Money in the 11+ — Questions, Worked Answers and Practice Papers

{"text":"bold","word":"Approach"} Write the list in tabular format to organise the information and then solve one row at a time. This will help breakdown the problem into multiple smaller problems. It then becomes easier to tackle a question with multiple problems. {"object":"table","title":"Shopping List","header":["#","Item","Quantitiy", "Price", "Cost Calculator", "Cost without offer", "Offer", "Actual Cost"],"data":[ ["1","Potatoes","500g","£1.24 per kg", "Half of the price", "£0.62","","£0.62"], ["2","Broccoli","4","£1.10"," Four times the price", "£4.40", "2 for £1.50", "£1.50 + £1.50 = £3.00"], ["3","Apples","7","£1.60 per 7 apples","Price of 1 bag","£1.60", "10% off", "(10% of £1.60 = 0.16) £1.60 - 0.16 = £1.44"], ["4","Orange Juice","3 cartons","£1.20 per carton","Three times the price of one carton","£3.60","Buy 2 get 1 free", "2 x £1.20 = £2.40"], ["5","Milk","2 pints","£1.23 per 2 pints","Discounted price for 2 pints", "£1.23","","£1.23"] ]} The explanation for the cost:- 1. {"text":"bold","word":"Potatoes"}- there is no offer so we pay the full price. 2. {"text":"bold","word":"Broccoli"}- has 2 for £1.50 offer so we pay £1.50 for the first two and then £1.50 for the next two. The total we pay would be £1.50 + £1.50 = £3.00 3. {"text":"bold","word":"Apples"}- There 10% off on apples to we need to take away 10% off the full price we were going to pay. The full price is £1.60 so first let's find out what is 10% of £1.60 10% of £1.60 = 10/100 x £1.60 = 1.60/10 = 0.16 Now, take away £0.16 from £1.60 = £1.44 4. {"text":"bold","word":"Orange juice"} - There is buy 2 get one free offer so we can pick 3 but only need to pay for 2. Price to pay would be 2 x £1.20 = £2.40 5. {"text":"bold","word":"Milk"}- there is no offer so we pay the full price. Total to pay = £0.62 + £3.00 + £1.44 + £2.40 + £1.23 = £8.69 {"text":"bold","word":"If you struggled with the percentage part of the question then watch this video to clarify percentages"} {"object":"video","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR95Cbcjzus"}