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FUNCTIONAL SKILLS

MATHEMATICS

LEVEL 2

QUESTION AND ANSWER PAPER

FSM240

YOU NEED This question and answer paper A pen with black or blue ink

A pencil and an eraser A ruler marked in mm and cm

A protractor A non-programmable calculator

Do not open this paper until you are told to do so by the Exam Supervisor

THERE ARE THREE TASKS IN THIS EXAM

Total marks available: 50

Try to answer ALL questions

TIME ALLOWED: 90 MINUTES

INSTRUCTIONS

Make sure that your candidate information is entered correctly on this question and

answer paper Make sure that your writing is clear, and show all your working Answer each question in the space provided on this question and answer paper

If you use extra paper, make sure that it has your name and candidate number on it and is securely attached to your question and answer paper

At the end of the test, hand this question and answer paper and all notes to the Exam Supervisor

Candidate Name:……………………………………………………………………………………….………………………

Candidate Number:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Exam Date:…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Centre Name:……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Centre Code:………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………



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Task 1 (18 marks)

Chris is the Treasurer of a Sunday League football club. He needs to have enough income to cover expenses. There are 30 members of the club.

He looks at the income and the expenses.

Item Income (£) Expenses (£)

Total membership fees -

Fundraising 513.50 -

Sponsorship 130.00 -

Coaching - 800.00

Tournament entry - 455.50

Travel to matches - 250.00

Total (£)

1A How much should each member pay in fees? Show your working and give a

reason for your answer.

Examiner

use only Complete the shaded boxes in the table. (6 marks)



Chris needs to hire the coach for next week’s match.

The journey to the club ground and the journey back each take ¾ of an hour.

The team needs 40 minutes to get changed and warm up.

The football match lasts for 90 minutes with an additional 15 minute half time break.

The team needs 40 minutes to get changed after the match.

The coach company will charge a premium for more than 4 hours 30 minutes.

1B Will Chris need to pay the premium for hiring the coach? Examiner use only

Explain your answer. Show your working. (5 marks)

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The football club wants to replace its turf on some areas of the pitch.

These areas are shown in red on the diagram.

Turf costs £2.15 per square metre. It is only sold in whole square metres.

The formula for the area of a circle is

The club has £1 000 to spend on the new turf for the pitch.

Area = πr²

where π is 3.14




For Examiner use only

1A

1B

1C

Total for Task 1

1C Is there enough money?

Show your working.

Examiner use only

(7 marks)



Task 2 (16 marks)

Grace wants to improve her garden. She is going to put a layer of compost on a flower bed before sowing some seeds.

The flower bed is rectangular, length 2.8 metres and width 0.7 metres. The depth of compost will be 0.1 metres.

Grace can buy either of these brands of compost

£6.25 per bag Bag size 80 litres

£4.49 per bag

Bag size 50 litres

1 cubic metre (m³) is equal to 1 000 litres

2A Which compost should she buy?

Explain your choice.

Examiner use only

Show your working. (7 marks)



Grace wants to encourage birds into her garden.

She counts the different types of birds that she sees in her garden on one day. These are the results for her garden and the results for the national average

Number of birds seen in gardens

Type of bird Grace’s results National average

Sparrow 6 5.1

Starling 3 3.8

Blackbird 4 3.7

Woodpigeon 6 2.3

Blue tit 8 4.9

2B Produce an appropriate display to compare Grace’s results with the national average.

Examiner use only

Make one comment on what your display shows. (4 marks)



Grace wants to feed the wild birds in her garden.

She has this information

Item Description Price (£)

Bird table

Open top 29.99

Classic 38.99

Pagoda 48.99

Bird food

Fruity nibbles, 3Kg tub 13.75

Suet balls, pack of 50 15.25

Suet balls, box of 150 24.99

Seed mix, 5kg 18.75

Seed mix, 12.75kg 30.99

Grace will use this voucher

Orders over £50

7.5% discount

She wants to buy one bird table and two different sorts of bird food.

She has £80 to spend.


2A

2B

2C

Total for Task 2

2C Choose items for Grace to buy.

Show your working.

Examiner use only

Show how you check your answer. (5 marks)



Task 3 (16 marks)

Sam is planning a lucky wheel game for a charity fair. Each player spins the wheel once. When the wheel stops, if the pointer is on a blue sector the player will win a star prize.

If the pointer is on an orange sector the player will win a mystery prize.

Sam thinks the chance of a player winning the star prize against the chance of winning the

mystery prize is 2 to 1.

3A Is Sam correct? Show calculations to justify your answer and give an

explanation.

Examiner use only

(4 marks)



Sam thinks that the probability of a player not winning a prize is greater than 0.9


3B Is Sam correct? Explain your answer. Examiner

use only Show your working. (3 marks)



Sam decides to raise more funds from a different game.

The prizes and the chances of winning them are

A gold prize wins £1 and the chance of winning is 1

27

A silver prize wins 30p and the chance of winning is 6

27

A bronze prize wins 25p and the chance of winning is 12

27

He expects 162 people to play this game. Each player will pay 25p to play the game.

3C Is Sam likely to make a profit? Explain your answer.

Show your working.

Examiner

use only

Show how to check your answer. (9 marks)



END OF EXAM


3A

3B

3C

Total for Task 3



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