Maths · P6 · Specimen 01 Maths Questions
· 26 Jun 2026, 12:51
· asked by maxloo
· resolved
SP001 Maths Paper 2 - Question 08
Every month, Ryan sets aside money to spend on transport, food, clothes, health, and education.
The table shows the percentage of the money he set aside for each category.
Category
Percentage of money spent
Transport
$25\%$
Food
$50\%$
Clothes
$10\%$
Health
$5\%$
Education
$10\%$
(a) What is the ratio of the amount of money set aside for transport to the amount of money set aside for food to the amount of money set aside for education? Give your answer in the simplest form.
(b) For the purpose of answering this question online,
instead of drawing the bars that represent the amount of money Ryan set aside on health and education,
calculate how many units high are the bars for these 2 categories.
(a)
Let T be the amount set aside for transport.
Let F be the amount set aside for food.
Let C be the amount set aside for clothes.
Let H be the amount set aside for health.
Let E be the amount set aside for education.
Ratio $T:F:E$
= $25:50:10$
= $\boxed{5:10:2}$
(b)
Number of units in vertical bar of transport
= $10$
$25\%$ of money
= $10$ units
$\Rightarrow$ 1 unit
= $2.5\%$
Amount of money set aside for health
= $5\%$ = $\boxed{2}$ units
Amount of money set aside for education
= $10\%$ = $\boxed{4}$ units
maxloo · 26 Jun 2026, 19:45
· official answer 2
a)
Using bar heights from diagram description:
The bar heights directly represent the proportion of money spent.
Transport bar height
= $10$ units
Clothes bar height
= $8$ units
Food bar height
= $16$ units
Ratio of money spent on Transport to Clothes to Food:$$10 : 8 : 16$$
$$\boxed{5 : 4 : 8}$$
b)
Method:
To calculate the height of the bar for Entertainment, we would take the percentage of money spent on Entertainment from the table, which is $15\%$, and divide it by the percentage value that each unit on the bar chart represents.
Transport bar height
= $10$ units = $25\%$
1 unit
= $2.5\%$
$$15\% \div 2.5\% = 6$$
$$\boxed{\text{The bar would be 6 units high.}}$$
