Quelpr
6 marksConsumer Arithmetic Applications

CSEC Mathematics · May/June 2004 · Paper 2 · Question 8(d)(i)

A vendor makes chocolate drink using Recipe A. 3 cups of milk and 2 cups of chocolate can make 6 bottles of chocolate drink. A cup of milk costs 0.70 and a cup of chocolate costs 1.15.

What is the cost of making 150 bottles of chocolate drink?

The mark scheme is shown once you've answered.

Practise this question

Other parts of this question

  1. 8(a)What percent of the mixture using Recipe A is chocolate?[2 marks]
  2. 8(b)By showing suitable calculations, determine which of the two recipes, A or B, is richer in chocolate.[2 marks]
  3. 8(c)If the mixtures from Recipe A and Recipe B are combined, what is the percent of chocolate in the new mixture?[2 marks]
  4. 8(d)(ii)What should be the selling price of each bottle of chocolate drink to make an overall profit of 20%?[6 marks]

More practice: the rest of this paper · more Consumer Arithmetic Applications questions · all CSEC Mathematics past papers