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Question 8

This is a list of ingredients for making scones for 8 people.

Ingredients for 8 people:

400 g self-raising flour
80 g butter
50 g caster sugar
150 ml milk
2 eggs

Sarah wants to make scones for 12 people.

Here is a list of the amount of each ingredient Sarah has in her cupboard. 700 g self-raising flour
100 g butter
50 g caster sugar
250 ml milk
2 eggs

Work out which ingredients Sarah needs to buy more of. You must show all of your working.

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Proportion Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Maths
  3. /Proportion

Practise Edexcel GCSE Maths Proportion with exam-style questions for Foundation and Higher tier. 28 questions, matched to the Edexcel GCSE Maths (1MA1) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.

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