NCFE Maths Level 1 Past Papers September 2020 Section B

Andy is renovating his kitchen.
He uses this calculation to work out the estimated cost in pounds:

What is the estimated cost?

Andy hires a skip.
The skip is cuboid.
It is 1.25 m wide, 3.6 m long and 1.6 m deep.

What is the volume of the skip in m³?

Andy buys a new kitchen.
The kitchen costs £5000
Andy gets a 2-year loan to pay for the kitchen.
He pays simple interest on the loan at 5% per year.
How much will he have paid back in total after 2 years?

Andy paints a wall in his kitchen.
He rounds all wall dimensions to the nearest whole number then uses the
rounded numbers to estimate the area of the wall.

What value should Andy get for the total area of the wall using this method?

Andy shops for all of the materials he needs.
The materials cost £85
This is ¹/₅ of Andy’s budget.
How much is his total budget?

Andy is making a timetable for work to be done on Monday.

Andy will start work at 1 pm
He thinks he will finish by 6.30 pm

Is Andy correct?

Simon is going to France for 7 days.
He has £700 saved for this trip.
He plans to spend ²/₅ of it on accommodation, 25% on flights and the rest as spending money.
How much spending money will he have?

The table shows a 7-day forecast:

Calculate the mean temperature.

Simon has a luggage allowance of 23 kg
He has already packed 18 400 g
How many more kg can he pack?

Simon goes to the airport shop.
He sees these two offers for sunglasses:

Offer 1 Was £40
Now 15% off

Offer 2 Was £25
Now 25% off

Which offer saves him the most money?

Simon waits to get on the plane.
He watches another plane taking off.

What type of angle does the plane take off at?

On arrival, Simon gets a taxi to his hotel.
The taxi costs €21
He converts this to £ and gets the answer £18.168
What is £18.168 to 2 decimal places?

The ice sheet in Greenland is 657 000 square miles.
Texas is one third of this size.
Calculate one third of 657 000

In 2018, the average winter temperature in Svalbard was –4°F
In 2019, this increased by 9°F
Amena wants to work out the average winter temperature in 2019 in °C

She uses this rule:

What was the 2019 average winter temperature in °C?

Melting ice can cause sea levels to rise.
This table shows the rise in sea levels year by year over 10 years:

In which year was the rise in sea level the greatest?

Calculate the range of the magnitudes.

Climate change increases the probability of flooding in some areas.

The probability of Town A being flooded in the next 50 years is ¹/₁₀
The probability of Town B being flooded in the next 50 years is ¹/₅
The probability of Town C being flooded in the next 50 years is ¹/₃

Which town is the most likely to be flooded in the next 50 years?