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Kenny is organising a Duke of Edinburgh expedition.\u003Cbr>He knows the ratio of adults to youths should be 1:6 .\u003Cbr>There are currently 25 youths.\u003Cbr>How many adults does Kenny need?\u003Cbr>(1) | 2. Jake is preparing for his work experience. He is looking at his travel costs for five days.\u003Cbr>A return ticket cost £22 per day. There is a discount of 15% if he buysa five-day ticket.\u003Cbr>How much money would he save with this discount?\u003Cbr>(1) | 3. Sarah is training for the firefighters’ bleep test. These are the distances in metres she ran in her first five attempts. |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  | 1289 | 1330 | 1195 | 1444 | 1600 |  |\n|  |  | What is the mean distance she ran?\u003Cbr>(1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 4. Beena has an exercise routine every week to improve her fitness.\u003Cbr>Running – 1 hour 20 minutes Cycling – 1 ¾ hours Weights – 45 minutes\u003Cbr>How long will these activities last in total?\u003Cbr>(1) | 5. Max is orienteering. They have amap for part of the route.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>What is the bearing of this route?\u003Cbr>(1) | 6. Lottie is buying equipment for a camping trip. She has all the priceson a bar chart.\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>Using the bar chart, how much does she spend in total?\u003Cbr>(1) |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 7. Pinh and Erdinch are working out how much time they have available for a volunteering activity.\u003Cbr>Pinh can commit for a number of hours per day for a number of days.\u003Cbr>Erdinch can commit for a number of hours per week for a number of weeks.\u003Cbr>How can they work out how much time they will commit?\u003Cbr>(1) | 8. Ali wants to improve his fitness. He runs laps around a football pitch (see below).\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>How many laps will he need to run to run a total of 10km?\u003Cbr>(1) | 9. 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