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Painter Plumber Electrician
$48 per hour
$35 per hour Fixed charge $40
for the first 2 hours
plus then
$26.50 per hour $32 per hour

These are the rates charged by a painter, a plumber and an electrician who do some work for Mr Sharma.

(a) The painter works for 7 hours.

Calculate the amount Mr Sharma pays the painter.

$ ................................................... [1]

(b) Mr Sharma pays the plumber $252.

Calculate how many hours the plumber works.

................................................... hours [2]

(c) Mr Sharma pays the electrician $224.

Calculate how many hours the electrician works.

................................................... hours [2]

(d) Write down the ratio of the amount Mr Sharma pays to the painter, the plumber and the electrician.
Give your answer in its lowest terms.

painter : plumber : electrician = .............................. : .............................. : .............................. [2]

[Total: 7]
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2 Kirsty changes $380.80 into pounds (£) when £1 = $1.19 .

Calculate the amount Kirsty receives.

£ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

3 Katya takes some coins to the bank.

The table shows the number of each type of coin.

Number of
Type of coin
coins

1 cent 12

5 cent 23

10 cent 17

25 cent 9

50 cent 7

1 dollar 24

Work out the total amount of money Katya takes to the bank.
Give your answer in dollars.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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$1 = 0.88 euros
£1 = 1.15 euros

Zach changes $575 into euros.

He spends 45% of the euros in France.
He changes the euros he does not use into pounds (£) to spend in England.

Work out how many pounds he receives.

£ ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]

5 Hazel invests $1800 for 7 years at a rate of 1.5% per year compound interest.

Calculate how much interest she will receive after the 7 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

Answer $ ................................................... [4]

[Total: 4]
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6 The population of Dubai at the end of 2012 was 2.1 million.

This was predicted to increase at a rate of 6% each year.

Calculate the predicted population of Dubai at the end of 2015.

Answer ................................................... million [3]

[Total: 3]

7 Ravi has $20.

A pineapple costs $1.45 .

Work out the largest number of pineapples Ravi can buy and the change he receives.

Number of pineapples ...................................................

Change $ ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]