CGP Maths Paper
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CGP Maths Paper
Hi all, finally managed to get DD off the computer (Mum...I was following T.i.p.s.y's advice!)
DD is stuck on a question on the CGP Maths Paper 1 Test A (No Calculator).
Question 15 a)
The table below shows the car parking charges in the town where Yuan and Rachel live.
This is the table:
Time Cost
up to 2 hours 70p
up to 3 hours £1.30
up to 4 hours £1.80
up to 5 hours £2.20
over 5 hours £5.70
Yuan's dad parked his car at 10.20am. He left the car park at 2.10pm.
How much will he have to pay?
Clearly, the time his dad left the car was 3 hours 50 minutes.
DD answered £1.80 but correct answer was £1.30.
I am completely stumped by this and don't know how to explain or the actual theory behind it.
Please help??
LQ
DD is stuck on a question on the CGP Maths Paper 1 Test A (No Calculator).
Question 15 a)
The table below shows the car parking charges in the town where Yuan and Rachel live.
This is the table:
Time Cost
up to 2 hours 70p
up to 3 hours £1.30
up to 4 hours £1.80
up to 5 hours £2.20
over 5 hours £5.70
Yuan's dad parked his car at 10.20am. He left the car park at 2.10pm.
How much will he have to pay?
Clearly, the time his dad left the car was 3 hours 50 minutes.
DD answered £1.80 but correct answer was £1.30.
I am completely stumped by this and don't know how to explain or the actual theory behind it.
Please help??
LQ
It could well be £1.30 for the teacher. But the answer to the question in my area is £61.30.LuluQueen wrote:Er...
DD said that her teacher even explained it to her and the rest of the class but she said it all sounded like gobbledegook. On her paper, it is written:
3 hours 50 mins is still in the £1.30 bracket!
???
Here's the working:
Total time parked: 3 hrs 50mins
Money Paid: £1.30
Penalty Charge: 60.00
Total Cost: £61.30
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Love it!! perhaps that is really the answer!!!!Flamenco wrote:It could well be £1.30 for the teacher. But the answer to the question in my area is £61.30.LuluQueen wrote:Er...
DD said that her teacher even explained it to her and the rest of the class but she said it all sounded like gobbledegook. On her paper, it is written:
3 hours 50 mins is still in the £1.30 bracket!
???
Here's the working:
Total time parked: 3 hrs 50mins
Money Paid: £1.30
Penalty Charge: 60.00
Total Cost: £61.30
Reckon it must be a misprint otherwise the first hour would be always be free....??? so where is this car park then - why aren;t we having a get together in it?
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Re: CGP Maths Paper
Is the charging 24hrs a day? or does it start... say at 11:00?
Did you give us the whole question?
Did you give us the whole question?
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DD says thanks.T.i.p.s.y wrote:Hi all, finally managed to get DD off the computer (Mum...I was following T.i.p.s.y's advice!)
I may have impressed someone at last. Of course your DD is VERY clever and has a larger vocab than me! How are her manipulating skills?
Erm, they are sastisfactory, able to get round rock solid me!