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Chapter 2: Ratios and Exercise 2.5  (page 34)

 1 £56.48  2 £1604.06  3 £750
percentages  4 24  5 806.69
Starter 2  (page 24)  6 a) 4% 3 25 5 100% (which is the wrong calculation)
288 b) 1.0418 5 2.026 so 18 years is sufficient

Exercise 2.1  (page 26) Review Exercise 2  (page 34)

 1 2 : 5  2 2 : 3  3 7 : 11  1 2 : 3  2 54°  3 8 : 10 : 15
 4 3 : 13  5 4 : 5 : 7  6 3 : 4 : 6  4 95%  5 £384  6 40%
 7 3 : 4 : 7  8 2 : 5  9 5 : 7 : 8  7 a) £504 b) 80% c) £680
10 £15, £20, £25 11 60, 100, 140  8 a) 12 grams b) 280 grams
12 £50, £150, £250 13 $24, $36, $84  9 £40
14 24, 48, 60 15 £50, £125, £175 10 a) 360 b) 22%
16 £48, £60, £108 17 a) 5 km b) 33.4  cm 11 £9720
18 a) £720 b) £3360 12 a) 16.8 cm b) 25 cm
19 a) £960 b) £1600 13 $68.77
20 150 g flour,  38}} tsp salt, 75 g suet,  12}} tsp herbs 14 £800
21 a) 1 : 250 000 b) 1 : 12 500 15 a) £239.76 b) £351
c) 1 : 40 d) 1 : 80 000 16 85
22 a) €1627.91 b) $2.42 17 £5895.60
18 200 g flour, 150 g almonds, 225 g sugar, 150 g butter,
Exercise 2.2  (page 29) 10 pears
 1 2}5}  2 }29}5  3 }21}0  4 }13}0 19 £624.32
 5 }130}30  6 }13}  7 }18}  8 }2100} 20 a) £35.70 b) £18.40
21 a) £6.37 b) £69.52
 9 75% 10 40% 11 30% 12 85%
22 a) 4% b) £980
13 84% 14 95% 15 871}2}% 16 71}2}% 23 £5062.50
17 66%, }23}, 0.67, 69%, 0.7, }57} 24 4 years
18 a) 84% b) 155 c) 71%
19 70% and 71.1% so both scores are about the same Internet Challenge 2  (page 37)
20 20%  1 The RPI is an average measure of change in the
prices of goods and services bought by the vast
Exercise 2.3  (page 30) majority of households in the UK.
 1 271.2  2 382.2  3 1380, 1490.4  2 It is compiled and published monthly.
 4 £35.99  5 14%  3 Inflation varies so check on the internet for the most
 6 a) £11 480 b) £5190 up-to-date value at www.statistics.gov.uk. At the time
 7 2 hours 21 minutes (or 141 minutes) of publication the value is 1.1%.
 8 a) £39 520   b)  £39 125   c)  1.04 3 0.99 5 1.0296  4 The Bank of England sets a rate at which it lends
 9 a) 35% b) 9% money to other financial institutions; this in turn
10 a) $2393.58 b) £1388.28 affects the rates building societies and so on charge
their customers.
Exercise 2.4  (page 32)  5 It is reviewed monthly.
 1 a) £280 b) £85   2 a) £66 b) £650  6 4.5% (January 2006), updates available at www.
 3 £76  4 a) £20.40 b) £15.30 bankofengland.co.uk.
 5 900 milliseconds  7 1920 to 1923
 6 a) £9200 b) £3405  8 Old definition: one trillion 5
 7 a) 160 pounds b) 11 stone 6 pounds 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
 8 2.86 million light years  9 15 400 New definition: one trillion 5 1 000 000 000 000
10 a) 1200 by 775 b) Area reduced by 36%  9 The former Yugoslavia.
10 Hyperinflation