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4MA1/2FR Jan 2019, Question 4: Pictograms

Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Mathematics A 4MA1 · Paper 2FR (Foundation) · Calculator · 3 marks

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The question, in short

Pictogram shows cakes baked Monday to Thursday, with one circle representing 8 cakes; Friday is blank. Find Wednesday's count, Thursday's excess over Monday, and add Friday's 20 cakes to the diagram.

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Part (a) · 1 mark

Use the pictogram's Wednesday symbols and the scale of 8 cakes per circle to work out how many cakes were baked.

  1. 1Each circle represents 8 cakes
  2. 2Wednesday shows 2 full circles and 3 quarters of a circle
  3. 32 × 8 = 16
  4. 4¾ × 8 = 6
  5. 516 + 6 = 22

Answer22

Part (b) · 1 mark

Compare the Thursday and Monday symbol counts, using 8 cakes per circle, to find how many more cakes Thursday had.

  1. 1Thursday: 4¼ circles = 4¼ × 8 = 34 cakes
  2. 2Monday: 3 circles = 3 × 8 = 24 cakes
  3. 334 − 24 = 10

Answer10

Part (c) · 1 mark

Draw the correct number of circles, using the 8-cakes scale, to represent Friday's 20 cakes on the pictogram.

  1. 1Each circle stands for 8 cakes
  2. 220 ÷ 8 = 2.5
  3. 3So draw 2½ circles

Answer2½ circles

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