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Laura manages a care home. She knows the ratio of carers to residents should be 1:6.\u003Cbr>There are currently 25 residents. How many carers does Laura need?\u003Cbr>(1) | 2. Jenny is preparing for her work experience in a care home. She is looking at her travel costs for five days.\u003Cbr>A return ticket cost £22 per day. There is a discount of 15% if she buys a five-day ticket.\u003Cbr>How much money would she save with this discount\u003Cbr>(1) | 3. Becky is carrying out a six-minute walk test with a series of adults. She records the distances they walk in metres. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  | 400 | 467 | 679 | 520 | 585 | 417 |  |\n|  |  | What is the mean distance the adults walked?\u003Cbr>(1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4. Riley has planned three activities for their care home.\u003Cbr>Painting – 1 hour 20 minutes Tea dance – 1 ¾ hours Cards – 45 minutes\u003Cbr>How long will these activities last in total?\u003Cbr>(1) | 5. Tom is buying PPE for his work experience. He has put the costs in a bar chart.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>How much would it cost in total to buy the PPE?\u003Cbr>(1) | 6. Your care home spends £37 on food and an extra £17 on drinks every day for breakfast for residents.\u003Cbr>How much change would they have from £400 after seven days?\u003Cbr>(1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7. Karen is preparing food for residents. She has a recipe for a set number of people.\u003Cbr>She needs to amend the recipe fora different number of people.\u003Cbr>How would she do this?\u003Cbr>(1) | 8. Stephen walks around the edge of his garden (see below) .\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>How far will he walk if he walks around the garden six times\u003Cbr>(1) | 9. 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