AS & A Level Thinking Skills (9694) — May–June 2023, Paper 12

A narrow rectangular flower bed in my garden is 7.2 metres long and had nothing growing in it until I planted 9 sunflower seeds in it last week. When planted, the distance between…

A shop sells large candles at $12 each and small candles at $7 each. On Mondays there is a special offer: buy 3 candles of the same size and get a fourth of that size free. On…

The canteen manager decides to make an excess of 10% of each meal. Based on past experience, he knows that this will ensure all students get their choice of meal. How many of each…

How many sessions of Darts will there be?

Assume that they leave on a Tuesday morning and drive at 70 km/h throughout. On which day of the week will they arrive in Khasan, and who will be driving? Justify your answer.

Which area would have expected to be the first to use up its allocation?

A new theme park is divided into six numbered zones, laid out as shown in the diagram (a hexagon split into six triangular zones numbered 1 to 6 around a central point, with zone…

What is the earliest date on which Joanne might finish the short story?

Everlo supermarket has a loyalty scheme which awards participating customers loyalty points each time they spend at least $10.00, as follows: Amount spent Points --- --- $10.00 to…

Show that Amy will make less profit from sales to Jack if he completely fills his loyalty card.

What was the expected arrival time for Li's delivery?

What can she deduce about the relationship between number of jars of honey and raspberry jam sold?