The table shows some of the nutritional information for a 300 g tin of soup. Carbohydrate 18g Fat 20.1g Fibre 0.6g Sodium 1.38g
- (a)(i)What percentage of the 300 g tin of soup is carbohydrate?[1]
- (a)(ii)What fraction of the 300 g tin of soup is fibre? Give your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.[1]
- (a)(iii)Of the carbohydrates, 15% are sugars. How many grams of sugars are in one tin of soup?[1]
- (b)I need 2500 g of soup. How many 300 g tins of soup do I need to buy?[1]
- (c)(i)These tins of soup each contain 4.2 g of protein. How much protein was contained in each original 300 g tin of soup?[2]
- (c)(ii)The special promotion tins cost $0.80 The soup can also be bought in larger tins containing 500g for $1.12. Is it better value to buy the 500 g tin or the special promotion tin? Show your working.[2]
Mark scheme
Marking points from the official mark scheme (Oct/Nov 2014). The mark or mark type is shown in brackets.
- [1] 6
- [1] 1/500
- [1] 2.7
- [1] 9
- [2] 3.5
- [2] B1 for 1.2 seen or division by 120 or M1 for x + 20x/100 = 4.2 oe
- [2] Special promotion tin + working
- [2] M1 attempt at one rate
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