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ASSIGNMENT 5



Open the fact guide above for essential information.



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In Marks & Spencer you could order a pack of name labels for your school clothes. They are priced as follows: a) 36 labels (£5.40) b) 72 labels (£6.48) c) 144 labels (£7.20).

1 Calculate the cost per label for each size pack.
  


 
  c) p each

2 Using the fact guide rewrite this recipe so that all the
ingredients are in metric units.
  

Gingerbread Men

6oz plain flour
1 teaspoon ground ginger
2oz golden syrup

1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
2 2/3oz soft brown sugar
2 eggs

2oz butter
4oz treacle
1/4 pint milk

g plain flour (a)
ml ginger (b)
g syrup (c)
 ml bicarb. of soda (d)
g soft brown sugar (e)
eggs (f)
   g butter (g)
   g treacle (h)
   ml milk (i)

You buy a 1 litre bottle of squash costing £1.10. Each drink takes 40ml of squash and 200ml of water. The squash is sold for 15 pence a glass at a Summer Fayre.

3 How many glasses of squash will you make?
  

4 How much water will you use in millilitres?
   ml

5 Change this value to litres.
   l

6 How much money will be taken at the Summer Fayre?
  £ .

7 What is the profit?
  £ .

8 Change these to litres: a) 1000ml b) 750ml c) 1548ml
d) 3506ml e) 3650ml.
  a) l


b) l     c) l     d) l   
   e) l

9 Change these to millilitres: a) 0.250 litres b) 1 litre
c) 1.250 litres d) 1.005 litres e) 2.50 litres.
  a) ml


b) ml   c) ml   d) ml 
   e) ml

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