Best Buy Questions
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Calculator 3 marks
Orange juice is sold in two sizes.
A 200 ml carton of orange juice costs £1.10.
A 700 ml carton of orange juice costs £3.15.
Which size is better value for money? You must show your working.
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Calculator 3 marks
Rice is sold in two sizes.
A bag holding \(800\) g costs \(£4\).
A bag holding \(200\) g costs \(£2\).
(a)Work out how many g of rice you get for \(£1\) from the \(800\) g bag.
(b)Work out how many g of rice you get for \(£1\) from the \(200\) g bag.
(c)State which bag is better value for money.
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Calculator 4 marks
A shop sells bars of soap.
One bar of soap costs \(50\)p.
A pack of \(8\) bars of soap costs \(£3.45\).
(a)Find the cost of \(8\) single bars of soap.
(b)Work out how much is saved by buying the pack instead.
(c)Isla buys \(4\) packs.
Work out how much she pays, and how many bars of soap she gets.
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Calculator 5 marks
A shop sells two brands of battery.
The figure shows the number of batteries in one pack of each brand, and the price of one pack.
One Zapp battery powers a toy for 3 hours.
One Voltex battery powers the same toy for \(5\frac{1}{4}\) hours.
Which brand is better value? You must show your working.
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Calculator 3 marks
Apple juice is sold in two sizes.
A carton holding 600 ml costs £1.20.
A carton holding 1.25 litres costs £3.00.
Which carton is better value for money? You must show your working.
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Calculator 3 marks
Kofi works for \(21\) hours and is paid \(£275.94\).
Hannah works for \(36\) hours and is paid \(£468.36\).
Kofi is paid more per hour than Hannah.
Work out how much more per hour Kofi is paid than Hannah.
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Calculator 4 marks
Batteries are sold in three different packs.
Pack Price 5 batteries £1.50 10 batteries £5.50 15 batteries £6.75 Which pack is the best value for money? You must show your working.
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Calculator 4 marksA shop sells photo frames at £4.40 each. The shop has two offers on photo frames.
Offer A: buy 3, get 1 free
Offer B: 30% off when you buy 4
Idris wants to buy 4 photo frames.(a)Work out how much he pays using Offer A.
(b)Work out how much he pays using Offer B.
(c)Write down which offer is cheaper for 4 photo frames.
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Calculator 4 marks
Amara wants to buy 4 bath towels.
Shop A sells bath towels at £6.30 each and charges £7.00 for delivery on any order.
Shop B sells bath towels at £8.20 each with free delivery.
Which shop is cheaper for 4 bath towels? You must show your working.
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Calculator 4 marks
A pack of 12 cans of lemonade costs £6.30. Each can holds 250 ml.
A bottle of lemonade holds 1.5 litres and costs £3.90.
Which is better value for money? You must show your working.
- The 700 ml carton is better value for money.
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(a) \(200\ \text{g}\)
(b) \(100\ \text{g}\)
(c) The 800 g bag -
(a) \(£4.00\)
(b) \(£0.55\)
(c) £13.80 for 32 bars of soap - Voltex is better value. Zapp costs 54p per battery and 18p per hour of use; Voltex costs 84p per battery and 16p per hour of use.
- The 600 ml carton: £2.00 per litre against £2.40 per litre.
- \(£0.13\)
- The pack of 5 batteries is the best value for money.
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(a) \(£13.20\)
(b) \(£12.32\)
(c) Offer B, by £0.88 - Shop A
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