EdExcel - Functional Skills Mathematics Level 2 - Sample assessment paper Length of time for the assessment 1 hour 30 minutes. This assessment is worth 40 Marks. Question 1 (2 marks) Electricity 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Last Year This Year Gas 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Last Year This Year Stephen gets these two graphs from his energy company. They show the average amount of energy he used this year and last year. One graph is for gas and one is for electricity. Write two different statements to compare the amounts of electricity and gas Stephen used this year and last year.
Statements. Question 2 Gillian has bought some land which measures 20m by 20m and is having a house built on the land. The house will have a will have a rectangular ground floor measuring 96m 2. The house will be positioned 4m from the road. Gillian wants a scale drawing of the house plan to show to the builder. Make a scale drawing of the house plan to show the builder Road Each square on the plan represents 2m x 2m
Question 3 Ryan is going to cook his dinner using a gas cooker. His recipe gives the temperatures in F. His Oven has temperatures are shown in gas marks. He has the following formula to convert temperatures in F into gas marks: F = 25(G-1) + 275 F = temperature in F G= gas mark The temperature in the recipe is 400 F. Ryan sets the oven to gas mark. Is Ryan correct? Yes No Question 4 Alice wants to go to the beauty salon. She has up to 150 to spend on treatments. She wants to have three treatments. She wants the total time for all treatments to be between 2 to 2 1/2 hours. Appointment Session Treatment Time Price ( ) 1 2 3 Total Choose suitable treatments for Alice and complete the table with treatments and totals.
Appointment Session Treatment Time (Minutes) Price ( ) 1 Luxury essentials 50 92 1 Leg wax 45 31 1 Eyebrow shape 15 10 2 Facial 25 35 2 Salt scrub 25 33 2 Holistic body experience 115 102 3 Chemical peel 30 71 3 Aroma bliss 85 85 3 Spray tanning 30 35 Question 5 (4 marks) Martin has a lawn in his garden that he wants to cover with sand to improve it. His lawn is rectangular in shape and measures 7.5m x 5.5m. Lawn Sand 1.5kg 35g covers 1m 2
Martin buys one box of Lawn Sand. Will one box be enough to cover Martin s lawn? Yes No Question 6 (5 marks) Shirley has received gift vouchers to the value of 200 for her birthday. She wants to spend as much of the 200 as possible. Which items can Shirley buy with her vouchers? These are the items she would like to buy with her gift vouchers and their prices. Price 64.99 1/3 off Show your check here Price 139.99 Special Offer - 20% off Price 139.99
Question 7 (2 marks) Adam is an architect and is drawing views of a building. He has this sketch of the plan of the building. 7m 5m 10m 1m 2m Side view 3m 4m 4m Adam has drawn the outline of the building. Complete the drawing showing the Side View. Label the drawing with the measurements. Side view of the building One square on the grid is 1m x 1m 5m
Question 8 Wolfgang wants to buy a pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses for his holiday in Italy. He has seen a pair in a shop priced at 40. He checks on the internet and finds the same pair for $59. He wants to find out which is the cheapest. He finds the following conversion rate for dollars and pounds: $1.00 = 0.6253 Question 9 Shumar plays an online computer game called Cosmic Stars and has paid to play 22 games. He has played the game 20 times so far and has a mean score of 42.7 points per game. Cosmic Stars Colour bands Level Red Green Mean points scored 42.1 or over 43.5 or over Shumar wants to get up to the Red level and has two more games to play. What is the minimum number of points Shumar has to score in his remaining two games to reach the Red level?
Question 10 Gladys is going on a picnic and wants to take a flask of coffee with her. She normally uses two teaspoons of coffee to make a 250 ml cup of coffee. Her flask holds 1.5 litres. How many teaspoons of coffee should Gladys use to make her flask of coffee? Number of teaspoons.............. Question 11 (4 marks) (a) Felix is the manager of a snack bar. He needs to organise the staff rota from 7am to 2pm. Plan the rota for the four members of staff? Felix John Mel Karl 7 am 8 am 9 am 10 am 11 am 12 pm 1 pm You need to consider the following information for the rota: Felix works from 7am until 2pm Felix takes a 30 minute break between 10.30am and 12noon. John works 5 hours but can work split shifts Mel works 4 hours Karl cannot start work until 9.00am There must be three staff working between 7am and 9.00am There must be three staff working from 12.30 to 2.00pm Felix wants the minimum number of staff working at any time. (b) What is the minimum number of hours that Karl needs to work? Number of hours.........
Question 12 (5 marks) Pat is planning a children s party at her playgroup. There are 26 children in her playgroup and she has a budget of 260. So far she has spent 208 on refreshments and an entertainer. She still needs to buy balloons and cupcakes for the party. She needs to buy: 1 balloon for each child plus 20 extra for decorations. 1 or 2 cupcakes per child. Pat would also like to give each child a party bag. Costs Balloons: 5p each Cupcakes: 1.20 (pack of 6) Party bags: 1.60 each Does Pat have enough money left to buy the balloons, cupcakes and party bags? Yes No