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Question 2

Fred has a recipe for 30 biscuits.

Here is a list of ingredients for 30 biscuits.

Self-raising flour : 230g

Butter : 150g

Caster sugar : 100g

Eggs : 2

Fred wants to make 45 biscuits.

a.

Complete his new list of ingredients for 45 biscuits.

Self-raising flour : .....

Butter : .....

Caster sugar : .....

Eggs : .....

[3]
b.

Gill has only 1 kilogram of self-raising flour. She has plenty of the other ingredients.

Work out the maximum number of biscuits that Gill 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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