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Question 4

Amir has a recipe for 12 scones.

Here is a list of ingredients for 12 scones.

Self-raising flour : 280g

Butter : 120g

Caster sugar : 80g

Milk : 200ml

Amir wants to make 18 scones.

a.

Complete his new list of ingredients for 18 scones.

Self-raising flour : .....

Butter : .....

Caster sugar : .....

Milk : .....

[3]
b.

Amir has only 1.5 kilograms of self-raising flour. He has plenty of the other ingredients.

Work out the maximum number of scones that Amir could bake.

[3]

Proportion Questions

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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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