 cards in 48 minutes.
She has an order for 80 cards.
Can she complete this order in 3 days if she works 8 hours each day?
Show how you decide.
..................... because
......................................................................................................................
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52 marks
2 marksSam and two friends put letters in envelopes on Monday.
The three of them take two hours to put 600 letters in envelopes.
On Tuesday Sam has three friends helping.
Working at the same rate, how many letters should the four of them be able to put in envelopes in two hours?
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