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​Q16: Question – Paper 1 – November 2017

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• ​Estimating Calculations
• Multiplication – Grid Method
• Multiplication – Column Method
• Increasing or Decreasing by a Percentage – Non-Calculator​

Quizzes:

• Estimating Calculations
• Multiplication (both methods)
• Increasing or Decreasing by a Percentage – Non-Calculator

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Question

16)
​Berenika wants to buy 35 T-shirts.

Each T-shirt costs £5.80
Berenika does the calculation 40 × 6 = 240 to estimate the cost of 35 T-shirts.

​a) Explain how Berenika’s calculation shows the actual cost will be less than £240

[1 mark]

​There is a special offer.

b) Work out the actual cost of buying 35 T-shirts using the special offer.

[4 marks]

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