L1 Numeracy Workbook Answers - Skills Workshop, 2011 Page 32
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32L1 Numeracy work book
N1/L1.10 Solve problems with and without a calculator involving positive numbers
Name_____________________
1) A gardener wants to fertilise his garden. It’s £3.50 per bag
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which will cover an area of 5m
.
How many bags of fertiliser will he need?
We can’t tell as we don’t know the size of his garden!
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The calculation will be area of garden in m
/ 5m
x £3.50
2) A syndicate doing the lottery win a prize of £275,000
pounds. There are 12 people in the syndicate.
How much will each collect?
£22916.66 each (with 8p left over)
3) A dogs’ home relies on charitable income for its survival.
The home needs to cover the following monthly costs:
Wages ‐ £5,670
Rent ‐ £658
Utilities ‐ £248
Food and veterinarian costs ‐ £589
How much will the home need to raise each month to cover these basic costs?
£7165
4) A “Pay as You Go” tariff is priced at 8p per minute for “any‐
time” calls and 5p per text. Over one month Sharon makes 74
texts and uses 2 hrs and 5 minutes calling time.
How much has she spent in this period?
£13.70
October 2011. Answers kindly contributed by Kevin Melling and Judith White, Somerset Skills & Learning. Workbook written and contributed
by Simon Kelsey, Steps to Work. September 2011. Search for Simon, Kevin and Judith on
Adult Numeracy and Functional Maths. For related resources visit the download page for this resource at skillsworkshop
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