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Exam-Style Questions on Ratio Percentages FractionsProblems on Ratio Percentages Fractions adapted from questions set in previous Mathematics exams. |
1. | IGCSE Extended |
In January, a supermarket sold 12 624 boxes of breakfast cereal.
(a) The cost of a box of cereal was £2.15 . Calculate the amount received from the sale of the 12 624 boxes. Give your answer correct to the nearest hundred pounds.
(b) The number of boxes sold in February was 13% more than the number sold in January. Calculate the number of boxes sold in February.
(c) There were 3 different types of cereal. The number of boxes sold of each type every month was in the ratio Riceflakes : Cornflakes : Branflakes = 4 : 5 : 3. The total number of boxes sold was 12 624. Calculate the number of boxes of Branflakes sold.
(d) How may more boxes of Cornflakes than Riceflakes were sold in February?
(e) \(\frac{5}{6}\) of the 12 624 bottles sold in January are included in a special promotion. Calculate the number of boxes that are included in that promotion.
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