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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Information: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
The stand has been set up and you have been asked to display
the cards being sold.
You have three crates of cards.
Each crate holds twenty cards.
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Information: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
You have 2 display stands you can use.
Display stand 1 has three steps.
Each step holds five cards.
Display stand 2 has two steps.
Each step holds five cards.
Your task is to:
1. Find out how many cards you can display on each stand.
2. Work out how many cards you will have left.
3. Work out the best stand to use.
4. Work out how much money you will make.
5. Check your work.
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Problem solving: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
You are going to work out how many cards you can get on
each stand and decide the best one to use.
Think about:
How will I find work out how many cards I will use?
eg
How many cards can I get in a step?
How many cards I will have left?
eg
How many cards do I have?
How will I know the best stand to use?
eg
Which stand do I want to use?
How will I work out how much money I will make?
eg
How many cards do I have to sell?
How you will I check my work is right?
eg
Have I used all the cards I have?
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
How many cards can I get on display stand 1?
 The display stand has three steps.
 Each step holds five cards.
How many cards you can get on each step?
How many cards can you get on the display stand?
Display stand 1 will hold _________ cards
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
How many cards do you have?
You have three crates of cards.
Each crate holds twenty cards.
Work out how many cards you have:
You have ________ cards to display
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
Now work out how many cards you will have left after you
have filled display stand 1.
Display stand 1 will hold _________ cards
You have ________ cards to display
So...
You will have ______ cards left over from display stand 1
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
How many cards can I get on display stand 2?
 The display stand has two steps.
 Each step holds five cards.
How many cards you can get on each step?
How many cards you can get on the display stand?
Display stand 2 will hold _________ cards
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
How many cards do you have?
You have three crates of cards.
Each crate holds twenty cards.
Work out how many cards you have:
You have ________ cards to display
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
Now work out how many cards you will have left after you
have filled display stand 2.
Display stand 2 will hold _________ cards
You have ________ cards to display
So...
You will have ______ cards left over from display stand 2
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
Which is the best stand to use?
You will have ______ cards left over from display stand 1
You will have ______ cards left over from display stand 2
Which stand will you use?
You will use display stand __________.
The stand holds _________ cards.
Why?
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
Now work out how much money the cards will make.
You have three crates of cards.
Each crate holds twenty cards.
You will have _________ cards to sell.
Each card sells for £5.00.
How much money will you make if you sell all the cards?
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
Make notes and think about your work.
I have found out how many cards each display stand will hold:
I have found out how many cards I will have left over from each display
stand:
I have picked the best stand to use:
I have found out how much money I would make if I sold all the cards:
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Worksheet: Units and shapes
Problem
to solve
You are setting up the display stand for cards at a local
charity event. Work out how many cards you can display.
Now check your work:
I looked at the shape of the stands I needed
I have worked out the number of cards each stand will hold
I have worked out how much money I would make
I have checked my work
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Skills check: Units and shapes
Think about what you have done:
List two skills you have used in this task.
Skill 1
Skill 2
Make your work better:
You can work out how much money you will make after you have paid for
the cards. This is your profit.


You have 60 cards to sell at £5.00 each.
The cards cost £3.00 each to buy.
Work out how much profit you would make if you sell all the cards.
Show your workings:
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Functional Skills Qualification in Mathematics
Entry 2 MAT Activity 3
Activity 3: Your charity stand
Skills check: Units and shapes
Change your work:
The card supplier has an offer on at the moment.
The cards cost you £2.00 each.
How much profit would you make now?
Use your skills:
You want to let people have a better price, so you say they can buy one
card and get the second card half price.
How much will the second card cost?
Show your workings:
If someone bought 2 cards with this offer, how much would they pay?
Show your workings:
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