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Trudy is costing a job. She uses this rule to work out the price for this job.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>What is the price for this job?\u003Cbr>(1) | 2. Joel is buying paint. He sees the following offer:\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>How much will it cost to buy 2 tins of undercoat and matt emulsion?\u003Cbr>(1) | 3. Ria is mixing mortar for bricklaying. She knows ratio of cement to sand is 1:3.\u003Cbr>She has 25kg of cement, how much sand will she need?\u003Cbr>(1) |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 4. Courtney has a number of jobs to do.\u003Cbr>Door rehanging – 1 hour 40\u003Cbr>minutes\u003Cbr>Reseal windows – 1 ¾ hours Resecure spindle – 25 minutes\u003Cbr>How long will these activities take them in total?\u003Cbr>(1) | 5. Gabriel wants to buy a new door. He measures his doorway and finds it is 6 ½ feet high.\u003Cbr>Gabriel knows that approximately\u003Cbr>1 foot = 0.3m How high is the doorway in metres?\u003Cbr>(1) | 6. Mahmood is hanging lining paper on a series of new builds. He has timed himself doing this.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>What is the mean number of minutes he has taken?\u003Cbr>(1) |\n| 7. David is a joiner. He is creating a quote for a customer.\u003Cbr>• He knows how much the job will cost the customer.\u003Cbr>• He knows he has to add a certain percentage for VAT.\u003Cbr>How does he work out how much to charge in total?\u003Cbr>(1) | 8. Dionne needs to lay skirting boards in a room.\u003Cbr>The skirting boards:\u003Cbr>• will go along the bottom of each wall\u003Cbr>• not go across the doorway\u003Cbr>• not go across the fireplace.\u003Cbr>How many metres of skirting boards will she need?\u003Cbr>(1)\u003Cbr>| 9. Use a reverse calculation to check your answer to question 5.\u003Cbr>(1) |\n\nTotal Marks:   / 9","cbCaiob668iGX4xs","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiob668iGX4xs","pdf",184022,"English","# Functional Skills Maths Quiz for Construction\n## Practice Questions\n## Calculation and Application Tasks","[{\"question\":\"What is the ratio of cement to sand for the mortar mixture in question 3?\",\"answer\":\"The ratio of cement to sand is 1:3.\"},{\"question\":\"How are the skirting boards measured for the room described in question 8?\",\"answer\":\"Skirting boards are measured along the perimeter of the room, excluding the gaps for the doorway (900mm) and the fireplace (1.2m).\"},{\"question\":\"What specific conversion factor is provided for Gabriel in question 5?\",\"answer\":\"Gabriel is given the conversion factor that approximately 1 foot equals 0.3 metres.\"}]","Functional Skills Maths - Lesson Starter Quiz for Construction Learners | PDF",1792464897]