Best Buy Questions worksheet
10 GCSE practice questions with answers, free to print. Every sheet is generated, so you can make a fresh one whenever you need it.
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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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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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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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4 marks
Bars of soap are sold in three different packs.
Pack Price 5 bars of soap £2.00 10 bars of soap £3.00 20 bars of soap £11.00 Which pack is the best value for money? You must show your working.
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4 marks
A shop sells cushions at £1.80 each.
The shop has two offers on cushions.
Offer A: buy 3, get 1 free
Offer B: 10% off when you buy 4
Zainab wants to buy 4 cushions.(a)Work out how much she pays using Offer A.
(b)Work out how much she pays using Offer B.
(c)Write down which offer is cheaper for 4 cushions.
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4 marks
{name} wants to buy {k} {items}.
Shop A sells {items} at £{pra:money} each and charges £{dlp:money} for delivery on any order.
Shop B sells {items} at £{prb:money} each with free delivery.
Which shop is cheaper for {k} {items}? You must show your working.
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4 marks
A pack of {packn} cans of {drink} costs £{packprice:money}. Each can holds {canml} ml.
A bottle of {drink} holds {bigl:dec} litres and costs £{bigprice:money}.
Which is better value for money? You must show your working.
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4 marks
{product} is sold in {s1} {uadj} {containers} and in {s2} {uadj} {containers}.
A {s1} {uadj} {container} costs £{p1:money}.
A {s2} {uadj} {container} costs £{p2:money}.
{name} needs {need} {unit} of {product:lower} for a job, and will buy {poss} {containers} all in one size.
Work out which size is cheaper for the job, and how much it costs.
You must show your working.
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4 marks
A gym charges £9.60 for each session.
It also sells a monthly pass costing £32.00. The pass allows any number of sessions in a month.
Ben goes to the gym 19 times in one month.
(a)Work out the cost of 19 sessions without the pass.
(b)Calculate how much less Ben would pay by buying the pass instead.
(c)Work out the smallest number of sessions in a month for which the pass costs less than paying for each session.
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3 marks
A {container} of {product} holds {sz} g and costs £{price:money}.
The shop has two offers on {product}.
Offer A: {pa}% extra {product}, for the same price
Offer B: £{doff:money} off the price of a {container}
Which offer is better value for money? You must show your working.
Answers
- 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 - The pack of 10 bars of soap is the best value for money.
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(a) \(£5.40\)
(b) \(£6.48\)
(c) Offer A, by £1.08 - Shop {winner}
- The {winner}
- {bestn} of the {best} {uadj} {containers}, costing £{cbest:money}
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(a) \(£182.40\)
(b) \(£150.40\)
(c) \(4\ \text{sessions}\) - Offer {winner}